(May 1978)

Marvel, 1978 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860261505
Editing
Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

No letters column this issue.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spider-Woman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave Cockrum (signed as Cockrum)
Inks
Dave Cockrum (signed as Cockrum)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You think your powers are deadly? Feel the awesome might of-- Excaliber!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Magnus; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Excaliber; Excaliber's steed
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Necronomicon

A Sword in Hand! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Woman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (credited)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (credited)
Colors
Janice Cohen (credited)
Letters
Irv Watanabe (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
She moves swiftly...silently. Her feet never touch ground...
Feature Logo
The Mysterious Spider-Woman!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Jerry Hunt; Morgan Le Fay; Magnus (introduction); Arthur Pendragon (vision); Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Excaliber [Jason "Slapper" Struthers] (villain, introduction); Excaliber's steed; Frank; Max; Geoffrey
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Slapper Struthers is empowered as Excaliber via Morgan Le Fey's magicks. Spider-Woman saves Magnus from Excaliber. Jerry Hunt searches for Spider-Woman. Spider-Woman depowers Excaliber by separating him from his sword.
Reprints
Keywords
British Natural History Museum; false Excalibur; Janine Ole Jeans; Jim's Shoes; Scotland Yard; Terry Tops

Indexer Notes

Morgan Le Fay/Le Fey are used interchangeably (Le Fay 4 times and Le Fey 2 times).

Thor Meets a Glutton for Gold (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Sif; Gudrun the Golden
Synopsis
Obsessed with gold, Gudrun steals and hoards Asgardian gold. Thor and Sif use the "golden goodness" of Hostess Twinkies to entrap him.
Reprints
Keywords
Asgard; gold; Hostess Twinkies

Indexer Notes

Between pages 16 and 17 of the main sequence.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["You think your powers are deadly? Feel the awesome might of-- Excaliber!"]
    Spider-Woman
  2. 1. A Sword in Hand!
    Spider-Woman
  3. 2. Thor Meets a Glutton for Gold
    Hostess Twinkies; Thor
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Daniel Block
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Kevin C
  • Nick Caputo
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold