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Issue: The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic #18
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Title: Marvel Origins: The 70s
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Publisher: FlagHachette Partworks
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Indicia Publisher: Hachette Partworks Ltd.
On Sale Date: 03/02/2016
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Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781909766495
UPC/EAN: 977204908602410
Price: $19.95 AUD
£9.99 GBP
$24.99 NZD
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Content Items: 33 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sarah Gale (managing editor, Hachette Partworks); Ed Hammond (editor, Panini UK)
Disclose Notes: This is the 110th volume in "The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection" series.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour
Dimensions: 7" x 10.25"
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Ongoing Series
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Herb Trimpe
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Hulk; Wolverine
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Marvel Origins The 70s

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Marco M. Lupoi
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A Man-God Reborn!

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Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)
Dan Adkins (signed)
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Sam Rosen ?
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Warlock
Adam Warlock; Hulk; Thor
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And Men Shall Call Him... Warlock!

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Roy Thomas
Gil Kane
Dan Adkins
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Sam Rosen
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superhero
Warlock
High Evolutionary; Sir Raam; Counter-Earth; Man-Beast; Him [becomes Adam Warlock]; Jason Grey; David Carter; Ellie Roberts
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Sensational Origin Issue!

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John Romita
John Romita
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Luke Cage
Luke Cage
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Out of Hell -- A Hero!

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Roy Thomas; John Romita; Archie Goodwin
George Tuska
Billy Graham
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Skip Kohloff
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superhero
Luke Cage
Luke Cage [Mark Lucas]; Diamondback [Willis Stryker]; Lonny; Quirt; Billy Bob Rackham; Shades; Comanche; Reva; Tyler Stuart; Dr. Noah Burstein
While serving time for a crime for which he was framed, Lucas volunteers for a medical experiment in a bid to earn parole. The chemical bath treatment is sabotaged by his nemesis, a violent guard, and the result ends in giving Lucas steel hard skin. He escapes and is presumed dead because his shirt, riddled with bullet holes, is recovered. Lucas vows revenge on Stryker, his former friend, who framed him and also caused the death of Reva, his romantic interest.
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Origin of the Ghost Rider

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Mike Ploog (signed)
Mike Ploog (signed)
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Morrie Kuramoto
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superhero
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]
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Origin of the Ghost Rider

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Roy Thomas; Gary Friedrich
Mike Ploog
Mike Ploog
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John Costanza
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superhero
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Barton Blaze; Crash Simpson; Mrs. Simpson; Roxanne Simpson; Satan [Mephisto]
To save the life of his mentor and the man who has become like a father to him, Johnny Blaze makes a deal with the devil and is transformed into the spirit of vengeance, Ghost Rider.
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Gil Kane; John Romita (alterations)
Dick Giordano; John Romita (alterations)
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Gaspar Saladino
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Iron Fist
Iron Fist [Danny Rand]
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The Fury of Iron Fist!

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Roy Thomas
Gil Kane
Dick Giordano
Glynis Wein
Gaspar Saladino [as L. P. Gregory]
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martial arts, superhero
Iron Fist
Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Wendell Rand; Heather Rand; Yu-Ti; Dragon Kings; Shu-Hu; Harold Meachum
Iron Fist passes the final tests in his K'un-Lun training and is granted the privilege of immortality if he so chooses. During his final battle with the robot Shu-Hu, Danny remembers how his father was killed by Meachum and his mother gave her life to save his as the Rand family searched for the fabled city of K'un-Lun.
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Jaws of the Dragon!

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Gil Kane
Dick Giordano
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Danny Crespi
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Iron Fist
Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Scythe
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Heart of the Dragon!

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Roy Thomas (co-plotter); Len Wein
Larry Hama
Dick Giordano; Klaus Janson
Glynis Wein
Gaspar Saladino [as L. P. Gregory]
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martial arts, superhero
Iron Fist
Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Lei Kung the Thunderer; Yu-Ti; Scythe; Shou-Lao the Undying; Wendell Rand; Heather Rand; Harold Meachum
Danny completes his training in K'un-Lun and acquires the power of the Iron Fist but rather than partake of immortality, he decides to return to his own world and seek vengeance against his parents' killer, Harold Meachum. On arriving in New York, Danny faces assassins who are trying to collect a ten thousand dollar bounty against him.
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And Now..the Wolverine!

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Herb Trimpe; John Romita (alterations)
Herb Trimpe; John Romita (alterations)
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Gaspar Saladino
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Hulk
Hulk; Wolverine; Wendigo
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And Now...The Wolverine!

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Len Wein
Herb Trimpe
Jack Abel
Glynis Wein
Artie Simek
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superhero
Hulk
Hulk; Wolverine; Marie Cartier; Georges Baptiste [becomes Wendigo]; Wendigo [becomes Paul Cartier]
Canadian super-agent Wolverine teams up with the Hulk to battle Wendigo. Once the monster is felled, however, Wolvie turns on the Hulk and the two battle. Marie goes ahead with her plans of trying to transfer the power of the Wendigo into the Hulk but when the guilt becomes too much for best friend Georges who feels responsible for Paul's monstrous condition, he works the change on himself. Paul Cartier is returned to human form and Georges becomes the Wendigo.
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Rich Buckler [as B] (signed)
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Dan Crespi
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Nova
Nova [Richard Rider]; Zorr
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Nova

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Marv Wolfman
John Buscema (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art)
Joe Sinnott
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Joe Rosen (pages 1-15, 17-22, 26-31); Gaspar Saladino (page 16, 23, uncredited)
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Nova
Nova [Richard Rider] (introduction, origin); Zorr; Centurion Nova-Prime; Charles Rider; Gloria Rider; Robert Rider; Bernie Dillon; Roger "Caps" Cooper; Ginger Jaye; Mike Burley; Donna-Lee Dover
In orbit around Earth, the wounded Centurion Nova-Prime chooses a successor to assume his abilities -- high school student Richard Rider. Rich assumes the costumed identity of Nova and has to battle Centurion Nova-Prime's greatest foe, the conqueror Zorr.
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Larry Lieber
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Captain Britain
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Chris Claremont
Herb Trimpe
Fred Kida
Marie Severin
Irving Watanabe
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superhero
Captain Britain
Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Joshua Stragg [the Reaver]; Merlin; Roma
All right, gentlemen-- if you want me so badly--
Brian arrives at the Darkmoor Research Centre to report for work just as the complex is being attacked by Stragg who plans on capturing the nuclear scientists to use in his own business ventures. Brian escapes on a motorcycle but falls off a cliff when he is blinded by Stragg's airship.
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From the Holocaust -- A Hero!

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Chris Claremont
Herb Trimpe
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Marie Severin
Irving Watanabe
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Captain Britain
Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; The Reaver; Merlin; Roma
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Spider-Woman
Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Nick Fury; S.H.I.E.L.D.
I've found you Fury -- and now I'm going to kill you!
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Dark Destiny!

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Archie Goodwin
Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Jim Mooney (finished art)
Jim Mooney
Janice Cohen
Irving Watanabe
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superhero
Spider-Woman
Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Nick Fury; Otto Vermis; Jared; High Evolutionary; New Men; Hydra; S.H.I.E.L.D.
The mysterious Spider-Woman is tricked by Hydra into trying to kill Nick Fury.
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The She-Hulk Lives!

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John Buscema
John Buscema
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Irving Watanabe
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She-Hulk
She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]
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The She-Hulk Lives

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Stan Lee
John Buscema (breakdowns); Chic Stone (finished art)
Chic Stone
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Joe Rosen (uncredited)
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superhero
She-Hulk
She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Igor Starsky; Rick Jones; Nick Trask's gang
Bruce Banner visits his cousin Jennifer Walters, a lawyer who is defending a gangster against Nick Trask and his gang. When Jennifer is gunned down, Banner gives her a blood transfusion which accidentally turns her into She-Hulk.
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Heroes Gallery

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A four page cover gallery of other Marvel series that started in the 1970s.
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Further Reading

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Back cover blurb.

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