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Issue: Micronauts Special Edition #3
Publication Date: February 1984
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Issues: #3 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 10/25/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.25 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Milgrom [as Allen Milgrom]; Jim Shooter (original & reprint editor-in-chief)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #34.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Glossy interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Limited Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jackson Guice (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Feature(s): The Micronauts
Character(s): the Man-Thing; the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover. The cover is similar to the cover of Micronauts #7 (July 1979) by Michael Golden and Neal Adams.
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Bringing a Microverse! Into Being

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Mantlo
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (cover reprint); ? (illustration)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott (cover reprint); ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): Bob Sharen ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Feature(s): The Micronauts
Character(s): the Fantastic Four [the Human Torch; the Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic; the Thing]; Crystal; Galactus; the Silver Surfer [all in cover reprint]
Synopsis: Bill Mantlo on why he co-created, with Michael Golden, the Microverse. Contains a reduced cover reprint from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #75 (June 1968), an illo of the Microverse and a translation of the Microverse alphabet.
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From Issue: FlagFantastic Four #75 published June 1968the cover, reduced
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Great Escapes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Mantlo
Penciller(s): Michael Golden (breakdowns)
Inker(s): Joe Rubinstein [as Josef Rubinstein] (finishes)
Colorist(s): Bob Sharen
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Feature(s): The Micronauts
Character(s): Abner Jenkins (Steve Coffin's next-door neighbor); Baron Karza, his dog soldiers & Acroyears; Colonel Macey; Commander Slug of the Rebel Underground; the High Shadow Priest; the Humanoids of H.E.L.L.; the Man-Thing (cameo); the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron]; Muffin; Prince Argon; Professor Phillip Prometheus; Ray Coffin; Steve Coffin; Time Traveler
Synopsis: They escape from HELL. Ray Coffin meets Time Traveller. Argon rescues Slug. Karza meets Prometheus.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMicronauts #6 [Direct Edition] published June 1979
was The Great Escapes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Original colorist: Roger Slifer.
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Adventure Into Fear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Mantlo (co-plot, script); Michael Golden (co-plot)
Penciller(s): Michael Golden (breakdowns)
Inker(s): Joe Rubinstein (finishes)
Colorist(s): Bob Sharen
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Feature(s): The Micronauts
Character(s): Baron Karza (also as Chief Scientist Karza, in a flashback); Colonel Macey; Lord Dallan Rann (Regent of Homeworld) & Lady Sepsis (Arcturus Rann's parents, in a flashback); the Man-Thing; the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron]; Muffin; Prince Argon; Prof. Prometheus; Ray Coffin (in a memory); a Shadow Priest; Slug; Steve Coffin; Time Traveler
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMicronauts #7 [Direct Edition] published July 1979
was Adventure into Fear! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Original colorist: Roger Slifer.
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Earth Wars!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Mantlo
Penciller(s): Michael Golden (breakdowns)
Inker(s): Bob McLeod (finishes)
Colorist(s): Bob Sharen
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino (pg 1, uncredited); Diana Albers (pg 2-11)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Feature(s): The Micronauts
Character(s): Baron Karza; Baron Karza's dog soldiers (in a flashback); Colonel Macey; the Humanoids; the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron]; Muffin; Prince Argon (becomes Force Commander); Prof. Prometheus (in a flashback); Ray Coffin (also as Captain Universe); a Shadow Priest; Slug; Steve Coffin; Time Traveler (a guise of the Enigma Force)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMicronauts #8 [Direct Edition] published August 1979
was Earth Wars! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pp. 1-11; first 11 of 17 pages
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Micronauts #6 cover reprint

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Michael Golden (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Feature(s): The Micronauts
Character(s): the Micronauts [Acroyear; Bug; Marionette]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMicronauts #6 [Direct Edition] published June 1979
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Micronauts #7 cover reprint

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Michael Golden (signed)
Inker(s): Neal Adams (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Feature(s): The Micronauts
Character(s): the Man-Thing; the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMicronauts #7 [Direct Edition] published July 1979
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover signature is a stylized GA (for Golden and Adams).
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The Homeworld Microship Endeavor

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Feature(s): The Micronauts
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagMicronauts #4 published April 1979
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: No credits printed. Credits from index of original issue.
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Beauty And The Beast

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Perlin (signed)
Inker(s): Kim DeMulder (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Dazzler and the Beast
Character(s): the Beast; Dazzler; Dr. Doom
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for the Beauty And The Beast limited series.

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