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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published January 2002
Cover Price 2.50 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Quesada (editor-in-chief); Mike Marts (editor); Mike Raicht (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "Return of the Dragon Part 1 of 3"

Characters Black Panther
Pencils Steve Uy (painting)
Inks Steve Uy (painting)
Colors Steve Uy (painting)
Letters typographical

23 page Black Panther story "Return of the Dragon, Book One of Three: Noted Sword"

Characters Black Panther; Everett K. Ross (as Mephisto); Iron Fist; Black Dragon [Chiantang] (also as Everett K. Ross); Nightshade; Colleen Wing; Misty Knight; Queen Divine Justice; Henry Peter Gyrich; Omoro
Synopsis The Black Panther returns to New York to find that the Black Dragon has been resurrected by Nightshade and is inhabiting Ross' body.
Genre superhero
Script Christopher Priest
Pencils Sal Velluto
Inks Bob Almond
Colors Jennifer Schellinger
Letters Sharpefont; Paul Tutrone
Notes This story reveals that Chiantang (now called Black Dragon) shifted into the form of Mephisto and switched bodies with Everett K. Ross following the story in issue 30.

Black Panther story "Return of the Dragon, Book One of Three: Noted Sword [continued]"

Characters Defenders [Dr. Strange; Silver Surfer; Sub-Mariner (cameo); Hulk (cameo); Nighthawk (cameo); Valkyrie (cameo); Hellcat (cameo)]
Genre superhero
Script Christopher Priest
Pencils Sal Velluto
Inks Bob Almond
Colors Jennifer Schellinger
Letters Sharpefont; Paul Tutrone
Notes continued from previous record

1 page letters page "Mail to the King!"

Letters typographical