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Issue: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #9
Publication Date: September 1983
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Issues: #9 of 15 Issues (45 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 05/24/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 37 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #26.
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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
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Q-S From Quasar to She-Hulk

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Genres: superhero
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Contents

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Quasar

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]
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Quicksilver

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]
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Radioactive Man

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Character(s): Radioactive Man
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Rama-Tut

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Character(s): Rama-Tut
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In Issue: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011art only
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Rangers

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Recorder

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Red Ghost

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Character(s): Red Ghost; Super Apes
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Red Skull

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Red Wolf

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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art (altered) from page 3, panel 3 from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #80 (September 1970).
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Rhino

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Ringmaster

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Rogue

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Character(s): Rogue
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Rom

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Ronan the Accuser

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In Issue: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011art only
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Sabra

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Penciller(s): Mike Richards (credited)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sabra
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Sabretooth

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Character(s): Sabretooth [Victor Creed]
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Salem's Seven

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Character(s): Salem's Seven [Brutacus; Hydron; Thornn; Vakume; Gazelle; Reptilla; Vertigo]
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Disclose Notes: Clip art by George Pérez and Pablo Marcos.

New Salem inset panel clip art (altered) from the double page spread on pages 7-8 from Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #14 (1979).
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Sandman

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Sasquatch

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published January 2013
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Savage Land and Pangea

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Savage Land Mutates

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Amphibus; Barbarus; Brainchild; Equilibrius; Gaza; Lupo; Piper; Lorelei; Vertigo
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Scarecrow

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Scarlet Scarab

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Scarlet Witch

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Character(s): Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]
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Scorpion

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Character(s): Scorpion [Mac Gargan]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art (altered) from the cover of The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #21 (August 1978).
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Sentinels

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Sentry

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Disclose Notes: This sequence is not listed in the table of contents. Al Milgrom confirmed in 2006 that he penciled this illustration.

Inset panel clip art (altered) from the splash page 15 from Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #13 (March 1968).
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Sersi

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Character(s): Sersi
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Shaman

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen]
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published January 2013
as Shaman [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art (altered) from page 28, panel 2 from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #1 (August 1983).
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Shamrock

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shamrock
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Shanna the She-Devil

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Shaper of Worlds

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Character(s): Shaper of Worlds
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She-Hulk

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Character(s): She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Savage She-Hulk #1 published July 2006
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Alien Races

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): R'zahn; Sagittarians; Sarks; Saurids; Siris; Sligs; Sm'ggani; Solons
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Appendix

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

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