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Issue: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #16
Publication Date: June 1987
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Issues: #16 of 20 Issues (52 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 1987
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 34 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Comic is An Index of Deceased Marvel Characters Employing Text, Original Art, and Previously Published Clip Art; Joe Rubinstein is Listed as Inker and James Fry, Phil Lord, and Bruce Solotoff as Art Enhancers So All Have Been Listed as Inkers for All Entries; Volume Numbers are from Silver Age Up; In his intro, Mark Gruenwald insists that all characters appearing in this book are truly dead, but as time and plotlines proved, a number of them were apparently only mostly dead; Wraparound Cover.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
Format Notes:  
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagOfficial Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2020
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Title Page
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Book of the Dead Deluxe Edition Part 1

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Air-Walker to Death Stalker
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Dead Reckoning

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page contains artist credits, table of contents, indicia and text article, "Dead Reckoning".
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Air-Walker

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Air-Walker
Character(s): Air-Walker [Gabriel Lan]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Gabriel Lan; Herald of Galactus; First appearance: Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #123; Last appearance: Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #306 (mostly dead)
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Ancient One

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ancient One
Character(s): Ancient One
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: First appearance: Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #111; Last appearance: Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #10
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Ani-Men

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ani-Men
Character(s): Ape-Man; Cat-Man; Frog-Man; Bird-Man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Baron Blood

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Baron Blood [Lord John Falsworth]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Lord John Falsworth; First appearance: Invaders (Marvel, 1975 series) #7; Last appearance: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #254
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Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Baron Strucker
Character(s): Baron Strucker [Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker]
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker; Father of Fenris; First appearance: Sgt. Fury (Marvel, 1963 series) #5; Last appearance: Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #158
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Baron Zemo I

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Baron Zemo
Character(s): Baron Zemo [Baron Heinrich Zemo]
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Baron Heinrich Zemo; First appearance: Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #4; Last appearance: Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #15
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Basilisk

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Basilisk
Character(s): Basilisk [Basil Elks]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Basil Elks; First appearance: Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #16; Last appearance: Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #289
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Beyonder

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Beyonder
Character(s): Beyonder
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: First appearance: Secret Wars (Marvel, 1984 series) #1; Last appearance: Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #9
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Big Man

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Big Man
Character(s): Big Man [Fredrick Foswell]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Fredrick Foswell; First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #10; Last appearance: Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #52
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Black Knight I

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Knight [Sir Percy of Scandia]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Sir Percy of Scandia; First and last appearance: Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #17
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Black Knight II

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Nathan Garrett; First appearance: Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #52; Last appearance: Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #47
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Blackout

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blackout
Character(s): Blackout [Marcus Daniels]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Marcus Daniels; First appearance: Nova (Marvel, 1976 series) #19; Last appearance: Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #277
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Blizzard

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blizzard
Character(s): Blizzard [Gregor Shapanka]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Gregor Shapanka; First appearance: (as Jack Frost) Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #45; First appearance: (as Blizzard) Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #86; Last appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #20
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Bloodstone

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bloodstone
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Ulysses Bloodstone; First appearance: Marvel Presents (Marvel, 1975 series) #1; Last appearance: Rampaging Hulk (Marvel, 1977 series) #8
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Blue Streak

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Streak
Character(s): Blue Streak
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Omnibus : Spider-Man par McFarlane #[nn] published October 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: First appearance: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #217; Last appearance: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #318
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Bucky

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Bucky
Character(s): Bucky
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: James Buchanan Barnes; First and last modern appearance: Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #4
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Captain Mar-Vell

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Mar-Vell
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: First appearance: Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #12; Last appearance: Marvel Graphic Novel (Marvel, 1982 series) #1
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Carrion

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Carrion
Character(s): Carrion [Miles Warren (Clone)]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Miles Warren (Clone); First appearance: Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #25; Last appearance: Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #31
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Carter, Sharon

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sharon Carter
Character(s): Sharon Carter
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: First appearance: Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #75; Last appearance: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #237
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Century, Turner D.

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Turner D. Century
Character(s): Turner D. Century [Clifford F. Michaels]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Clifford F. Michaels; First appearance: Spider-Woman (Marvel, 1978 series) #33; Last appearance: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #319
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Champions of Xandar

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Champions of Xandar
Character(s): Nova-Prime; Protector; Powerhouse; Comet; Crimebuster
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: First appearance: (as a team) Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #204; Last appearance: Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #24
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Changeling

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Changeling
Character(s): Changeling
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: First appearance: X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #35; Last appearance: (as Xavier) X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #42
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Cheetah

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Cheetah
Character(s): Cheetah [Esteban Carracas]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Esteban Carracas; First appearance: Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #48; Last appearance: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #319
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Commander Kraken

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Commander Kraken
Character(s): Commander Kraken
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: First appearance: Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #27; Last appearance: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #319
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Count Nefaria

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Count Nefaria
Character(s): Count Nefaria [Count Luchino Nefaria]
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Count Luchino Nefaria; First appearance: Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #13; Last appearance: Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #116
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Cyclone

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Cyclone
Character(s): Cyclone
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #143; Last appearance: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #319
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Dakimh the Enchanter

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Dakimh the Enchanter
Character(s): Dakimh the Enchanter
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: First appearance: Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #14; Last appearance: Giant Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #3
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Damien, Margo

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Margo Damien
Character(s): Margo Damien
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: First appearance: Eternals (Marvel, 1976 series) #1; Last appearance: Eternals (Marvel, 1976 series) #10
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Darkoth

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Darkoth
Character(s): Darkoth [Desmond Pitt]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Desmond Pitt; First appearance: Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #142; Last appearance: Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #194
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Death Adder

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Death Adder
Character(s): Death Adder [Roland Burroughs]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Roland Burroughs; First appearance: Marvel Two-In-One (Marvel, 1974 series)#64; Last appearance: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #318
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Death Stalker

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Death Stalker
Character(s): Death Stalker [Phillip Wallace Sterling]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Phillip Wallace Sterling; First appearance: (as Exterminator) Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #39; First appearance: (as Deathstalker) Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #113; Last appearance: Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #158
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Strength Levels of Marvel Characters

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Strength Levels of Marvel Characters
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Pages: 1

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