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Issue: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2
Publication Date: January 1986
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Issues: #2 of 20 Issues (52 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1986
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.75 CAD
£0.75 GBP
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 43 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mark Gruenwald (producer); Howard Mackie (assistant editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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Beast To Clea

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Beast [Hank McCoy; Henry McCoy]; Beetle [Abner Jenkins] (Villain); Belasco; Beta Ray Bill; Binary [Carol Danvers] [Ms. Marvel]; Black Bolt; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Black Crow; Black King; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Blacklash (Villain); Black Mamba; Blackout; Black Panther (T'Challa); Black Queen; Black Talon; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova; Natasha Romanoff]; Blastaar (Villain); Blaze, Johnny; Blob [Fred Dukes] (Villain); Boomerang [Fred Myers] (Villain); Box; Brothers Grimm; Brother Voodoo [Jericho Drumm]; Bushmaster(Villain); Caliban; Callisto; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau] [Photon]; Captain Ultra; Captain Universe; Cassidy, Black Tom; Cassidy, Sean; Celestials; Chief Examiner; Chthon; Circus of Crime; Clea
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Beast

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Beast [Henry ("Hank") McCoy]
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Beetle

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Eliot R. rown
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Beetle
Character(s): Beetle [Abner Jenkins]
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Belasco

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Ron Frenz
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Belasco
Character(s): Belasco
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Beta Ray Bill

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Beta Ray Bill
Character(s): Beta Ray Bill
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Binary

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): b
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Binary
Character(s): Binary [Carol Susan Jane Danvers]
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Black Bolt

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; Karnak; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
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Black Cat

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Cat
Character(s): Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Black Crow

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Crow
Character(s): Black Crow [Jesse Black Crow]
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Black King

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black King
Character(s): Black King [Sebastian Shaw]; Colossus [Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
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Black Knight

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Knight
Character(s): Black Knight [Dane Whitman]
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Blacklash

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blacklash
Character(s): Blacklash [Mark Scarlotti]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
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Black Mamba

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Mamba
Character(s): Black Mamba [Tanya Sealy]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]
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Blackout

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blackout
Character(s): Blackout [Marcus Daniels]; Nova [Richard Rider]
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Black Panther

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Panther [T'Challa]
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Black Queen

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Queen
Character(s): Black Queen [Selene]
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Black Talon

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Talon
Character(s): Black Talon
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Black Widow

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Frank Miller
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Widow [Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanoff]
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Blastaar

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blastaar
Character(s): Blastaar
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Blaze, Johnny

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Blaze
Character(s): Johnny Blaze [Ghost Rider]
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Blob

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blob
Character(s): Blob [Fred J. Dukes]; Wolverine [James Howlett; Logan]; Colossus [Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; The Hulk [Robert Bruce Banner] ; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Boomerang

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Boomerang
Character(s): Boomerang [Fred Myers]
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Box

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Box
Character(s): Box [Roger Bochs; Jerome "Jerry" Jaxon; Walter Langkowski]
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Brothers Grimm

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Brothers Grimm
Character(s): Brothers Grimm [Percy Grimes; Barton Grimes]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]
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Brother Voodoo

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Brother Voodoo [Jericho Drumm]
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Bushmaster

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Carl Pots
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Bushmaster
Character(s): Bushmaster
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Caliban

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Caliban
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Callisto

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Callisto
Character(s): Callisto; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
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Cannonball

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Penciller(s): Bill Sienkiewicz
Inker(s): Joe Rubinstein [as Josef Rubinstein]
Colorist(s): Andy Yanchus
Letterer(s): Brenda Mings (typeset)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Cannonball
Character(s): Cannonball [Samuel Guthrie]
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Captain America

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]
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Captain Britain

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]
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Captain Marvel

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): John Romita, Jr.
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]
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Captain Ultra

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Ultra
Character(s): Captain Ultra
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Captain Universe

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Universe
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Cassidy, Black Tom

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Steve Laialoha
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Tom Cassidy
Character(s): Black Tom Cassidy [Thomas Samuel Eamon Cassidy]
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Cassidy, Sean

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sean Cassidy
Character(s): Sean Cassidy [The Banshee]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Colossus [Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
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Celestials

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Celestials
Character(s): Celestials [Arishem the Judge; Gammenon the Gatherer; Jemiah the Analyzer; Tefral the Surveyor; One Above All; Nezarr the Calculator; Oneg the Prober; Hargen the Measurer; Eson the Searcher; Ziran the Tester]
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Chief Examiner

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Chief Examiner
Character(s): Chief Examiner; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Chthon

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Chthon
Character(s): Chthon
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Circus of Crime

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Circus of Crime
Character(s): Circus of Crime [Fire-Eater; The Clown; Live Wire; Cannonball; Flying Gambonnos; Bruto the Strongman]
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Clea

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Clea; Dr. Strange
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Glossary

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
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Disclose Notes: The inside back cover contains a glossary that is continued from last issue and a text article, "Natural Selection", continued from inside front cover.

Glossary contains the following entries: ectoplasm, Elder of the Universe; Elf; empathic; entropy; ESP; extradimensional; extraterrestrial; force field; gamma radiation; genetic; genetics; ghost; giant; god; graviton; Homo mermanus; Homo superior; houngan; humanoid; hyperspace; incubus; interdimensional; levitation; life essence; lift (press); limbo; Limbo

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