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Issue: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #12
Publication Date: December 1983
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Issues: #12 of 15 Issues (45 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 08/23/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
$1.00 USD
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Content Items: 35 (0 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #31.
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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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wolverine; Valkyrie; Vision; Wrecker; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Wonder Man; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]; Vanguard; Werewolf by Night; Vance Astro; Wizard; The Watcher; Vulture; Will O' the Wisp; Whirlwind; Ymir; Zzzax; Viper; White Queen [Emma Frost]; Vermin; Vanisher; Yondu
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Contents

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Valkyrie

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Character(s): Valkyrie
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Vance Astro

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Character(s): Vance Astro
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Vanguard

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Vanisher

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Vermin

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Viper

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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art [altered] from: Page 19, Panel 7 from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #110 (February 1969)
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Vision

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Vulture

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Wakanda/Central Wakanda

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Disclose Notes: Maps of Wakanda.

Wakanda and Central Wakanda maps [redrawn and slightly altered but based upon] from: 'Map of the Land of Wakanda' from Jungle Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #8 (January 1974) [which itself is an updated version from what appeared in #6 of Jungle Action]
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Wasp

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Character(s): Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art from: Page 3, Panel 4 from The Avengers Annual (Marvel, 1967 series) #8 (1978)
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Watchers

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Character(s): Watcher [Uatu]
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In Issue: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011art only
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Werewolf

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Whirlwind

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White Queen

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Character(s): White Queen [Emma Frost]
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Will O' the Wisp

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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art [altered] from: Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #235 (December 1982)
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Wizard

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

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Character(s): Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art [altered] from: Page 12, Panel 1 from The New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #2 (April 1983)
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Wolverine

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Character(s): Wolverine [Logan]
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Wonder Man

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Character(s): Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
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In Content Item: FlagAvengers: Heart of Stone #[nn] published January 2013
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Wrecker

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Character(s): Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite]
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Disclose Notes: Inset panel clip art [altered] from: Page 12, Panel 3 from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #148 (January 1968)
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Wrecking Crew

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Character(s): Wrecking Crew [Thunderball; Piledriver; Bulldozer]
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X-Men

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Character(s): X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops; Iceman; Angel; Beast; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Mimic; Changeling; Polaris; Havoc; Nightcrawler; Wolverine; Banshee; Storm; Sunfire; Colossus; Thunderbird [John Proudstar]]
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[X-Men] Allies

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Character(s): Phoenix; Ariel [Kitty Pryde]; Rogue; Fred Duncan; Moira MacTaggart; Lilandra Neramani; Stevie Hunter; Binary [Carol Danvers]; Lockheed
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New Mutants

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Character(s): New Mutants [Wolfsbane; Karma; Sunspot; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Cannonball; Magma; Magik [Illyana Rasputin]]
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X-Men Mansion

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X-Men Jet

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Ymir

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In Content Item: FlagThor: Tales of Asgard By Stan Lee & Jack Kirby #1 published May 2009
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In Content Item: FlagThor: Tales of Asgard #[nn] published January 2010
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Yondu

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Zeus

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Character(s): Zeus
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Zodiac

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Character(s): Zodiac [Taurus; Gemini; Cancer; Leo; Virgo; Libra; Scorpio; Sagittarius; Capricorn; Aquarius; Pisces; Aries]
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Zzzax

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Alien Races

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Character(s): Xantha; Xartans; Xeronians; Yirbek; Yrds; Z'nox
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Appendix

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Disclose Notes: Includes a "special announcement" by Mark Gruenwald announcing the three extra issues.

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