(January 1976)

Marvel, 1976 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
76
Indicia Frequency
Annually
On-sale Date
1975-11-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Editing
Archie Goodwin (editor)
Color
color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions
magazine size
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date. Registration number B288125.

Gulf-Coast Gundown! (Table of Contents)

Punisher / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Larkin (painting)
Inks
Bob Larkin (painting)
Colors
Bob Larkin (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]
Reprints

Behind the Action (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Tony DeZuniga; Howard Chaykin
Inks
Rico Rival; Howard Chaykin
Letters
typeset

Characters
Punisher; Dominic Fortune
Reprints

Indexer Notes

on inside front and back covers

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tony DeZuniga
Inks
Rico Rival
Letters
typeset

Characters
Punisher
Reprints

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

Re: Action / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Tony DeZuniga
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Letters
typeset

Characters
Punisher
Reprints

Indexer Notes

features letters received on Marvel Preview #2 from Don Pendleton, Jack Frost, Roger Klorese, Dave Farr, and Tony Daley.

Accounts Settled... Accounts Due! (Table of Contents: 4)

Punisher / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Tony DeZuniga
Inks
Rico Rival
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Fifth full appearance of the Punisher; he next appears in Amazing Spider-Man #161.

Red-Eyed Jack Is Wild! (Table of Contents: 5)

Huntress / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Friedrich
Pencils
George Evans
Inks
Frank Springer
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Huntress [Bobbi Morse] (origin) (introduction)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bobbi Morse first appeared in the Ka-Zar story in Astonishing Tales #6; she later becomes Agent 19 in S.H.I.E.L.D., then Huntress, then Mockingbird (in Marvel Team-Up #95). She has also used the alias Roberta Morse.

Execution, Destruction, and Other Entertainments (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Hagen
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Article on paperback serials, such as the Executioner and the Destroyer

An Ugly Mirror on Weirdworld (Table of Contents: 7)

Weirdworld / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Mike Ploog
Inks
Mike Ploog
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Tyndall of Klarn (Introduction); Velanna
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First Weirdworld story.

The Messiah in the Saddle "Resolution" (Table of Contents: 8)

Dominic Fortune / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Howard Chaykin
Pencils
Howard Chaykin
Inks
Howard Chaykin
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Dominic Fortune
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard Chaykin
Inks
Howard Chaykin
Letters
typeset

Characters
Dominic Fortune; Punisher; Huntress
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pin-up on back cover

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Gulf-Coast Gundown!
    Punisher
  2. 1. Behind the Action
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Re: Action
  5. 4. Accounts Settled... Accounts Due!
    Punisher
  6. 5. Red-Eyed Jack Is Wild!
    Huntress
  7. 6. Execution, Destruction, and Other Entertainments
  8. 7. An Ugly Mirror on Weirdworld
    Weirdworld
  9. 8. The Messiah in the Saddle "Resolution"
    Dominic Fortune
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
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  • Greg
  • mcomics
  • Chris Boyko
  • John Censullo
  • Pat Conolly
  • Eric Gimlin
  • Hunter Johnson
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore