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Issue: The Black Dragon #4
Publication Date: August 1985
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Issues: #4 of 6 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Epic ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 06/11/1985
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.75 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Archie Goodwin (editor); Jo Duffy (associate editor); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)
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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: Limited Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): James Dunreith; Darkling
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Pages: 1
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Goodwin
First Line: Welcome to the halfway mark in our Black Dragon limited series,E
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Gryphon [Brian Griffon]; Black Dragon; Gwyneth Treherne (dies); Aelfric (dies); Rowena (dies); Simeon (mentioned); Bright Lady (mentioned); Hunter (mentioned); Sir Nigel (dies); Phillip of Antrim (dies); Merry Men [Robin Hood [Robin of Locksley; Wolfshead]; Alan-a-Dale; Friar Tuck; Will Scarlet; Little John]; Brother William; Wood Nymphs; the Sidhe [King Eamonn; Morgan Le Fey]; Darklings [Elliane deValere; James Dunreith]; Baron Rupert (dies); Lady Alais (dies); Edmund deValere [Runesire of the Western Marches]; Anne deValere; Ranulf deValere (dead, mentioned)
First Line: For Aelfric the blacksmith of Glenowynshire and Rowena,E
Synopsis: The Darklings attack the wedding of Aelfric and Rowena and slaughter those present. Griffon, the sole survivor, discovers that Dunreith is one of the Darklings. Edmund deValere sacrifices Baron Rupert and Lady Alais to the Black Dragon. Gryphon allies with Robin Hood and the Sidhe against Edmund. After the Sidhe temporarily free him of Edmund's control, Dunreith asks Gryphon to kill him. Morgan Le Fey stops him and reveals that she is Dunreith's mother.
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In Content Item: FlagConan #1/1991 published January 1991
as Den Svarta Draken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan #2/1991 published February 1991
as Den Svarta Draken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 30
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: Once upon a time...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Moonshadow limited series.
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Swords of the Swashbucklers

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Swashbucklers
First Line: Once a monstrous evil threatened the Earth.
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Marvel Graphic Novel (Marvel, 1982 series) #14.
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dreadstar
First Line: Did you know there are two Dreadstars?
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover house ad for Dreadstar related comics.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Cutter; Skywise
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Disclose Notes: Back cover house ad for Elfquest.

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