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Issue: Marvel Super Special #8 [tabloid]
Publication Date: January 1978
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Issues: #8 [tabloid] of 37 Issues (40 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Standard Cover
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indexed from the Modern Promotions "MP" reprint; contents believed to be the same as the original.
"This issue distributed by Modern Promotions."
Indicia title is "A Marvel Super Special."
Size = 10in x 13in.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard U.S. magazine
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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The Official Adaptation of The Television Sensation!

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Cylons
Synopsis: A battle scene.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
Art does not match anything else in the book.
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Stan Lee Presents: Battlestar Galactica

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Table of Contents and indicia, with two illustrations.
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Battlestar Galactica

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Apollo; Zac; President Adar; Commander Adama; Starbuck; Athena; Colonel Tigh; Cylons; Baltar; Boomer; Boxey; Lyra; Cassiopea; Imperial Leader; Sire Uri; Muffit II; Doctor Wilker; Queen Lotay; Slygg; Ovions; Tucanas (cameo)
Synopsis: The twelve human colonies of space have finally united in a peace treaty with the Cylons, who have been enemies for millennia. But the Cylons attack the assembled fleet and home planets, nearly wiping out the humans. The survivors band together with the remaining battlestar ship to find a mythical 13th colony on Earth, but continue to be harrassed by the Cylons and their allies at every turn.
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In Content Item: FlagBattlestar Galactica #1 [Regular Edition] published March 1979
as Battlestar Galactica [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBattlestar Galactica #2 [Regular Edition] published April 1979
as Exodus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBattlestar Galactica #3 [Regular Edition] published May 1979
as Deathtrap! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 31
Disclose Notes: Continued in Battlestar Galactica (Marvel, 1979 series) #4
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Battlestar Galactica

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ovions
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: on page 21 of book
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The Wizard of Hollywood's Dream Factory

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): John Dykstra
Synopsis: Interview with John Dykstra, special photographic effects supervisor for the Battlestar Galactica TV show.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: on pages 22, 23, 25, and 28 of book
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Apollo ?; Zac ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: on page 24 of book
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Apollo; Commander Adama; Starbuck; Athena; Colonel Tigh; Cylons; Boomer; Boxey; Lyra; Cassiopea; Muffit II
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: a single illustration on pages 26-27 of book
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Life In The Future

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Background on the Battlestar Galactica saga.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: on pages 29-30 of the book
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Battle Tactics

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Discussion of the spacecraft and battle tactics of the Battlestar Galactica universe.
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Pages: 0.7
Disclose Notes: on page 31 of the book
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Spaceships And Such: Hardware of The Future

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Discussion of the various types of spaceships and communications devices in the Battlestar Galactica universe.
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Pages: 1.3
Disclose Notes: on pages 31 and 33 of the book
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ovion
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: on page 32 of book
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Aliens And Robots

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Cylon; Tucanas
Synopsis: Discussion of the various aliens in the Battlestar Galactica universe.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: on pages 34-35 of the book
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Muffit II
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: on page 36 of the book
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Welcome To The Marvel Universe

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: House ad for Marvel comics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Would be part of a wraparound cover except for the gap caused by the square binding, which carries title and price information.

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