Machine Man #18 [Newsstand]
(December 1980)

Marvel, 1978 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860261312
Editing
Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Mark Gruenwald (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Alpha Flight! (Table of Contents)

Machine Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler (signed as BUCKLER)
Inks
Dave Simons (signed as Simons)
Colors
?
Letters
Rick Parker ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight: Aurora [Jeanne-Marie Beaubier]; Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier]; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]
Machine Man [Aaron Stack]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Aurora and Northstar's hair miscolored blonde instead of black.

Alone Against Alpha Flight! (Table of Contents: 1)

Machine Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
Nel Yomtov
Letters
Diana Albers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We envy you, true believer!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight: Aurora [Jeanne-Marie Beaubier]; Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier]; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski] (also in flashback)
Machine Man [Aaron Stack] (also in flashback); Agent K (introduction); Madame Menace [Sunset Bain] (villain); Senator Miles Brinkman (villain); Rollins (villain); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo flashback); Gears Garvin; Peter Spaulding; Maggie Jones; Pamela Quinn; Eddie Harris; Santelli
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Alpha Flight appears between X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #140 and Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 1974 series) #83.

[Marvel Subscription Form] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Dr. Doom; Willie Lumpkin

Indexer Notes

House Advertisement for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page).

Iron Man vs. The Bank Robbers! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]
Reprints

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

Machine Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Letters
typeset

The Saga of Johnny West (Table of Contents: 5)

comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Giordano ?
Inks
Dick Giordano ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny West

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Comics ad for Acme boots from Acme Boot Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Northwest Industries, Inc..

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Alpha Flight!
    Machine Man
  2. 1. Alone Against Alpha Flight!
    Machine Man
  3. 2. [Marvel Subscription Form]
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. Iron Man vs. The Bank Robbers!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Machine Mail
  6. 5. The Saga of Johnny West
This issue was modified by
  • David Bruce
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Stangas