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Issue: Captain Marvel #56

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Publication Date: May 1978

Issue #56
- Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel
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Issues: #56 of 56 Issues (101 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860246005

Price: £0.12 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Archie Goodwin [as A. Goodwin]; James E. Galton (president); Stan Lee (publisher)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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2 Captain Marvel #56 [U.S. Cover Price]

2 Captain Marvel #56 [UK Cover Price]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (4 total)

At Deathgrip's Command!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Archie Goodwin ?

Penciller(s): Gil Kane

Inker(s): Bob Wiacek

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Danny Crespi

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction, superhero

Feature(s): Captain Marvel

Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Death-Grip

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Survival Quest!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Doug Moench [as D. Moench]; Jim Shooter [as J. Shooter] (plot)

Penciller(s): Pat Broderick [as P. Broderick]

Inker(s): Bob Wiacek [as B. Wiacek]

Colorist(s): Phil Rachelson [as P. Rachelson]

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino (page one, uncredited); Rick Parker [as R. Parker]

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Captain Marvel

Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Tony Stark [Iron Man]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Deathgrip (death); Jacqueline Carr; unnamed hostages

Synopsis: The energy leech Deathgrip takes 30 hostages and threatens to kill them if Captain Marvel doesn't find a cure for the villain's powers in 48 hours.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Notes: coffee; Colorado Rockies; Denver; Florida Everglades; golf; Long Island; space observatory

Thor Meets a Glutton for Gold

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Sal Buscema

Inker(s): Joe Sinnott

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Joe Rosen

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Thor; Hostess

Character(s): Thor; Sif; Gudrun the Golden

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Original Cosmic Comments

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from: Mike Stroud (Union, Nebraska), Dave Caffey (Memphis, Tennessee), ? [as A Fan], and Kurt Busiek (Lexington, Massachusetts).