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Publishers / Marvel / Ideal (1948) / #1
1July 1948
$0.10

Ideal #1

Marvel · July 1948 · on sale April 13, 1948

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Identification plate

Series
Ideal (Marvel, 1948 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
July 1948
Key date
July 1948
On-sale date
April 13, 1948
Indicia publisher
Timely Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Antony and Cleopatracover1
1All for the Love of a Woman!comic story38
3The Observant Killertext story2
4Stamp Newstext article0.31script: Kent B. Stiles
5The Corpses of Doctor Sacotti!promo (ad from the publisher)2
6Don't Fail to Read These Other Wonderful Magazines Published by the Editors of Patsy Walker Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Series context

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