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Issue: The Champions #5
Publication Date: April 1976
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Issues: #5 of 17 Issues (34 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 25¢
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.30 USD variant
$0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Marv Wolfman
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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: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Murder Is a Man Called...Rampage!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Danny Crespi
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Champions
Character(s): The Champions [Hercules; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman]; Rampage
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCapitan America #112 published July 1977
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Dan Adkins. Marvel Comics Index #9A erroneous credits Jim Novak as letterer.
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The Economy Is So Bad That...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tony Isabella
Penciller(s): Don Heck (layouts)
Inker(s): John Tartaglione [as John Tartag] (finished art)
Colorist(s): Janice Cohen
Letterer(s): John Costanza (pages 1-7); Irving Watanabe (pages 10-31, uncredited)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Champions
Character(s): The Champions [Hercules; Black Widow [Natasha Romonova]; Iceman; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze] (flashback)]; Rampage [Stuart Clarke] (introduction, villain, origin); Amos Crawley (introduction); Emerson Bale (introduction); Ivan Petrovich; Richard Fenster
First Line: Presenting: the everyman of super-villains... the first menace born of the recession... Rampage!
Synopsis: The Champions must stop the bank robbing Rampage, a villain driven to crime by the poor state of the economy.
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In Content Item: FlagCapitan America #112 published July 1977
as L'economia va così male che... [Story on Interior Page(s)]Part two
In Content Item: FlagCapitan America #111 published July 1977
as L'economia va così male che... [Story on Interior Page(s)]Part one
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: JV 241
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cables of Champions
First Line: Dear Tony, Bill, George, and Vince, ...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Larry Twiss, Brett Slack, Joseph Noke, and Martin Greene.
Page also contains Marvel Value Stamp Series B #77.
Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
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Spider-Man and the Cupcake Caper

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Mike Esposito ?; Frank Giacoia ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Irving Watanabe
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Spider-Man; Hostess Cup Cakes
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; Man Mountain Marko
First Line: Peter Parker is in Mary Jane Watson's apartment when suddenly he sees a familiar enemy.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Featured in March 1976 and April 1976 Marvel Comics. Heck and possible Giacoia inks by Nick Caputo, Feb 2011.

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