(March 1986)
Marvel,
1985 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.00 USD; 0.50 GBP; 1.25 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1985
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Editing
- Mark Gruenwald (consulting editor); Ralph Macchio (consulting editor); Danny Fingeroth (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
[no title indexed]
Marvel Saga / cover / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ron Frenz (credited) (cover design); Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice) (signed)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (credited, signed)
- Colors
- Rob Carosella (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; historical
- Characters
- Professor X; Magneto; Cyclops; Lucifer; Thor [Donald Blake]; Odin; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing]; Dr. Doom; Namor the Sub-Mariner
- Reprints
![Cover Thumbnail for The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/192/w200/192958.jpg?1404277870316892996)
![Cover Thumbnail for The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985 series) #4 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/945/w100/945746.jpg?8576216313842580531)
![Cover Thumbnail for The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985 series) #4 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1430/w100/1430958.jpg?8875508904314391261)
Book IV: Of Gods and Mutants
Marvel Saga / comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- Peter Sanderson (credited) (writer and researcher); Roy Thomas (credited) (2-3, 12-17); Stan Lee (credited) (4-6); Chris Claremont (credited) (5-11, 13); Larry Lieber (credited) (17-19, 24-25); Alan Zelenetz (credited) (20-21)
- Pencils
- Tom Morgan (credited) (1); Werner Roth (credited) (2-3, 12-17); Jack Kirby (credited) (4-6, 17-19, 21-32); Alex Toth (credited) (4-6); John Byrne (credited) (5-7); Dave Cockrum (credited) (8-11); John Buscema (credited) (13); Brent Anderson (credited) (14); Bob Hall (credited) (20-21)
- Inks
- Tom Morgan (1); John Verpoorten (credited) (2-3, 13-15); Vince Colletta (credited) (4-6, 20-23); Terry Austin (credited) (5-7); Bob Wiacek (credited) (8-11, 14); Dick Ayers (credited) (12-13, 25-32); Klaus Janson (13); Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein) (14); Herb Trimpe (credited) (16-17); Joe Sinnott (17-19, 24-25)
- Colors
- Rob Carosella (credited)
- Letters
- Brenda Mings (credited) (typesetter)
- Genre
- superhero; historical
- Characters
- Cyclops; Charles Xavier; Juggernaut; Magneto; Jack O' Diamonds; Havok; Corsair; Thor; Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Dr. Doom; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing]
- Reprints
-
from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #83 (August 1962) - from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #6 (September 1962), #6 (September 1962), #6 (September 1962)
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #84 (September 1962) [excerpts]
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #35 (September 1962), #35 (September 1962), #35 (September 1962)
- from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #12 (July 1965), #20 (May 1966), #38 (November 1967), #39 (December 1967), #40 (January 1968), #41 (February 1968), #42 (March 1968)
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #159 (December 1968)
- from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #117 (January 1979) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
- from The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #144 (April 1981)
- from Bizarre Adventures (Marvel, 1981 series) #27 (July 1981)
- from The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #161 (September 1982) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
- from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1983 series) #6 [Direct] (June 1983) [Confirm: direction of reprint], #10 (October 1983) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
- from Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #11 ([November] 1983)
-
in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #4 - in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Janet Jackson (Design); Bill Vallely (Design); Bruce N. Solotoff (Design); Anita Duncan (Production Manager); Jim Novak (Production); Barry Shapiro (Production); Phil Felix (Production); Ken Lopez (Production); Harry Candelario (Production); Rob Carosella (Production); Dawn Geiger (Production); Paul Becton (Production); Barbara Johnson (Production); John Romita, Sr. (Art Supervisor); Tom Morgan (Art Department); James W. Fry (Art Department); Mark McKenna (Art Department); Jose Marzan (Art Department).
In addition to the excerpted material, information from a wide variety of sources was incorporated into the entire issue's bridging text.
Marvel Saga Classic Cover Gallery
Ant-Man; Thor; X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee; Peter Sanderson
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Dave Cockrum
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- Brenda Mings (typeset); Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #83 (August 1962)
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #35 (September 1962)
- from The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #161 [Newsstand] (September 1982)
- in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
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Indexer Notes
Cover reprints from Journey Into Mystery #83, Uncanny X-Men #161 and Tales to Astonish #35 on the inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Marvel Saga -
1.
Book IV: Of Gods and Mutants
Marvel Saga -
2.
Marvel Saga Classic Cover Gallery
Ant-Man; Thor; X-Men
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Kathy Moore
- Mark Q
- Derek Reinhard
- Dave Robinson
- Ron Sadowski
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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