Marvel Two-in-One #85 [Direct]
(March 1982)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-12-24
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 (editor); Lance Tooks (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Marvel Two-in-One Featuring the Thing and Spider-Woman". On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #7.
This issue has variants:

The Bigger They Are... (Table of Contents)

Spider-Woman; The Thing / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Wilson (signed)
Inks
Chic Stone (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't miss the issue's sinister surprise super-villain!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Thing; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Bill Foster
Reprints

The Final Fate of Giant-Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Woman; The Thing / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Pencils
Ron Wilson
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Death has many faces, many guises!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Thing; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Giant-Man [Bill Foster] (origin); Mr. Fantastic; Whiz Kids [Herbert Bell; Talia Kruma; Dale West]; Celia Jackson; Alicia Masters; Atom Smasher [Michael English] (introduction, villain); Stilt-Man (cameo flashback); Vulcan (cameo flashback); Aquarian (cameo flashback); Quasar [Wendell Vaughn] (cameo flashback); Thundra (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
With Giant-Man dying of radiation poisoning, Thing and Spider-Woman tackle the man responsible for his condition, Atom Smasher. Atom Smasher turns out to be the brother of the original. Spider-Woman helps reverse Bill Foster's condition but loses her ability to neutralize poison in the process while Foster loses the ability to change his size.
Reprints

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

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

Script
Jim Shooter (signed); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Captain America in The Deciding Factor! (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg ?
Inks
Frank Giacoia ?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I don't know what these alien invaders are thinking...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury
Synopsis
While Captain America appears to be losing a battle with aliens, Nick Fury distracts them with Hostess Fruit Pies.
Reprints

The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Wilson Rivera, Peter Garcia, Rick S. Jones, Carlos M. Feradez, Kevin C. McConnell, Joseph Blaney, Frank Titone and Delmo Walters.

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Red Dragon] (Table of Contents: 5)

Dungeons & Dragons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Willingham (signed)
Inks
Bill Willingham (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
sword and sorcery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Grimslade; Indel; Saren; Valerius

Indexer Notes

Outside back cover. Comics ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued between [Evil Goblins] and [Grindal the Mentor].

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Bigger They Are...
    Spider-Woman; The Thing
  2. 1. The Final Fate of Giant-Man!
    Spider-Woman; The Thing
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Captain America in The Deciding Factor!
    Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies
  5. 4. The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page!
    The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page!
  6. 5. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Red Dragon]
    Dungeons & Dragons
This issue was modified by, among others
  • ge.org.e
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Steve Coates
  • Dan Creel
  • Peter Croome
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Steven Tice