(September 1973)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1973-06-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #97, May 1973.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Now Strikes the Man Called Lion-Fang! (Table of Contents)

Luke Cage / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Billy Graham; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Billy Graham; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto
Genre
superhero
Characters
Luke Cage; Lionfang
Reprints
Keywords
lion; tiger

Indexer Notes

Alterations on Luke Cage by Romita. Info per Nick Caputo.

Cover Thumbnail for Hero for Hire (Marvel, 1972 series) #13
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Cover gallery

The Claws of Lionfang (Table of Contents: 1)

Luke Cage / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Billy Graham (credited)
Inks
Billy Graham (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited as G. Roussos)
Letters
Charlotte Jetter (credited as C. Jetter)
Job Number
1548Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
3:32 a.m. on a muggy Thursday morning.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Luke Cage; Lionfang [Alejandro Cortez] (introduction, death); Mrs. Alejandro Cortez (introduction); Clark Seacrest (death); Noah Burstein; Claire Temple; Phil Fox
Reprints
Keywords
circus; lion; Madison Square Garden; panther; tiger

More Mirth-Inducing Memorabilia from Memo-Minded Marvel! (Or: Savage Tales Is Alive and Well Living in a Suburb Outside Cimmeria!) (Table of Contents: 2)

Marvel Bullpen Bulletins / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Comments to Cage / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Andre (Luke) Gordob, Peter Cucich, Mark Erienbush.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Now Strikes the Man Called Lion-Fang!
    Luke Cage
  2. 1. The Claws of Lionfang
    Luke Cage
  3. 2. More Mirth-Inducing Memorabilia from Memo-Minded Marvel! (Or: Savage Tales Is Alive and Well Living in a Suburb Outside Cimmeria!)
    Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Comments to Cage
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