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Issue: Marvel Milestones: Dragon Lord, Speedball & the Man in the Sky #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2006
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/22/2006
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
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Price: $5.75 CAD
$3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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[untitled]

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typeset
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martial arts
Dragon Lord
Dragon Lord [Tako Shamara III]; The Wani
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FlagMarvel Spotlight #5 [Direct Edition] published March 1980
was A Question of Honor! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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A Hero Is Also a Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
martial arts
Dragon Lord
Dragon Lord [Tako Shamara III]; The Wani (villain, death)
Modern day electronics whiz Tako Shamara comes from a long line of dragon hunters who have waited five hundred years for the Wani to rear its ugly head again. When his ancient enemy appears from the waters of New York, Taki dons his Dragon Lord gear and, with the help of magic and his backyard barbecue grill, finishes the threat of the Wani forever.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Spotlight #5 [Direct Edition] published March 1980
was A Hero Is Also a Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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LF-681
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
superhero
Speedball
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FlagSpeedball #1 [Direct Edition] published September 1988
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Speedball, the Masked Marvel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Speedball [Robbie Baldwin]; Justin Baldwin; Madeline Naylor; VILLAIN: Mr. Roarke
Robbie's D.A. dad wants him to have a career in the law and his mother wants him to pursue a life in the arts. Instead, Robbie is secretly trying to cope with groovy new superpowers that make him talk funny and bounce around like a rubber ball. When Robbie saves his parents from a career criminal bent on revenge, Speedball is introduced to the world.
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FlagSpeedball #1 [Direct Edition] published September 1988
was Speedball, the Masked Marvel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Origin of a Masked Marvel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Speedball [Robbie Baldwin] (Origin)
Lab assistant Robbie Baldwin is zapped with an extra-dimensional energy source which gives him strange bouncing powers and he quickly has to learn how to use these crazy new powers to thwart a theft of precious metals from the lab.
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FlagSpeedball #1 [Direct Edition] published September 1988
was The Origin of a Masked Marvel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Speedball [Robbie Baldwin]
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[untitled]

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superhero
Speedball
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This art is taken from a Marvel Universe trading card.
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[untitled]

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superhero
New Warriors--Night Thrasher; Nova; Firestar; Namorita; Speedball; Turbo; Rage; Darkhawk
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This art is taken from a series of 9 Marvel Universe trading cards edited together to form one image.
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The Man in the Sky!

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Subject Matter
superhero
Tad Carter
The child of an atomic scientist develops strange and amazing powers but finds that the world isn't ready to deal with mutants.
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Adult Fantasy #14 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was The Man in the Sky! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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5
V-719
This is the first "mutant" story done by Stan Lee and Marvel.
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typeset
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superhero
Marvel Heroes
Speedball; Tad Carter; Star Brand [Ken Connell]; Quasar
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Adult Fantasy #14 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was The Man in the Sky! [Story on Interior Page(s)]splash page only
FlagStar Brand #1 [Direct] published October 1986
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSpeedball #1 [Direct Edition] published September 1988
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagQuasar #1 [Direct Edition] published October 1989
was The Untold Origin of Quasar! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
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Back cover. Includes covers and a splash page for stories presented in this issue and two comic covers for stories featured in the next issue.

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