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Issue: Marvel Super-Heroes #85
Publication Date: November 1979
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Issues: #85 of 94 Issues (138 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860247511
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
21 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: "Marvel's TV Sensation!"
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#12-31); saddle-stitched (#32-105)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Demon and the Dictator

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Incredible Hulk
Synopsis: The Hulk climbs a cliff while being fired upon by men with rifles.
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Pages: 1
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Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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Day of Thunder--Night of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Incredible Hulk [Bruce Banner]; General Ross; Jim Wilson
First Line: Hulk can lift buildings in the air --
Synopsis: Hulk tries to help a dying Jim but turns the boy over to Ross in the hopes that his friend can be saved. Hulk mails (?) himself to the country of Morvania where he comes into conflict with the brutal dictator Draxon.
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NBC Saturday Morning Peacock Club

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Genres: childrens
Character(s): all cameos: Daffy Duck, Casper the Ghost; The Thing; Fred Flintstone; Jetsons; Jonny Quest; Aquaman; Shmoo; Godzilla
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Disclose Notes: Ad for membership in NBC Saturday Morning Peacock Club promoting the TV network’s Saturday cartoon lineup.
Second page between pages 3-4 of story.
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Disclose Notes: Full page of ads for various products.
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Character(s): Yipes
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Disclose Notes: Second page between pages 5-6 of story.
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Have Lunch With a Superhero

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk (cameo); Spider-Man (cameo); Thor (cameo); Captain America (cameo)
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Heroes World, (New Jersey stores) for lunchboxes, toys and dolls featuring Marvel characters and Battlestar Galactica.
First page between pages 7-8 of story.
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Shogun Warriors

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shogun Warriors
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Disclose Notes: Mattel Toys ad for Shogun Warriors toys and accessories.
Second page between pages 7-8 of story.
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Disclose Notes: First page between pages 11-12 of story.
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4 Titles for the Price of 3!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Stan Lee; Hulk; Iron Man; Spider-Man
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Disclose Notes: House ad for subscriptions to Marvel comics. (12 issues for $5.00; subscribe to four titles, pay for only three.
Second page between pages 12-13 of story.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Half page of ads for various products.
Top half of first page between pages 13-14 of story.
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Stan Lee announces 2 All-New Black & White Blockbusters

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Howard the Duck (cameo); Dracula (cameo)
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Disclose Notes: House ad for “Howard the Duck” and “Dracula” black and white magazines.
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Shop by Mail - Stamps

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Character(s): Charles Atlas
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Disclose Notes: Full page of ads for various products. For ad rates write Kalish, Quigley and Rosen, Inc. of New York, New York.
Second page between pages 13-14 of story.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Warriors of the Shadow Realm
First Line: Item! It has been postulated by our critics...
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Disclose Notes: house ad with information on Marvel comics
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Captain Marvel vs. Professor Sneer.

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Professor Sneer
Synopsis: Captain Marvel prevents Professor Sneer from extinguishing the sun, using Hostess Twinkies.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Hostess Twinkies in comic strip form.
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Lucky Products, Inc.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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You've Got to Build 'Em to Believe 'Em!

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Disclose Notes: back cover

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