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Series: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1985 - 1988

Detail

Publisher: Flag

Marvel Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #20 (20 Issues, 52 Printings)

Continued From: none

Continued In: none Disclose

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Notes: An encyclopedia-type index of major and minor characters in the Marvel Comics Universe featuring biographical text, original art for most entries but some art carried over from Official Handbook Of Marvel Universe (1983 series), and previously published clip art.
Josef Rubinstein is listed as embellisher so it is assumed he inked all or most entries.
All entries for Eliot Brown are for technical diagrams.
Wraparound covers join together with the other issues in the series to make a huge horizontal poster.
Given the alphabetical order of this series, where last name is listed first, Arnim Zola should have been listed under "Z" for "Zola" instead of "A" for "Arnim"; this oversight was corrected in the 2006 series, All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z.

This series was meant to be followed by updates in the form of an Appendix, but that was never produced and instead the series was relaunched in 1989.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: limited series

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Issues: 1 to 20 of 20 found.

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Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#1 3	December 1985	68	44/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#2 3	January 1986	68	43/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#3 3	February 1986	68	42/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#4 3	March 1986	68	43/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#5 3	April 1986	68	42/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#6 3	May 1986	68	34/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#7 3	June 1986	68	46/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#8 3	July 1986	68	40/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#9 3	August 1986	68	35/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#10 3	September 1986	68	37/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#11 3	October 1986	68	40/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#12 3	November 1986	68	38/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#13 2	December 1986	68	35/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#14 3	January 1987	68	35/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#15 2	March 1987	68	21/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#16 2	June 1987	68	34/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#17 2	August 1987	68	32/0/1	2 Issue Images total
#18	October 1987	68	33/0/1	3 Issue Images total
#19 2	December 1987	68	32/0/1	3 Issue Images total
#20 2	February 1988	68	30/0/1	3 Issue Images total