(May 1974)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-03-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date determined by newsstand/distributor date stamp.
According to the letter column in issue #10, the two month delay between issues #8 and #9 was because of a paper shortage.

Baron Macabre and His Denizens of Death! (Table of Contents)

Black Panther / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (sourced)

Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Monica Lynne; Baron Macabre
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
zombies

Indexer Notes

Esposito credit per Nick Caputo, September 2012. Previous indexer credited Dan Adkins.

But Now the Spears Are Broken (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Panther / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited as G. Kane)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited as K. Janson)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as G. Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (caption at top of and credits at bottom of page 1); Tom Orzechowski (credited as Orz)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Move, son! Get out of the way!
Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa] (featured); Kantu (first appearance); Karota (first appearance); Kazibe; Monica Lynne (supporting); M'Jumbak (death) (first appearance); Baron Macabre (antagonist) (first appearance); Taku (supporting); Tanzika; Tayete; W'Kabi (supporting); Zatama (death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Panther saves Kantu from being killed by a rhinoceros. One of Killmonger's terrorists, Baron Macabre raises the dead and battles the Panther. Zatama is killed, and Monica is accused of the murder.
Reprints
Keywords
rhinoceroses; zombies

Indexer Notes

Panther's Rage, Part 4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Panther's Rage (Table of Contents: 3)

Black Panther / recap / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

Genre
jungle; superhero

Indexer Notes

Summary of last three Black Panther stories in Jungle Action #6-8, with panels reprinted from those issues.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Jungle Re-Actions / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
Rich Buckler (illustration)
Inks
Klaus Janson (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Erik Killmonger; M.O.D.O.K. [George Tarleton]

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Guy Lillian III, John Clifton, Gary Frazier and Bill Clodius; Marvel Value Stamp #31 (MODOK). Letters page information from marvel.fandom.com.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Baron Macabre and His Denizens of Death!
    Black Panther
  2. 1. But Now the Spears Are Broken
    Black Panther
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Panther's Rage
    Black Panther
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Jungle Re-Actions
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • João Clérigo
  • Lee Lines
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mark Q
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore