(January 1986)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.75 CAD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860203401
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (producer); Howard Mackie (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Beast To Clea (Table of Contents)

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John Byrne (signed)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed)
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Andy Yanchus
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typeset
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superhero
Characters
Beast [Hank McCoy; Henry McCoy]; Beetle [Abner Jenkins] (villain); Belasco; Beta Ray Bill; Binary [Carol Danvers] [Ms. Marvel]; Black Bolt; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Black Crow; Black King; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Blacklash (villain); Black Mamba; Blackout; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Black Queen; Black Talon; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova; Natasha Romanoff]; Blastaar (villain); Blaze, Johnny; Blob [Fred Dukes] (villain); Boomerang [Fred Myers] (villain); Box; Brothers Grimm; Brother Voodoo [Jericho Drumm]; Bushmaster (villain); Caliban; Callisto; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau] [Photon]; Captain Ultra; Captain Universe; Cassidy, Black Tom; Cassidy, Sean; Celestials; Chief Examiner; Chthon; Circus of Crime; Clea
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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Mark Gruenwald
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Indexer Notes

Page contains artist credits, table of contents, indicia, plus an article explaining the criteria for inclusion in the index.

Beast (Table of Contents: 2)

Beast / character profile / 1 page (report information)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Kerry Gammill
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Beast [Henry ("Hank") McCoy]
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Beetle (Table of Contents: 3)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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John Byrne; Eliot R. Brown
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Beetle [Abner Jenkins]
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Belasco (Table of Contents: 4)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Ron Frenz
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Belasco
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Beta Ray Bill (Table of Contents: 5)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Walter Simonson; Eliot R. Brown
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Beta Ray Bill
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Binary (Table of Contents: 6)

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Dave Cockrum
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Binary [Carol Susan Jane Danvers]
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Black Bolt (Table of Contents: 7)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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John Byrne
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; Karnak; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
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Black Cat (Table of Contents: 8)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Kerry Gammill; Eliot R. Brown
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Black Crow (Table of Contents: 9)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Howard Bender
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Black Crow [Jesse Black Crow]
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Black King (Table of Contents: 10)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Bret Blevins
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Black King [Sebastian Shaw]; Colossus [Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
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Black Knight (Table of Contents: 11)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Kerry Gammill; Eliot R. Brown
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Black Knight [Dane Whitman]
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Blacklash (Table of Contents: 12)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Bob Layton; Eliot R. Brown
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Blacklash [Mark Scarlotti]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
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Black Mamba (Table of Contents: 13)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Mike Gustovich
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Black Mamba [Tanya Sealy]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]
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Blackout (Table of Contents: 14)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Al Milgrom
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Blackout [Marcus Daniels]; Nova [Richard Rider]
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Black Panther (Table of Contents: 15)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Keith Pollard
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Black Panther [T'Challa]
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Black Queen (Table of Contents: 16)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Mark Beachum
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Black Queen [Selene]
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Black Talon (Table of Contents: 17)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Russ Steffens
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Black Talon
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Black Widow (Table of Contents: 18)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Eliot R. Brown; Frank Miller
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Joe Rubinstein
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Black Widow [Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanoff]
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Blastaar (Table of Contents: 19)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Al Milgrom
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Blastaar
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Blaze, Johnny (Table of Contents: 20)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Bob Budiansky
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Johnny Blaze [Ghost Rider]
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Blob (Table of Contents: 21)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Steve Leialoha
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Blob [Fred J. Dukes]; Wolverine [James Howlett; Logan]; Colossus [Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; The Hulk [Robert Bruce Banner] ; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Boomerang (Table of Contents: 22)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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John Byrne
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Joe Rubinstein
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Boomerang [Fred Myers]
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Box (Table of Contents: 23)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Mike Mignola
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Box [Roger Bochs; Jerome "Jerry" Jaxon; Walter Langkowski]
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Brothers Grimm (Table of Contents: 24)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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William Messner-Loebs
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Brothers Grimm [Percy Grimes; Barton Grimes]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]
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Brother Voodoo (Table of Contents: 25)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Keith Pollard
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Brother Voodoo [Jericho Drumm]
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Bushmaster (Table of Contents: 26)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Carl Potts
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Bushmaster
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Caliban (Table of Contents: 27)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Mary Wilshire
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Caliban
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Callisto (Table of Contents: 28)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Paul Smith
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Callisto; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
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Cannonball (Table of Contents: 29)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Bill Sienkiewicz
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Cannonball [Samuel Guthrie]
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Captain America (Table of Contents: 30)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Mike Zeck; Eliot R. Brown
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Captain America [Steve Rogers]
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Captain Britain (Table of Contents: 31)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Paul Neary
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Andy Yanchus
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Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]
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Captain Marvel (Table of Contents: 32)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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John Romita Jr.
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]
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Captain Ultra (Table of Contents: 33)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Richard Howell
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Captain Ultra
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Captain Universe (Table of Contents: 34)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Steve Ditko
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Andy Yanchus
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Captain Universe
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Cassidy, Black Tom (Table of Contents: 35)

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Steve Leialoha
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Black Tom Cassidy [Thomas Samuel Eamon Cassidy]
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Cassidy, Sean (Table of Contents: 36)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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M. D. Bright
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Sean Cassidy [The Banshee]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Colossus [Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
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Celestials (Table of Contents: 37)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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Keith Pollard
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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superhero
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Celestials [Arishem the Judge; Gammenon the Gatherer; Jemiah the Analyzer; Tefral the Surveyor; One Above All; Nezarr the Calculator; Oneg the Prober; Hargen the Measurer; Eson the Searcher; Ziran the Tester]
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Chief Examiner (Table of Contents: 38)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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John Byrne
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Andy Yanchus
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Chief Examiner; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Chthon (Table of Contents: 39)

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Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
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John Byrne
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Joe Rubinstein
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Andy Yanchus
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Brenda Mings (typeset)
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Chthon
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Circus of Crime (Table of Contents: 40)

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Al Milgrom
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Circus of Crime [Fire-Eater; The Clown; Live Wire; Cannonball; Flying Gambonnos; Bruto the Strongman]
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Clea (Table of Contents: 41)

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Paul Smith
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superhero; fantasy-supernatural
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Clea; Dr. Strange
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Glossary (Table of Contents: 42)

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Indexer Notes

The inside back cover contains a glossary that is continued from last issue and a text article, "Natural Selection", continued from inside front cover.

Glossary contains the following entries: ectoplasm, Elder of the Universe; Elf; empathic; entropy; ESP; extradimensional; extraterrestrial; force field; gamma radiation; genetic; genetics; ghost; giant; god; graviton; Homo mermanus; Homo superior; houngan; humanoid; hyperspace; incubus; interdimensional; levitation; life essence; lift (press); limbo; Limbo

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Beast To Clea
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Beast
    Beast
  4. 3. Beetle
    Beetle
  5. 4. Belasco
    Belasco
  6. 5. Beta Ray Bill
    Beta Ray Bill
  7. 6. Binary
    Binary
  8. 7. Black Bolt
    Black Bolt
  9. 8. Black Cat
    Black Cat
  10. 9. Black Crow
    Black Crow
  11. 10. Black King
    Black King
  12. 11. Black Knight
    Black Knight
  13. 12. Blacklash
    Blacklash
  14. 13. Black Mamba
    Black Mamba
  15. 14. Blackout
    Blackout
  16. 15. Black Panther
    Black Panther
  17. 16. Black Queen
    Black Queen
  18. 17. Black Talon
    Black Talon
  19. 18. Black Widow
    Black Widow
  20. 19. Blastaar
    Blastaar
  21. 20. Blaze, Johnny
    Johnny Blaze
  22. 21. Blob
    Blob
  23. 22. Boomerang
    Boomerang
  24. 23. Box
    Box
  25. 24. Brothers Grimm
    Brothers Grimm
  26. 25. Brother Voodoo
    Brother Voodoo
  27. 26. Bushmaster
    Bushmaster
  28. 27. Caliban
    Caliban
  29. 28. Callisto
    Callisto
  30. 29. Cannonball
    Cannonball
  31. 30. Captain America
    Captain America
  32. 31. Captain Britain
    Captain Britain
  33. 32. Captain Marvel
    Captain Marvel
  34. 33. Captain Ultra
    Captain Ultra
  35. 34. Captain Universe
    Captain Universe
  36. 35. Cassidy, Black Tom
    Black Tom Cassidy
  37. 36. Cassidy, Sean
    Sean Cassidy
  38. 37. Celestials
    Celestials
  39. 38. Chief Examiner
    Chief Examiner
  40. 39. Chthon
    Chthon
  41. 40. Circus of Crime
    Circus of Crime
  42. 41. Clea
    Clea
  43. 42. Glossary
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