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Issue: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #2
Publication Date: January 1986
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Issues: #2 of 20 Issues (52 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: CA Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860203401
Price: $1.75 CAD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
43 (0 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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Beast To Clea

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Beast [Hank McCoy; Henry McCoy]; Beetle [Abner Jenkins] (villain); Belasco; Beta Ray Bill; Binary [Carol Danvers] [Ms. Marvel]; Black Bolt; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Black Crow; Black King; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Blacklash (villain); Black Mamba; Blackout; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Black Queen; Black Talon; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova; Natasha Romanoff]; Blastaar (villain); Blaze, Johnny; Blob [Fred Dukes] (villain); Boomerang [Fred Myers] (villain); Box; Brothers Grimm; Brother Voodoo [Jericho Drumm]; Bushmaster (villain); Caliban; Callisto; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau] [Photon]; Captain Ultra; Captain Universe; Cassidy, Black Tom; Cassidy, Sean; Celestials; Chief Examiner; Chthon; Circus of Crime; Clea
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Beast

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Character(s): Beast [Henry ("Hank") McCoy]
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Beetle

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Belasco

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Beta Ray Bill

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Binary

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Character(s): Binary [Carol Susan Jane Danvers]
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Black Bolt

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Character(s): Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; Karnak; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
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Black Cat

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Character(s): Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Black Crow

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Feature(s): Black Crow
Character(s): Black Crow [Jesse Black Crow]
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Black King

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black King
Character(s): Black King [Sebastian Shaw]; Colossus [Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
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Black Knight

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Character(s): Black Knight [Dane Whitman]
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Blacklash

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Character(s): Blacklash [Mark Scarlotti]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
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Black Mamba

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Feature(s): Black Mamba
Character(s): Black Mamba [Tanya Sealy]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]
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Blackout

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Feature(s): Blackout
Character(s): Blackout [Marcus Daniels]; Nova [Richard Rider]
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Black Panther

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Character(s): Black Panther [T'Challa]
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Black Queen

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Character(s): Black Queen [Selene]
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Black Talon

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Black Widow

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Character(s): Black Widow [Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanoff]
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Blastaar

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Blaze, Johnny

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Feature(s): Johnny Blaze
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Blob

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blob
Character(s): Blob [Fred J. Dukes]; Wolverine [James Howlett; Logan]; Colossus [Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; The Hulk [Robert Bruce Banner] ; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Boomerang

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Boomerang
Character(s): Boomerang [Fred Myers]
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Box

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Box
Character(s): Box [Roger Bochs; Jerome "Jerry" Jaxon; Walter Langkowski]
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Brothers Grimm

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Feature(s): Brothers Grimm
Character(s): Brothers Grimm [Percy Grimes; Barton Grimes]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]
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Brother Voodoo

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Bushmaster

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Caliban

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Callisto

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Character(s): Callisto; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
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Cannonball

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Captain America

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Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]
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Captain Britain

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Character(s): Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]
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Captain Marvel

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Character(s): Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]
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Captain Ultra

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Feature(s): Captain Ultra
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Captain Universe

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Universe
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Cassidy, Black Tom

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Tom Cassidy
Character(s): Black Tom Cassidy [Thomas Samuel Eamon Cassidy]
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Cassidy, Sean

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sean Cassidy
Character(s): Sean Cassidy [The Banshee]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Colossus [Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
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Celestials

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Celestials
Character(s): Celestials [Arishem the Judge; Gammenon the Gatherer; Jemiah the Analyzer; Tefral the Surveyor; One Above All; Nezarr the Calculator; Oneg the Prober; Hargen the Measurer; Eson the Searcher; Ziran the Tester]
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Chief Examiner

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Feature(s): Chief Examiner
Character(s): Chief Examiner; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Chthon

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Circus of Crime

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Circus of Crime
Character(s): Circus of Crime [Fire-Eater; The Clown; Live Wire; Cannonball; Flying Gambonnos; Bruto the Strongman]
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Clea

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Clea; Dr. Strange
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Glossary

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
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Disclose Notes: The inside back cover contains a glossary that is continued from last issue and a text article, "Natural Selection", continued from inside front cover.

Glossary contains the following entries: ectoplasm, Elder of the Universe; Elf; empathic; entropy; ESP; extradimensional; extraterrestrial; force field; gamma radiation; genetic; genetics; ghost; giant; god; graviton; Homo mermanus; Homo superior; houngan; humanoid; hyperspace; incubus; interdimensional; levitation; life essence; lift (press); limbo; Limbo

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