Marvels
#0
(August 1994)
Marvel,
1994 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 4.00 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- One-Shot
- On-sale Date
- 1994-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Entertainment Group Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics
- Barcode
- 759606015863 00111
- Editing
- Marc McLaurin (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Marvels 25th Anniversary (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019 [May 2020]) - in Marvels Monster-Sized (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
- in Marvels: The Platinum Edition (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014)
-
[none]
Marvels / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man; Green Goblin
- Reprints
- in Amazing Spider-Man No. 121 [Marvel Legends Masterworks Figure Reprint] (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
- in Marvel 70th Anniversary Collection (Marvel, 2009 series) (July 2009)
- in Marvels: The Remastered Edition (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
-
in Marvels (Dark Dragon Books, 2018 series) #4 (2018) - in Marvel Comics #1: 80th Anniversary Edition (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
- in Marvels 25th Anniversary (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019 [May 2020]), (2019 [May 2020])
-
[no title indexed]
text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, look. Another one of those Zero issues.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Spider-Man; Green Goblin; Namor
- Synopsis
- Kurt Busiek describes how "Marvels" came together from his perspective.
- Reprints
- in Marvels 25th Anniversary (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019 [May 2020])
-
Indexer Notes
The sequence begins on the inside front cover and continues on the inside back cover. How the series came about.
[The Origin of the Human Torch]
Marvels / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Steve Darnall; Alex Ross
- Pencils
- Alex Ross (painting)
- Inks
- Alex Ross (painting)
- Colors
- Alex Ross (painting)
- Letters
- Comicraft
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being..." - Mary Shelley
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Phineas Thomas Horton; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
- Synopsis
- Phineas Horton creates the Human Torch; however, seeing that society is not ready for such a being, Horton seals away his creation beneath the earth. Eventually, a crack develops in the concrete encasing the Human Torch and he is freed from his imprisonment.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Age (Marvel, 1983 series) #130, #131 [Marvels preview pages], #132 [Marvels preview pages], #133 [Marvels preview pages]
- in Marvels (Marvel, 1994 series) (December 1994) which is reprinted
-
in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #12 - Marvels (September 2013) - in Marvels (Marvel, 1994 series) ([December 1994])
-
in Marvels (Éditions Le Téméraire, 1997 series) #1 - Génèse - in Marvels (Marvel, 2008 series) [Premiere Edition] (2008)
- in Marvel 70th Anniversary Collection (Marvel, 2009 series) (July 2009)
-
in Universo Marvel (Levoir, 2014 series) #7 - Marvels [Do original, da história, foram usadas as páginas: 2 a 12.], #7 - Marvels [Do original, usada a página 1.] - in Marvels: The Remastered Edition (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
- in Marvel Comics #1: 80th Anniversary Edition (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
- in Marvels 25th Anniversary (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019 [May 2020])
- in Marvel Must-Have (Panini Deutschland, 2020 series) #[32] - Marvels (2021)
-
Indexer Notes
The "First Line" field quote by Mary Shelley is from Frankenstein.
[no title indexed]
text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- First of all, I should probably come right out and say I have kind of a difficult time judging between fantasy and reality, so until I get my medication, this is my story, and I'm sticking to it.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Human Torch
- Synopsis
- Alex Ross provides some insight on how "Marvels" came to fruition.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[none]
Marvels -
1.
["Oh, look. Another one of those Zero issues."]
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2.
[The Origin of the Human Torch]
Marvels -
3.
["First of all, I should probably come right out and say I have kind of a difficult time judging between fantasy and reality, so until I get my medication, this is my story, and I'm sticking to it."]
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4.
Images
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- Katie
- Mark Boyer
- Del Gruber
- Ralf Haring
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Hunter Johnson
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
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