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Issue: The Savage Land #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1987
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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On Sale Date: 1987
Volume:
Pages: 84
ISBN: 0871353385
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $7.95 CAD
$5.95 USD
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Content Items: 14 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Craig Anderson (collection editor); Allen Milgrom (original editor)
Disclose Notes: Brand is stated as Marvel Comics with no emblem.

This was re-issued as X-Men in the Savage Land (Marvel, 1989 series).

Printed in the U.S.A.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover
Binding: Trade paperback
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
John Buscema
John Buscema
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men; Spider-Man
Spider-Man; X-Men [Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Angel]
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael Golden
Michael Golden
Michael Golden
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men; Spider-Man
Ka-Zar; Zabu; Tanya Anderssen
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Miscellaneous
1
Credits illustrated with reprint of page 2 of second story sequence without dialogue.
Marvel Fanfare #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael Golden
Michael Golden
Michael Golden
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men; Spider-Man
Spider-Man; Angel; Sauron
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Miscellaneous
1
Fast Descent into Hell!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chris Claremont
Michael Golden
Michael Golden
Michael Golden
Jim Novak
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men; Spider-Man
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Tanya Anderssen; Candy Southern; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Brainchild; Barbarus; Vertigo; Gaza; Amphibius; Glory Grant (cameo); Ka-Zar (flashback); Zabu (flashback); Karl Lykos [Sauron] (flashback); X-Men [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Iceman; Beast] (flashback)
Tanya comes to Warren with the news that her lost love, Karl Lykos, is alive and well in the Savage Land and she asks him to come with her and investigate. Jameson asks Peter Parker to tag along on the Savage Land expedition and bring back a story for the Bugle. Once they reach the Savage Land, Spider-Man and Angel are captured by the Mutates and brought to Brainchild.
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Miscellaneous
17
Marvel Fanfare #2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael Golden
Michael Golden
Michael Golden
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men; Spider-Man
Spider-Man; Ka-Zar; Tanya Anderssen
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
To Sacrifice My Soul...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chris Claremont
Michael Golden
Michael Golden
Michael Golden
Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men; Spider-Man
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Ka-Zar; Zabu; Tanya Anderssen; Tongah; Fall People; Sauron [Karl Lykos]; Brainchild; Amphibius; Vertigo; Gaza; Barbarus
Brainchild devolves Angel and Spider-Man into hideous monsters and sends them out to battle Ka-Zar and the Fall People. Tanya is captured and when Brainchild devolves her as well, Lykos sucks the mutation out of Tanya, Spider-Man and Angel returning them to normal but, unfortunately, causing him to transform into Sauron. Spider-Man and Angel leave the Savage Land with Sauron still at large.
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Miscellaneous
17
Marvel Fanfare #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Cockrum
Bob McLeod
?
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
X-Men [Storm; Wolverine; Nightcrawler; Colossus; Angel]; Sauron; Barbarus; Gaza; Vertigo; Amphibius; Timberius
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Miscellaneous
1
Into the Land of Death...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chris Claremont
Dave Cockrum
Bob McLeod
Glynis Wein
Jim Novak
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
X-Men [Storm; Wolverine; Nightcrawler; Colossus; Angel]; Sauron; Zaladane; Barbarus; Gaza; Vertigo; Amphibius; Timberius; Brainchild; Candy Southern (Flashback); Tanya Anderssen (Flashback); Peter Parker [Spider-Man] (Flashback); Ka-Zar (Flashback); Zabu (Flashback); Shanna (Flashback)
On the hunt for Sauron, the X-Men invade the Savage Land and battle the Mutates. The X-Men are defeated and all but Angel are captured and taken to Sauron and Zaladane.
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Miscellaneous
20
Marvel Fanfare #4

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Smith
Paul Smith
?
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
Ka-Zar; Zabu; Storm; Angel; Sauron; Gaza; Timberius
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Lost Souls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chris Claremont
Paul Smith
Terry Austin
Glynis Wein
Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
Ka-Zar; X-Men [Storm; Angel; Wolverine; Nightcrawler; Colossus]; Shanna; Zabu; Tanya Anderssen; Sauron [Karl Lykos]; Brainchild; Zaladane; Vertigo; Gaza; Barbarus; Amphibius; Timberius; Professor X (Cameo); Cyclops (Cameo); Kitty Pryde (Cameo)
Angel and Ka-Zar rescue the captured X-Men. Xavier apparently cures Karl Lykos of being Sauron for good.
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Miscellaneous
20
Trade Paperbacks from Marvel and Epic Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
List of available and upcoming trade paperbacks including X-Men: Death of Phoenix, Wolverine, The 'Nam, Daredevil: Born Again, Electra: Assassin, Six from Sirius and The Thing.
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Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
The Savage Land

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Craig Anderson ?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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