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Issue: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #13
Publication Date: February 1984
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Issues: #13 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: 10/04/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 42 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mark Gruenwald (editor); Mike Carlin (associate editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #33.
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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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagThe Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #12 [Direct Edition] published November 1986 as Book XII: A Legend Reborn! [Story on Interior Page(s)] Confirm: direction of reprint
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Book of the Dead and Inactive 1

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Banshee; Baron Strucker; Black Knight [Sir Percy of Scandia]; Mantis; Dracula; Korvac; Man-Wolf; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Gamora; Count Nefaria; Drakoth; Changling; Drax the Destroyer; Air-Walker [Gabriel Lan]; Baron Blood; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Baron Heinrich Zemo; Black Goliath; Egghead; Bloodstone; Jocasta; Bucky; Green Goblin; Lilith; Ancient One; Death-Stalker; Foolkiller; It
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Contents

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Air-Walker

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air-Walker
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Ancient One

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Genres: superhero, supernatural
Character(s): Ancient One
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Banshee

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Banshee
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Baron Blood

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Baron Blood
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Baron Strucker

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Baron Strucker [Wolfgang von Strucker]
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Baron Zemo I

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo]
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Black Knight I

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Knight [Sir Percy]
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Bloodstone

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ulysses Bloodstone
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Bucky

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Character(s): Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]
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Captain Mar-Vell

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
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Changeling

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Changeling
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Count Nefaria

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Count Nefaria
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In Content Item: FlagAvengers: Heart of Stone #[nn] published January 2013
as Count Nefaria [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Darkoth

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Darkoth
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Death-Stalker

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Death-Stalker
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Destroyer

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Destroyer
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Dracula

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Dracula
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Drax the Destroyer

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Drax the Destroyer
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Egghead

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Egghead
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Foolkiller

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Foolkiller
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Gamora

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Gamora
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Ghost Rider

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]
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Giant-Man

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Giant-Man
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Green Goblin

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]
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It

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): It
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Jackal

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jackal [Miles Warren]
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Jocasta

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Character(s): Jocasta
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Korvac

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Korvac
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Lilith

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Lilith
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Mantis

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mantis
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Man-Wolf

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Man-Wolf [John Jameson]
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Savage She-Hulk #1 published July 2006
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Defunct Teams: Ani-Men

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ani-Men [Ape-Man; Bird-Man; Cat-Man; Frog-Man]
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Defunct Teams: Champions of Los Angeles

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Champions [Angel; Iceman; Black Widow; Ghost Rider; Hercules; Darkstar]
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Defunct Teams: Freedom's Five

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Freedom's Five [Phantom Eagle; Crimson Cavalier; Union Jack; Sir Steel; Silver Squire]
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Defunct Teams: Howling Commandos

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Genres: war
Character(s): Nick Fury; Howling Commandos [Dum Dum Dugan; Gabriel Jones; Rebel Ralston; Percival Pinkerton; Izzy Cohen; Dino Minelli; Eric Koenig]
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Defunct Teams: Invaders

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Invaders [Captain America; Human Torch; Sub-Mariner; Bucky; Toro; Union Jack; Spitfire; Whizzer; Miss America]
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Defunct Teams: Kid Commandos

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kid Commandos [Bucky; Toro; Golden Girl; Human Top]
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Defunct Teams: Leatherneck Raiders

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Genres: war
Character(s): Captain Simon Savage; Leatherneck Raiders [Sam Yates; Jacques LaRocque; Jay Littlebear; Lee Baker; Roy Stone]
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Defunct Teams: Liberty Legion

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Liberty Legion [Bucky; Patriot; Miss America; Red Raven; Thin Man; Whizzer; Blue Diamond; Jack Frost]
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Editor's Note

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 0.25
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Death in the Marvel Universe

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Death
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Pages: 0.75

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