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Issue: Marvel Spectacular #4
Publication Date: November 1973
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Issues: #4 of 19 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 07/31/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #99.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Behold.."The Living Planet!"

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Recorder; Ego
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #2 [Jack Kirby Cover; Direct] published January 2013
as Marvel Spectacular #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]1/4 page
From Content Item: FlagThor #133 published October 1966
was Behold.. The Living Planet! [Illustration on Cover, Front]Ego's face is altered
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is taken from an unaltered stat.
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Behold... The Living Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Recorder; Ego; Jane Foster; Count Tagar of Wundagore (introduction); Sir Porga of Wundagore; Tana Nile
First Line: Can it be true?
Synopsis: Thor defeats Ego, the Living Planet, and gets Earth's freedom from the colonizers. Jane wanders into the New Men and is offered a job as a teacher in Wundagore.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThor #133 published October 1966
was Behold... The Living Planet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Page 3 of the original is not reprinted (and the word balloon is moved to page 2).
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Count Tagar of Wundagore.
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Gather, Warriors!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Thor; Loki; Odin; Balder; Kroda; Magrat
First Line: The mission of missions is about to begin!!
Synopsis: A motley crew is assembled as Thor prepares to set sail. Odin fears that Ragnarök, the twilight of the gods, is upon them.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #119 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1965
was Gather, Warriors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Odinsword Quest Part 2, first appearances of Hogun, Fandral and Volstagg (the Warriors Three) and Kroda and Magrat.
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Capricious Commentaries, Carefully Cooked Up to Confuse and Confound You!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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FOOM!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo ad for FOOM! (Friends of Ol' Marvel).

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