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Issue: Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #2
Publication Date: March 2006
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/22/2006
Volume: 2
Pages: 352
ISBN: 0785120947
UPC/EAN: 978078512094053499
Price: $34.99 USD
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Content Items: 39 (21 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: hardcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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FlagThor #156 published September 1968 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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[untitled]

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Meet Captain America

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The Riddle of the Red Skull

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Major Croy (dies); General Manor (dies)
Cap and Bucky come face to face with a villain who scares the wits out of his victims, then injects them with a poison that convinces others that he has killed them with his eyes!
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Cult of the Shark-god

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the Zambiji people; Kai-Mak, the Shark-God (villain, death)
The Vision comes to Earth to investigate the sacrificing of humans to the mysterious Kai-Mak, the Shark-God.
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The Living Shadows!

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espionage
Suwan; Shadow Aliens (Intro)
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Fin Fang Foom!

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Fin Fang Foom
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Fin Fang Foom!

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Chan Liuchow; Chung Liuchow
A young historian from Taiwan crosses to the mainland to awake the dragon Fin Fang Foom and foil a communist invasion. He lures the dragon to the coast to wreck the invasion fleet, and then lures it back to its layer before restoring its mystical slumber.
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Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: part one (6 pp) and part two (7 pp). Story is pages 3-7, 10-14, 16-18 of comic (pages numbered 1 to 13).
Fin Fang Foom next appears in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #23 (April 1974).
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The Summer Must End!

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romantic
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[untitled]

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western
Two-Gun Kid [Matt Hawk]; Nancy Carter; Ben Dancer
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The Beginning of the Two-Gun Kid

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Clem Carter; Nancy Carter; Ben Dancer; Thunder (Two-Gun Kid's Horse)
Matt Hawk arrives from the East. After helping Ben Dancer with two crooks, Ben teaches him all he knows and Matt becomes the Two-Gun Kid.
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Introduction of the new Two-Gun Kid. Intro of Matt Hawk (his secret id), his romantic interest Nancy Carter, brother Clem Carter and of course, Thunder the horse.
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The Dream World of Doris Nelson!

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Doris Nelson; Jazzbo; Joe Marlow
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Captain America

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Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Captain America [Carl Zante; also as The Acrobat]
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The Human Torch Meets...Captain America

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Acrobat [Carl Zante; disguised as Captain America]
The Human Torch is upstaged by the return of Captain America, but the Torch realizes that it is his old enemy the Acrobat in disguise and defeats him.
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Acrobat last appears in issue #106 (March 1963). This story involving a Captain America imposter was a try-out to test the idea of reviving him. The real Cap would return only 4 months later in Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (March 1964).

Winner of the 1963 "Favorite Short Story" Alley Award.
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Big news! Starting with this great issue: 2 big features for the price of one!
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Captain America

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"Boss" Bull; unnamed thugs
This is the city!
While Cap lounges around Avengers Mansion, thinking about Bucky and his place in the world, a gang of costumed thugs break in intent on stealing any secrets or weapons Stark may have lying about the place, to sell for profit. They figure Cap's "just an acrobat." They figured wrong! He mops up the place with them single-handed, then comments how lucky they were his partners weren't around..."They're really tough!"
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Captain America and Bucky!

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Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Nick Fury; the Howling Commandos [Corporal Dum Dum Dugan; Percival Pinkerton; Dino Manelli; Izzy Cohen; Robert Ralston [Rebel Ralston]; Gabe Jones]
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Fighting Side-By-Side with... Captain America and Bucky !

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While on a mission in Germany, Captain America asks for the help of the Howlers.
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Guest-Starring: The Mighty Avengers

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The X-Men [Professor X; The Angel [Warren Worthington III]; The Beast; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman]; The Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man[Tony Stark]]; Lucifer
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Enter, The Avengers!

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Xavier has tracked down Lucifer, who cost him the use of his legs, but finds his foe's heartbeat is rigged to a giant thermal bomb. The X-Men arrive in Bavaria and run across the Avengers who have also just arrived. The X-Men have to stop the Avengers from defeating Lucifer since by defeating Lucifer, the world will be destroyed. After Xavier gives Lucifer a mind blast that renders him unconscious, he contacts his team for help and the Avengers agree to let the X-Men clean up the current crisis on their own. Cyclops uses his eye beams to disable Lucifer's thermal bomb.
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Enter... Doctor Doom!

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Enter... Dr. Doom!

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While Sandman attempts to free the Wizard, Dr. Doom steals the Surfer's Power Cosmic.
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The Dismal Dregs of Defeat!

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Dr. Doom; Wyatt Wingfoot; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing]
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The Dismal Dregs of Defeat!

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Dr. Doom attacks and defeats the FF.
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Doomsday!

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Black Bolt; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing]
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Doomsday

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Dr. Doom wreaks havoc across the globe with the Power Cosmic. Black Bolt destroys the barrier that was imprisoning the Inhumans.
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The Peril and The Power!

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Dr. Doom; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing]
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The Peril and the Power!

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The FF defeat Dr. Doom.
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The Silver Burper

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Fantastical Four
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Thor; Loki; Ulik; Mangog; Hela; Don Blake; Sif; Toag; Balder; Karnilla; The Legion of the Lost
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...To Wake the Mangog!

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Toag, Elder of the Council Supreme (introduction); Muggers, Inc. (introduction); The Legion of the Lost (introduction)
While Sif recovers, Hela shows Thor the glory of eternal battle he can enter if he surrenders to her. Loki takes the throne of Asgard while Odin undergoes the Odinsleep. Ulik frees Mangog from captivity.
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Now Ends... the Universe!

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Thor; Mangog
Thor vs. Mangog
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Now Ends the Universe!

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Toag; Legion of the Lost
Thor and Sif return to Asgard, and Loki sends Thor and the Warriors Three to battle Mangog, who is approaching Asgard in order to draw the Odinsword and bring about Ragnarok.
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Thor; Balder; Sif; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Recorder
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The Hammer and the Holocaust!

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Toag; The Legion of the Lost
While Asgard waits in fear, Thor and the Warriors Three battle Mangog but cannot stop his advance.
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Behind Him... Ragnarok!

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Thor; Mangog
Thor in grasp of Mangog.
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Behind Him...Ragnarok!

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The Legion of the Lost; Guntharr (introduction); Toag
Balder and the Legion of the Lost escape Karnilla and join the battle against Mangog. Odin awakens in time to stop Mangog from drawing the Odinsword.
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[untitled]

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Devil Dinosaur and Moon-Boy

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The Small Folk (introduction); Seven-Scars (introduction); Stone-Hand (introduction); the Killer Folk (introduction)
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Devil Dinosaur

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Back in the days of the prehistoric past -- before the fall of the great lizards...
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House ad for Devil Dinosaur.

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