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Issue: The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #4
Publication Date: March 1986
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Issues: #4 of 25 Issues (55 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1985
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):  
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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
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor X; Magneto; Cyclops; Lucifer; Thor [Donald Blake]; Odin; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing]; Dr. Doom; Namor the Sub-Mariner
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Saga #4 published ?
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Book IV: Of Gods and Mutants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Cyclops; Charles Xavier; Juggernaut; Magneto; Jack O' Diamonds; Havok; Corsair; Thor; Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Dr. Doom; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Saga #4 published ?
From Issue: FlagThe Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #6 [Direct Edition] published June 1983Confirm: direction of reprint
From Issue: FlagThe Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #10 [Direct Edition] published October 1983Confirm: direction of reprint
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #83 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1962
was The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #35 [unnamed variant] published September 1962
was Return of the Ant-Man, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #84 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was The Mighty Thor vs. The Executioner [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpts
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #6 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was Captives of the Deadly Duo! Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #35 [unnamed variant] published September 1962
was [Return of the Ant-Man] Part 2, An Army of Ants! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #6 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was Part 2 When Super-Menaces Unite [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #35 [unnamed variant] published September 1962
was [Return of the Ant-Man] Part 3, The Ant-Man's Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #6 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was Part 3 When Friends Fall Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #12 published July 1965
was The Origin of Professor X! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #20 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1966
was I, Lucifer... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #38 published November 1967
was A Man Called... X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #39 published December 1967
was Lonely Are the Hunted! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #40 published January 1968
was The First Evil Mutant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #41 published February 1968
was The Living Diamond! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #42 published March 1968
was The End...Or the Beginning? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThor #159 published December 1968
was The Answer At Last! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #117 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1979
was Psi War! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Confirm: direction of reprint
From Content Item: FlagThe Uncanny X-Men #144 [Newsstand] published April 1981
was Even in Death... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagBizarre Adventures #27 published July 1981
was Phoenix [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe Uncanny X-Men #161 [Newsstand] published September 1982
was Gold Rush! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Confirm: direction of reprint
From Content Item: FlagThor Annual #11 [Direct Edition] published November 1983
was The Saga of Thor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Janet Jackson (Design); Bill Vallely (Design); Bruce N. Solotoff (Design); Anita Duncan (Production Manager); Jim Novak (Production); Barry Shapiro (Production); Phil Felix (Production); Ken Lopez (Production); Harry Candelario (Production); Rob Carosella (Production); Dawn Geiger (Production); Paul Becton (Production); Barbara Johnson (Production); John Romita, Sr. (Art Supervisor); Tom Morgan (Art Department); James W. Fry (Art Department); Mark McKenna (Art Department); Jose Marzan (Art Department).

In addition to the excerpted material, 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)
Credits
Inker(s): various
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #83 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1962
was Introducing... the Mighty Thor! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #35 [unnamed variant] published September 1962
was The Return of the Ant Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagThe Uncanny X-Men #161 [Newsstand] published September 1982
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover reprints from Journey Into Mystery #83, Uncanny X-Men #161 and Tales to Astonish #35 on the inside back cover.

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