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Issue: Captain Marvel #56
Publication Date: May 1978
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Issues: #56 of 56 Issues (101 Printings)
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Variant: U.S. Cover Price
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: 0714860246005
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Archie Goodwin [as A. Goodwin]; James E. Galton (president); Stan Lee (publisher)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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At Deathgrip's Command!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Archie Goodwin ?
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Bob Wiacek
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Danny Crespi
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Death-Grip
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Pages: 1
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Survival Quest!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Doug Moench [as D. Moench]; Jim Shooter [as J. Shooter] (plot)
Penciller(s): Pat Broderick [as P. Broderick]
Inker(s): Bob Wiacek [as B. Wiacek]
Colorist(s): Phil Rachelson [as P. Rachelson]
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino (page one, uncredited); Rick Parker [as R. Parker]
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Tony Stark [Iron Man]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Deathgrip (death); Jacqueline Carr; unnamed hostages
Synopsis: The energy leech Deathgrip takes 30 hostages and threatens to kill them if Captain Marvel doesn't find a cure for the villain's powers in 48 hours.
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Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: coffee; Colorado Rockies; Denver; Florida Everglades; golf; Long Island; space observatory
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Thor Meets a Glutton for Gold

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thor; Hostess
Character(s): Thor; Sif; Gudrun the Golden
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Original Cosmic Comments
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Disclose Notes: Letters from: Mike Stroud (Union, Nebraska), Dave Caffey (Memphis, Tennessee), ? [as A Fan], and Kurt Busiek (Lexington, Massachusetts).

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