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Issue: Nova #12
Publication Date: August 1977
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Issues: #12 of 21 Issues (44 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 30¢ Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0714860235208
Price: $0.35 USD variant
$0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Marv Wolfman
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Bronze Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint interior; Glossy cover
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In6
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Face to Face with Spider-Man

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Buscema; John Romita (alterations)
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia; John Romita (alterations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nova
Character(s): Nova [Richard Rider]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ralph Rider
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #8 published May 2007black and white
In Content Item: FlagEssential Nova #1 published January 2006
as Nova #12 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Who Is -- the Man Called Photon?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marv Wolfman
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Frank Giacoia (finished art)
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): Glynis Wein
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nova
Character(s): Nova [also appears as Richard Rider]; Photon (introduction); Spider-Man [also appears as Peter Parker]; Ralph Rider (death); Harry Daze; Jason Dean; Michael Lincoln; Franklin Risk; Charles Rider; Captain James Steele; Manners (butler)
Synopsis: Rich's uncle Ralph is murdered by Photon because of a secret chemical formula he was working on that several men were trying to acquire. Nova and Spider-Man team up to figure out the true identity of Photon.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #8 published May 2007black and white
In Issue: FlagNova Classic #1 published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagGli Eterni #12 published February 1979
as Chi  l'uomo chiamato Fotone? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Nova #1 published January 2006
as Who Is -- the Man Called Photon? [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #171 (August 1977).

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