Marvel Premiere
#57
[Newsstand]
(December 1980)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860267212
- Editing
- Jim Salicrup
Issue Notes
Marks the first American publication of a comic related to the British TV series Doctor Who since the 1966 release Movie Classic (Dell, 1961 series) #190 adapted the 1965 film Dr. Who and the Daleks. This marks the first American comic book appearance of the TV version of the character The Doctor, although this and all future Marvel US releases will consist of reprints from the the Marvel UK publication Doctor Who Weekly (later Doctor Who Magazine). Cover and most interior art feature the Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker in the TV series.
This issue is a variant of Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #57 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #57 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Doctor Who / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Inks
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- Danny Crespi
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Doctor Who
Indexer Notes
Ed Hannigan, Jim Salicrup, and Jim Shooter credited with cover contributions (probably layout) in the letters page of Marvel Premiere #58. Cover credits for Dan Crespi and George Roussos derived from the same source. This information added 2005 by Steven Tice.
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Doctor Who and the Iron Legion
Doctor Who / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Pat Mills; John Wagner
- Pencils
- Dave Gibbons
- Inks
- Dave Gibbons
- Colors
- Andy Yanchus
- Letters
- Dave Gibbons
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Doctor Who
- Reprints
-
from Doctor Who Weekly (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #1 (October 17 1979), #2 (October 24, 1979), #3 (October 31, 1979), #4 (November 7 1979)
-
The Five Doctors
Doctor Who / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Doctor Who
Indexer Notes
Illustration of the five Doctor Who actors. Sequences 2-7 added 2005 by Steven Tice.
Who is the Doctor
First Class Mail / text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Jo Duffy
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson (illustration)
- Inks
- Walter Simonson (Iillustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Doctor Who
Indexer Notes
Letters page article on the history of Doctor Who, accompanied by the figure from the cover illustration.
The Daleks
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Budiansky ?
- Pencils
- Dave Cockrum (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein (signed)
- Colors
- Andy Yanchus ?
- Letters
- typeset
The Doctor's Most Fearsome Foes!
Doctor Who / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Budiansky ?
- Pencils
- Dave Cockrum (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Cockrum (signed)
- Colors
- Andy Yanchus ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Illustration of various Doctor Who foes and alien races.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Doctor Who -
1.
Doctor Who and the Iron Legion
Doctor Who -
2.
The Five Doctors
Doctor Who -
3.
Who is the Doctor
First Class Mail -
4.
The Tardis and K-9
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5.
The Daleks
-
6.
The Doctor's Most Fearsome Foes!
Doctor Who
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- Peter Croome
- Derek Reinhard
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