(October 1984)

Marvel, 1984 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.50 GBP; 1.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-06-05
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #49, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-06-26.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Marvel Super Heroes / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Layton (signed as BOB LAYTON)
Inks
Bob Layton (signed as BOB LAYTON)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Galactus; Ultron; Lizard; Dr. Doom; Doctor Octopus; Absorbing Man; Klaw; Titania; Piledriver; Thunderball; Wrecker; Volcana; Enchantress
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (Marvel, 1984 series) #6 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (1984 series) #6 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (1984 series) #6 [Canadian]
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A Little Death... (Table of Contents: 1)

Marvel Super Heroes / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter
Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
John Beatty
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Joe Rosen
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hel-l-l-lp!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Professor X; X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Rogue]; Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [James Rhodes]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Zsaji; Dr. Doom (villain); Galactus (villain; also in flashback); Magneto (villain); Dr. Octopus (villain); Lizard (villain); Klaw (villain; also in flashback); Enchantress (villain); Molecule Man [Owen Reece] (villain); Absorbing Man (villain); Wrecker (villain); Thunderball (villain); Piledriver (villain); Bulldozer (villain); Titania (villain); Volcana (villain); Ultron (villain); Dazzler (cameo flashback); Ariel [Kitty Pryde] (cameo flashback); Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter] (cameo; in shadows)
Synopsis
Galactus begins assembling his equipment. The Wasp crashes her ship and ends up in a swamp with the Lizard. Dr. Doom discovers Klaw on Galactus' ship and sends him to relay a message to the villains. Xavier mind probes the planet and learns a little of Doom's plans, he dispatches half of the X-Men to spy on the villains. Colossus develops feelings for Zsaji. Cyclops, Wolverine and Rogue take on Doom's small task force and Wolverine hurts the Molecule Man badly. Cyclops begins a chain reaction of volcanic eruptions. Another team of baddies shows up to retrieve the Lizard and shoot the Wasp.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Super Heroes
  2. 1. A Little Death...
    Marvel Super Heroes
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