(January 1985)

Marvel, 1984 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-09-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860247501
Editing
Tom DeFalco

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #55, with shipping date of 1984-09-04.
This issue is a variant of Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (Marvel, 1984 series) #9 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Mike Zeck (signed as Zeck)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed as MCLEOD)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Jim Rhodes]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Thor [Thor Odinson]
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Galactus [Galan]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Assault on Galactus! (Table of Contents: 1)

Marvel Super Heroes / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter (credited)
Pencils
Mike Zeck (credited)
Inks
John Beatty (credited)
Colors
Christie Scheele (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lenin's beard!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (also in flashback); Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau] (also in flashback); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (also in flashback); Iron Man [Jim Rhodes] (also in flashback); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters] (cameo flashback); Thor [Thor Odinson] (also in flashback); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (also in flashback)
Fantastic Four: Ben Grimm (becomes the Thing, also in flashback as the Thing); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (also in flashback); Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards] (cameo); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (also in flashback)
The Wrecking Crew: Bulldozer [Henry Camp] (cameo flashback); Piledriver [Brian Calusky] (cameo flashback); Thunderball [Eliot Franklin] (cameo flashback); Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite] (cameo flashback)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (also in flashback); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (also in flashback); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (also in flashback); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (also in flashback); Rogue [Anna Marie] (also in flashback); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (also in flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (also in flashback)
Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel] (also in flashback); Beyonder (cameo flashback); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (villain, also in flashback); Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius] (also in flashback); Enchantress [Amora] (cameo flashback); Galactus [Galan] (villain, also in flashback); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (also in flashback); Kang [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311) (cameo flashback); Klaw [Ulysses Klaue] (villain); Lizard [Curt Connors] (cameo, also in flashback); Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr] (villain, also in flashback); Molecule Man [Owen Reece] (cameo flashback); Franklin Richards (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (also in flashback); Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Ultron (cameo flashback); Zsaji
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The X-Men reunite with the rest of the heroes as they make a last-ditch effort to prevent Galactus from eating Battleworld. Spidey gets used to his new black costume. Dr. Doom rescues Klaw from the heroes' base and begins to put his final plan into action. Weak and needing energy to continue his efforts, Galactus begins to consume his world ship.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Super Heroes
  2. 1. Assault on Galactus!
    Marvel Super Heroes
This issue was modified by
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Steven Samuels