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Issue: Marvels #0
Publication Date: August 1994
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel ComicsView Brand Images2
On Sale Date: 06/1994
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 75960601586300111
Price: $4.00 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Marcus McLaurin; Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Acetate cover; Glossy interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
Format Notes:  
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagMarvels Remastered Edition #[nn] published November 2018
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
John Romita
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Subject Matter
superhero
Marvels
Spider-Man; Green Goblin
Reprinting
FlagMarvel 70th Anniversary Collection #[nn] published July 2009
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kurt Busiek
John Romita; Alex Ross
Alex Ross
Typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Spider-Man; Green Goblin; Namor
Oh, look. Another one of those Zero issues.
Kurt Busiek describes how "Marvels" came together from his perspective.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
The sequence begins on the inside front cover and continues on the inside back cover. How the series came about.
The Origin of the Human Torch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Darnall; Alex Ross
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Comicraft
Subject Matter
superhero
Marvels
Phineas Thomas Horton; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
"It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being..." - Mary Shelley
Phineas Horton creates the Human Torch; however, seeing that society is not ready for such a being, Horton seals away his creation beneath the earth. Eventually, a crack develops in the concrete encasing the Human Torch and he is freed from his imprisonment.
Reprinting
FlagMarvels #[nn] [Premiere Edition] published January 2008
FlagMarvel 70th Anniversary Collection #[nn] published July 2009
as The Origin of the Human Torch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
The "First Line" field quote by Mary Shelley is from Frankenstein.
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alex Ross
Alex Ross
painted
Alex Ross (painted)
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Human Torch
First of all, I should probably come right out and say I have kind of a difficult time judging between fantasy and reality, so until I get my medication, this is my story, and I'm sticking to it.
Alex Ross provides some insight on how "Marvels" came to fruition.
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Miscellaneous
2
Images

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alex Ross
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
typeset
Subject Matter
pinups of various Marvel Superheroes
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
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