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Issue: Captain Marvel #56
Publication Date: May 1978
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Issues: #56 of 56 Issues (101 Printings)
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Variant: U.S. 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: 02/21/1978
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860246005
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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At Deathgrip's Command!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Death-Grip
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Pages: 1
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Survival Quest!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Tony Stark [Iron Man]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Deathgrip (death); Jacqueline Carr; unnamed hostages
Synopsis: The energy leech Deathgrip takes 30 hostages and threatens to kill them if Captain Marvel doesn't find a cure for the villain's powers in 48 hours.
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Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: coffee; Colorado Rockies; Denver; Florida Everglades; golf; Long Island; space observatory
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Thor Meets a Glutton for Gold

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Sif; Gudrun the Golden
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The Original Cosmic Comments

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Mike Stroud (Union, Nebraska), Dave Caffey (Memphis, Tennessee), ? [as A Fan], and Kurt Busiek (Lexington, Massachusetts).

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