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Issue: The Mighty World of Marvel #20
Publication Date: February 1973
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Issues: #20 of 329 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel UK
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Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management London Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 40
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.05 GBP
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Mostly coloured with zip-a-tone and two shades of green.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour front and back covers; black and White with some colour interior
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Introducing: Daredevil, the Man Without Fear!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Daredevil; The Hulk; The Thing
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art is an homage to the cover of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #38.
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Where Strides the Behemoth

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Glenn Talbot; Russians (villains); Kanga Kahn (villain); Hakun Gantu (villain)
Synopsis: The Hulk beats on the Bodavians bad enough that when he decides to leap away, they don't try to stop him. Jumping all the way to the Himalayas, the Hulk is finally tired out and transforms to Banner just in time to be menaced by a local bandit chieftain. Talbot catches up with Bruce in this hairy predicament and when their captors are attacked by a rival band of raiders, Bruce and Glenn fall off a cliff to their death?
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Lettering altered to remove references to communism, Soviet Union, etc.
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The Origin of Daredevil

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Daredevil [Matthew Michael Murdock]; GUESTS: Battling Jack Murdock (1st appearance; DD's father; Death); Franklin "Foggy" Nelson (1st appearance); Karen Page (1st appearance); Hank; "Dynamite" Davis; VILLAINS: The Fixer (1st appearance; Death); Slade; Porky; Sam
Synopsis: Matt Murdock saves a blind man from an oncoming truck but is struck blind himself by a radioactive canister during the rescue. The radioactivity heightens Matt's other senses and gives him an uncanny radar sense. Matt graduates college and begins practicing law with his college roommate Foggy. Matt's father, a boxer, is killed by the Fixer after he refuses to throw a fight; Matt designs a costume and a billy club (from his cane) and takes his derogatory childhood nickname "Daredevil."
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Pages: 4
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Spider-Man Comics Weekly Is Here!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man; Electro; Thor; Kronans
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Reprint Notes: Approx. 1/3 of cover of Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #83
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Pages 20-21, between pages 7 and 8 of the Daredevil story. Full-colour promo for Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 Series) #1.
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First Line: Dear Marvel, when I first walked into my book shop and saw the Mighty World of Marvel, I thought it was a comic I would enjoy.
Synopsis: Letters of comment from Hazel Byrne, Worcester; Andrew Brewer, Frodingbridge; Gary Hosty, Birmingham; and Vincent Bowler, Leicester.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 29.
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The Return of Doctor Doom!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Alicia Masters; Doctor Doom (villain); Stan Lee; Jack Kirby
Synopsis: Doctor Doom returns from his unwanted journey in space and visits Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in order to make them set a trap for the Fantastic Four.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: X-38
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Back from the Dead! Part 2

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; the Ovoids (flashback, introduction); Doctor Doom (villain); Stan Lee; Jack Kirby
Synopsis: Doctor Doom tells how he managed to return to Earth with the help of the Ovoids and then he changes bodies with Mr Fantastic using Ovoid technology.
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Pages: 5

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