The Thing #18 [Newsstand]
(December 1984)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-08-24 ?
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860296612
Editing
Mike Carlin (editor); Michael Higgins (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #53, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-08-07.
This issue is a variant of The Thing (Marvel, 1983 series) #18 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Thing / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Wilson (signed)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colors
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't worry, Junior... No one would even try ta hurt you with me around!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Thing; Tarianna
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Rocky Grimm Space Ranger Part VIII: Family Man (Table of Contents: 1)

The Thing / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Harras
Pencils
Ron Wilson (breakdowns)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (finishes)
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Thing; Tarianna; The Takers; Llrrllllnnllyyrrl; Juneyar
Synopsis
The Thing and Tarianna return Juneyar, the rightful king of Muab, to his city.
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Grimm Tidings (Table of Contents: 2)

Grimm Tidings / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers: Jason Pascale, N. Hazel, Charles Cline, Ronnie Olmos, T. E. Pouncey, M. Dolan, David Reitz

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Don't worry, Junior... No one would even try ta hurt you with me around!"]
    The Thing
  2. 1. Rocky Grimm Space Ranger Part VIII: Family Man
    The Thing
  3. 2. Grimm Tidings
    Grimm Tidings
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