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Issue: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2
Publication Date: February 1983
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Issues: #2 of 15 Issues (45 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860281202
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
43 (0 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Mark Gruenwald (editor); Michael Carlin [Mike Carlin] (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
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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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B-C: From Baron Mordo to The Collective Man

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Baron Mordo (villain); Baron Zemo [Helmut Zemo] (villain); Basilisk (villain); Batroc [The Leaper] (villain); Beast [Hank McCoy; Henry McCoy]; Beetle [Abner Jenkins] (villain); Binary [Carol Danvers] [Ms. Marvel]; Black Bolt; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Blacklash (villain); Black Panther [T'Challa]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova; Natasha Romanoff]; Blastaar (villain); Blitzkrieg; Blizzard [Gregor Shapanka] (villain); Blob [Fred Dukes] (villain); Blue Shield [Joe Cartelli]; Boomerang [Fred Myers] (villain); Brother Voodoo [Jericho Drumm]; Bullseye (villain); Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Captain Universe; Charlie-27; Cloak; Dagger; Cobra [Klaus Voorhees] (villain); Collective Man
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Baron Mordo

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Character(s): Baron Mordo
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Baron Zemo

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Character(s): Baron Zemo [Helmut Zemo]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art from: page 10, panel 5 from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #278 (February 1983).
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Basilisk

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Character(s): Basilisk
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Batroc

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Beast

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Character(s): Beast [Henry "Hank" McCoy]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art from: page 12, panel 2 from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #194 (April 1980).
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Beetle

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Character(s): Beetle [Abner Jenkins]
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Belladonna

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Binary

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Character(s): Binary [Carol Danvers]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art (mirrored) from: page 19, panel 5 from The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #166 (February 1983).
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Black Bolt

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Black Cat

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Character(s): Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art from: page 4, panel 2 from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #204 (May 1980).
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Black Knight

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Character(s): Black Knight [Dane Whitman]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art from: page 6, panel 3 from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #226 (December 1982).
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Blacklash

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Black Mamba

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Black Panther

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Character(s): Black Panther [T'Challa]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art from: page 3, panel 3 from Jungle Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #9 (May 1974).
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Black Widow

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Character(s): Black Widow
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art (altered, Black Widow pose taken from cover but costume has been updated to the grey/shorthair one) from: cover of Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #155 (November 1978).
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Blastaar

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Character(s): Blastaar
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art from: splash page 7 from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #215 (February 1980).
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Blitzkrieg

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Blizzard

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Blob

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Character(s): Blob [Fred J. Dukes]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art (altered) from: page 7, panel 2 from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #7 (September 1964).
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Blue Shield

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Boomerang

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Brother Voodoo

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Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

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Character(s): Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Toad; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Mastermind; Blob; Unus; Lorelei]
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New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

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Character(s): New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Mystique; Avalanche; Destiny; Pyro; Rogue; Blob]
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Bullseye

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Character(s): Bullseye
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art (altered, Bullseye pose taken from panel and thrown ace of spades card added) from: page 12, panel 3 from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #141 (January 1977).
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Cannonball

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Character(s): Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art (altered and mirrored) from: cover of Marvel Graphic Novel (Marvel, 1982 series) #4 - The New Mutants (1982).
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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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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art from: page 9, panel 6 from Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #65 (January 1978).
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Captain Marvel

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Character(s): Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art (altered) from: page 19, panel 2 from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #16 ([December] 1982).
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Captain Universe

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Character(s): Captain Universe
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Celestials

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Character(s): Celestials [Hargen; Tefral; Nezarr; Gammenon; Arishem; Jemiah; Esion; Oneg; Ziran]
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Disclose Notes: Celestials figures art (altered) from: Chapter Three Day of Alpha, double page spread pages 24 and 25 (Destroyer and Uni-Mind removed) from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #300 (October 1980).
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Champion of the Universe

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Character(s): Champion of the Universe
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Champions of Xandar

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Character(s): Champions of Xandar [Nova-Prime; Protector; Powerhouse; Comet; Nova; Crimebuster; Diamondhead]
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Disclose Notes: Includes illustrations of Xandar, Nova-Ship, Centurion symbols, Denarian symbols, Millennian symbols, and Corpsman symbols.
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Charlie-27

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Character(s): Charlie-27
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art (altered) from: page 11, panel 7 from Marvel Presents (Marvel, 1975 series) #12 (August 1977).
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Circus of Crime

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Character(s): Circus of Crime [Fire-Eater; The Clown; Live Wire; Cannonball; Flying Gambonnos; Bruto the Strongman; Princess Python]
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Disclose Notes: Ditko is erroneously credited on the contents page. According to Brian Postman and Joe Rubinstein on the Ditkomania Facebook page, October 2014, Ditko had drawn an illustration that was rejected by Mark Gruenwald. Instead Gruenwald traced the Clown, Princess Python and Gambono figures from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 and Brian Postman added the figures of Fire-Eater, Bruto, and Live Wire.
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Cloak

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Cloak [Tyrone Bowen]
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Dagger

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Character(s): Dagger
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Cobra

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Character(s): Cobra [Klaus Voorhees]
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Collective Man

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Character(s): Collective Man
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Alien Races

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ba-Bani; Badoon; Brood; Centaurians; Centurii; Chr'ylites; Ciegrimites; Cotati
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Appendix

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