(February 1985)

Marvel, 1984 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-11-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Quest Ends! (Table of Contents)

Starriors / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (painting)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (painting)
Colors
Bill Sienkiewicz (painting)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
#4 in a four-issue limited series
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Man
Cover Thumbnail for Starriors (Marvel, 1984 series) #4 Cover Thumbnail for Starriors (1984 series) #4 [Newsstand]
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Quest's End! (Table of Contents: 1)

Starriors / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Louise Simonson
Pencils
Michael Chen
Inks
Ian Akin; Brian Garvey
Colors
Julianna Ferriter (credited as J. Ferriter)
Letters
Joe Rosen
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Beneath the blazing sun of a future Earth, two races of Starriors are at war!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Protectors [Auntie Tank; Crank; Cut-Up; Geo (dead); Hotshot; Nipper; Runabout; Sawtooth; Thinktank; Tinker]; Guardians [Battlestation; Stinger]; Man; Destructors [Cricket (dies); Deadeye (dies); Gouge (dies); Motormouth; Slaughter Steelgrave; Speedtrap]
Synopsis
Slaughter Steelgrave seeks to destroy the Citadel of Dreams and Man. The Protectors regroup after being defeated by the Destructors. The Protector traitor, Motormouth, is abandoned. Auntie Tank, Sawtooth and several other Destructors defect to the Protectors to protect Man. Numerous Starriors are destroyed but the Protectors prevail and awaken Man.
Keywords
Citadel of Dreams; Transfer Ring

Swords of the Swashbucklers (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Swords of the Swashbucklers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Celebrate the Holidays!!! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 9.5 pages (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Quest Ends!
    Starriors
  2. 1. Quest's End!
    Starriors
  3. 2. Swords of the Swashbucklers
    Swords of the Swashbucklers
  4. 3. ["Personals! That's the title of the story which begun..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. Celebrate the Holidays!!!
  6. 5. [Ads]
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