Black Goliath #3 [30¢]
(June 1976)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 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
0714860247406
Editing
Marv Wolfman (credited as M. Wolfman) (editor)

Issue Notes

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This issue is a variant of Black Goliath (Marvel, 1976 series) #3 [25¢]. There exist further variants:
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Dance to the Murder! (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Goliath / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
George Tuska (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
Don Warfield (credited as Don W.)
Letters
Karen Mantlo (credited as K. Mantlo); Gaspar Saladino (splash page, uncredited)
Job Number
JV-294
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You have your orders... ...anyone who threatens our security...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Whiz Kids: Herbert Bell; Talia Kruma (also in flashback); Dale West
Atom-Smasher [Ronald English] (death); Black Goliath [Bill Foster]; Tony Stark; Warhawk [Mitchell Tanner]; Neil (picture and flashback); Harry; Skeez; Vulcan; Jennifer Yashida; Emiliano Rojas (death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
After Black Goliath defeats Atom-Smasher, the villain is murdered by unseen forces. Vulcan and his men break into the Stark lab and steal an experimental invention, injuring Foster's employees and killing a policeman during their escape.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Larry Lieber ?; John Romita
Inks
Frank Giacoia; John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Listing of Marvel comics on sale the third week of March 1976; includes cover art from Black Goliath (Marvel, 1975 series) #3 and The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #200.

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

Greetings to Goliath / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Kurt Busiek, Rook Jones (PMM), William MacDonald Neville, Bob Lackey, Dave Lofvers, Daniel Raskio, Doug Thieme, and Naomi Basner.

Spider-Man and the "Twinkie Takers" (Table of Contents: 4)

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [also appears as Peter Parker]
Synopsis
Spider-Man foils a Twinkie robbery by two armed and masked men.
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Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies. Featured in May 1976 and June 1976 Marvel comics.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. Dance to the Murder!
    Black Goliath
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  3. 3. [no title indexed]
    Greetings to Goliath
  4. 4. Spider-Man and the "Twinkie Takers"
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by
  • Dwayne Best
  • David Bruce
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
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