Marvel Super Action
#4
[Regular Edition]
(November 1977)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1977
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860261211
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin (editor); Roger Stern (reprint editor)
Issue Notes
Back from the Fabulous '50s-- --The Crusader Called Marvel Boy
Marvel Boy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave Cockrum (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Danny Crespi
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Special collectors issue!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvel Boy [Robert Grayson]
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Cover letters credit confirmed by Todd Klein in The Danny Crespi Files Part 12, posted 23 June 2017 on his blog (Todd Klein's Blog at Goodreads).
![Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Super Action (Marvel, 1977 series) #4 [Regular Edition]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/204/w200/204698.jpg?-909144637106641488)
![Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Super Action (1977 series) #4 [Whitman]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1554/w100/1554391.jpg?8698711180882264859)
[no title indexed]
Marvel Boy / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dave Cockrum (signed, page 1 see Notes); Russ Heath; Bill Everett
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed, page 1 see Notes); Russ Heath; Bill Everett
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Everett; ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who is Marvel Boy?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvel Boy [Robert Grayson]
- Reprints
-
from Marvel Boy (Marvel, 1950 series) #1 (December 1950) [only Pages 4 & 5-7 abridged] - from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #5 (August 1951) [only Pages 2-8 abridged]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #16 (2014) [only page 1]
- in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #9 - The Crusader Syndrome (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
New splash page by Dave Cockrum and Joe Sinnott. Story pages 2-5 reprint "Marvel Boy and the Lost World". Page 4, minus panel 1 and panels 2 and 3 are expanded and re-captioned. Pages 5-7 from Marvel Boy (Marvel, 1950 series) #1 (December 1950).
Story pages 6, Panel 1 and 2 are re-captioned from "Eyes of Death" Page 3, Panels 6 and 7 from Marvel Boy (Marvel, 1950 series) #1 (December 1950).
Story page 6, panel 3 is expanded and re-captioned from "Murder by Magic". Page 2, Panel 3 is from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #6 (October 1951).
Story pages 6, panels 4 to 6 are from "Caves of Doom". Page 2, panel 4 to 6 is from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #5 (August 1951).
Story pages 7-12 are from "Caves of Doom". Pages 3-8 are from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #5 (August 1951).
The Deadly Decision!
Marvel Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Everett ?
- Pencils
- Bill Everett
- Inks
- Bill Everett
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Everett
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wherein, Bob Grayson
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvel Boy [Robert Grayson]; Lilli (introduction)
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #5 (August 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
Reprint notes the original publication on the splash page. However, it states it is from Astonishing Tales #5 which is incorrect and should state Astonishing #5.
Spider-Man in "Legal Eagle"
Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Spidey, it's Ralph G. Fake.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Legal Eagle [Ralph G. Fake]; Mary Jane Watson
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man prevents Legal Eagle from stealing the Bill of Rights from the U.S. Capitol.
- Reprints
- from [Marvel Hostess Ads] (Marvel, 1975 series) #20 (November 1977 - December 1977)
-
-
0.
Back from the Fabulous '50s-- --The Crusader Called Marvel Boy
Marvel Boy -
1.
["Who is Marvel Boy?"]
Marvel Boy -
2.
The Deadly Decision!
Marvel Boy -
3.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
Spider-Man in "Legal Eagle"
Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Jay Flash
- Bob Ford
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Banks S. Robinson
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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