The Jack of Hearts #4 [Direct]
(April 1984)

Marvel, 1984 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-12-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Bob Budiansky (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #38, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-01-10.
This issue has variants:

Heart of the Sun! (Table of Contents)

Jack of Hearts / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Freeman
Inks
George Freeman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Jack of Hearts
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Heart Attack (Table of Contents: 1)

Jack of Hearts / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
George Freeman (credited)
Inks
George Freeman (credited); Hilary Barta (credited); Eduardo Barreto (credited)
Colors
Julianna Ferriter (credited)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited as John Morelli)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Contraxia is a dying world,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Jack of Hearts; Commander Varga; Kaina [Marcy Kane]; Smythe
Synopsis
Commander Varga saves Jack and Kaina from certain death. Jack goes on to reignite Contraxia's sun, but becomes oversaturated with solar energy and must go off into the galaxy to avoid harming anyone.
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Keywords
Contraxia

Indexer Notes

Inks: Info by Nick Burns, 2005-01-11 (Per Sandell ed.)

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

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Heart of the Sun!
    Jack of Hearts
  2. 1. Heart Attack
    Jack of Hearts
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
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