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Issue: Marvel Saga ™ The Official History of the Marvel Universe #8
Publication Date: July 1986
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Issues: #8 of 25 Issues (53 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel 25th AnniversaryView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1986
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mark Gruenwald (consulting editor); Ralph Macchio (consulting editor); Danny Fingeroth (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief); Jack Abel (proofreader)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In2
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing]; X-Men [Cyclops; Angel; Iceman]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Dr. Doom
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Saga #8 published ?
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Book VIII: Fateful Encounters!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing]; X-Men [Cyclops; Angel; Iceman]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Dr. Doom; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Thor [Donald Blake]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Impossible Man
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Saga #8 published ?
From Issue: FlagFantastic Four #9 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1962excerpts
From Issue: FlagFantastic Four #10 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1963excerpts
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #88 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1963
was The Vengeance of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpts
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #89 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1963
was The Thunder God and the Thug! [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpts
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #11 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1963
was The Impossible Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk #6 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1963
was The Incredible Hulk vs The Metal Master! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1963
was Spider-Man vs. The Chameleon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #40 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1963
was Iron Man versus Gargantus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #107 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1963
was The Master of Flame vs. The Monarch of the Sea!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Annual #1 published September 1963
was Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Annual #12 published January 1977
was The End of the Inhumans...and the Fantastic Four [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Bill Vallely (Design); Anita Duncan (Production Manager); Phil Felix (Production); Bill Oakley (Production); Ken Lopez (Production) Rob Carosella (Production); Barbara Johnston (Production); Dawn Geiger (Production); Paul Bection (Production); Harry Candelario (Production); John Romita, Sr. (Art Supervisor); Tom Morgan (Art Department); Mark McKenna (Art Department); Jose Marzan (Art Department); Kevin Maguire (Art Department).

In addition to the excerpted material, the new art of the splash page was based on material in The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (March 1963); the new art on page 27 was based on material in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #90 (March 1963); the new art on pages 30-32 was based on material in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #55 (April 1969) and X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #56 (May 1969). Also, information from a wide variety of sources was incorporated into the entire issue's bridging text.
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Marvel Saga Classic Cover Gallery

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #88 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1963
was The Terrible Vengeance of Loki! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1963
was The Chameleon Strikes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #12 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1963
was The Fantastic Four Meet the Hulk! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover reprints of the Amazing Spider-Man #1, Fantastic Four #12 and Journey Into Mystery #88 on the inside back cover.

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