Marvel Premiere #53 [Direct]
(April 1980)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

The Rage of the Soul Strangler! (Table of Contents)

Black Panther / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Miller (signed as F. MILLER)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed as Rubinstein)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Soul-Strangler
Reprints

The Ending, in Anger! (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Panther / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Hannigan (credited)
Pencils
Jerry Bingham (credited)
Inks
Al Gordon (credited as Alan Gordon)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited as B. Sharen)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page one); Diana Albers (credited as D. Albers)

Job Number
LF723
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Each day brings its own headaches to Lt. Jerome Azoff...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Leroy Ames (villain); Black Panther [T'Challa]; Ambrose Ellis (villain); Jessica Lynne; Lloyd Lynne; Monica Lynne; Omoro; Soul-Strangler (villain); Taku; Sheriff Roderick Tate; Kevin Trublood; Roman Scaggs (villain); Rev. Addison Blackburn (introduction, villain); Dragon Circle (villains); Ku Klux Klan (villains); Lieutenant Jerome Azoff; Caleb
Synopsis
In Georgia, T'Challa uncovers the killer of Angela Lynne and Windeagle, Leroy Ames, and regains his memory of being partially brainwashed by the Dragon Circle into forgetting his prior battles with them. He later defeats the supernatural Soul Strangler and helps indict the local leader of the Klan, Ambrose Ellis, and leader of the Dragon Circle, Rev. Addison Blackburn.
Reprints
Keywords
amnesia; Georgia; Georgia Sun (newspaper); newspapers; torture; Wakandan Embassy to the United Nations; Water Cress Country Club

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

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

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

First Class Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Budiansky ?
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (illustration)
Inks
Steve Leialoha (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, there! Welcome to our letters page!

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Randall Williams, Frederick Scoblete, Tom Lesondak, Mike Knox, George Tatossian, J. Festa, Pete Bishop, John Taylor, Dan Drury. Includes a house ad for Spider-Woman.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Rage of the Soul Strangler!
    Black Panther
  2. 1. The Ending, in Anger!
    Black Panther
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. ["Hi, there! Welcome to our letters page!"]
    First Class Mail
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Dan Creel
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Stangas
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore