Marvel Presents #5 [25¢]
(June 1976)

Marvel, 1975 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1976-03-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860211306
Editing
Marv Wolfman (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #128.
This issue has variants:

The Galaxy's Strangest Heroes--Trapped on the Planet of the Absurd! (Table of Contents)

Guardians of the Galaxy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The aliens have invaded our world-- Kill them!!
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Guardians of the Galaxy [Vance Astro; Charlie-27; Yondu; Martinex; Nikki]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Presents (Marvel, 1975 series) #5 [25¢] Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Presents (1975 series) #5 [British]
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Planet of the Absurd! (Table of Contents: 1)

Guardians of the Galaxy / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
Howard Chaykin (breakdowns); Al Milgrom (finished art)
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
Janice Cohen
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page one); Karen Mantlo
Job Number
JV260
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Due to technical difficulties,
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Guardians of the Galaxy [Vance Astro; Charlie-27; Yondu; Martinex; Starhawk; Nikki]; Inhabitants of Planet Asylum (Intro)
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Indexer Notes

Art credits per Al Milgrom, interviewed in Back Issue #119.

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

Mighty Marvel Checklist / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Readers' Space / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Keywords
Marvel Value Stamp

Indexer Notes

Letter from Anthony Assaff. Also includes Marvel Value Stamp series B #56.

News Notes, Nifty Narration, and Nutty Nonsense Not for the Narrow-Minded! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Spider-Man and the "Twinkie Takers" (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Galaxy's Strangest Heroes--Trapped on the Planet of the Absurd!
    Guardians of the Galaxy
  2. 1. Planet of the Absurd!
    Guardians of the Galaxy
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Readers' Space
  5. 4. News Notes, Nifty Narration, and Nutty Nonsense Not for the Narrow-Minded!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. Spider-Man and the "Twinkie Takers"
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
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  • Jason Czeskleba
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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