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78January 1979
$0.35

Marvel Super-Heroes #78

Marvel · January 1979

First appearance: Dark-Crawler1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series)
Issue
#78
Publication date
January 1979
Key date
1979-01-00
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.35
Pages
36
Barcode
0714860247501
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Dark-Crawler - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Herb Trimpe; letters: Sam RosenHulk; The Night-Crawler; Barbara Denton Norriss
1...Where Stalks the Night-Crawler!comic story18script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Herb Trimpe; letters: Artie SimekDark-Crawler First

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
WhitmanSee the GCD record for identification notes.

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Series context

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Sources

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