(November 1982)

Marvel, 1980 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 0.50 GBP; 1.25 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1982-08-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Double-sized issue.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Moon Knight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Spectre; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Moon Knight (Marvel, 1980 series) #25
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Black Spectre (Table of Contents: 1)

Moon Knight / comic story / 37 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Joe Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Spectre (villain) (introduction); Moon Knight [Marc Spector]; Frenchie; Marlene Alraune; Crawley
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
A down-on-his-luck nobody's sanity snaps and he decides to become an anti-Moon Knight while running for mayor of New York in his civilian guise.
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A Tale of Three Covers (Table of Contents: 2)

Moon Knight / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Sienkiewicz
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz; Ron Wilson; Frank Miller
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz; Al Milgrom; Dave Simons
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
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Indexer Notes

Article that features a discussion on the covers of #s 9, 12, and 13 compared against some rejected alternatives. Includes never-before-published Sienkiewicz covers for issues 9 and 12, and an unpublished Frank Miller/Sienkiewicz cover for issue 13, the first time Sienkiewicz ever inked another artist's work, according to the article.

Bullpen Bulletin Special (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Knight Mail / letters page / 2.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Perry Miller, Bill D. Middleton, Jeff Ross, W. Gregg Starney, Jr., David Lesko, Keith Alan Johnson, Jim O'Kelly, Jr., Steve Kimball, Paul Barry, Bard Kramer, Richard Marlik, Stuart Updegrave, Paul R. Schaffer, Howard Wasserman, James Drage, Stu Krull and Marcus A. Kulper.

The Thing Test (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Denny O'Neil responds to Jim Shooter calling him a curmudgeon in a Bullpen Bulletin page.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Moon Knight
  2. 1. Black Spectre
    Moon Knight
  3. 2. A Tale of Three Covers
    Moon Knight
  4. 3. Bullpen Bulletin Special
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Knight Mail
  6. 5. The Thing Test
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Mark Boyer
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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