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1January 1971
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Special Marvel Edition #1

Marvel · January 1971 · on sale 1970-09-01

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Identification plate

Series
Special Marvel Edition (Marvel, 1971 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
January 1971
Key date
1971-01-00
On-sale date
1970-09-01
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
68
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Sam RosenThor; Don Blake
1Into the Blaze of Battle!comic story16script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie SimekThor; Odin; Balder; Norn Queen [Karnilla]; Don Blake; Loki; Enchantress; Executioner; Hu Sak (introduction, death); Viet Cong; Cho and Cho's and Hu Sak's mother (introduction, death); Kim (Cho's and Hu Sak's sister) (introduction); Jane Foster
3To Kill a Thunder God!comic story16script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie SimekThor; Kim; Loki; the Destroyer (introduction; Odin's robot); a hunter (introduction)
4The Golden Apples!comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie SimekIduna (introduction); Haakun the Hunter (introduction); Fenris the Wolf God (introduction)
5The Day of the Destroyer!comic story16script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie SimekThor; Odin; Norn Queen [Karnilla]; Ularic (introduction); Loki; Destroyer; the hunter
6-in-house column0.4script: ? (promo copy); letters: typeset
8More Marvel Masterpieces...promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Kirby, Sal Buscema, Herb Trimpe; inks: Chic Stone, Sal Buscema, Herb TrimpeThor; Avengers [Giant-Man; Captain America; Iron Man; Thor; Hulk]; Hulk

Plus 1.6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Mighty Thor Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-5099-2		2010On eBay ›
Marvel Firsts: The 1970s #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-6380-0		2011On eBay ›

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