Issue | #3 |
Published | February 1984 |
Cover Price | 2.00 USD; 2.25 CAD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Al Milgrom [as Allen Milgrom]; Jim Shooter (original & reprint editor-in-chief) |
Notes | Wraparound cover. The cover is similar to the cover of Micronauts #7 (July 1979) by Michael Golden and Neal Adams. Sale date: October 1983. |
Characters | the Man-Thing; the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron] |
Genre | superhero; fantasy |
Pencils | Jackson Guice (signed) |
Inks | Joe Rubinstein (signed) |
Notes | Wraparound cover. The cover is similar to the cover of Micronauts #7 (July 1979) by Michael Golden and Neal Adams. Sale date: October 1983. |
Characters | the Fantastic Four [the Human Torch; the Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic; the Thing]; Crystal; Galactus; the Silver Surfer [all in cover reprint] |
Synopsis | Bill Mantlo on why he co-created, with Michael Golden, the Microverse. Contains a reduced cover reprint from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #75 (June 1968), an illo of the Microverse and a translation of the Microverse alphabet. |
Genre | superhero; fantasy |
Script | Bill Mantlo |
Pencils | Jack Kirby (cover reprint); ? (illo) |
Inks | Joe Sinnott (cover reprint); ? (illo) |
Colors | Bob Sharen? |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover. |
Reprinted | from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #75 (June 1968) [the cover, reduced] |
Characters | Abner Jenkins (Steve Coffin's next-door neighbor); Baron Karza, his dog soldiers & Acroyears; Colonel Macey; Commander Slug of the Rebel Underground; the High Shadow Priest; the Humanoids of H.E.L.L.; the Man-Thing (cameo); the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron]; Muffin; Prince Argon; Professor Phillip Prometheus; Ray Coffin; Steve Coffin; Time Traveler |
Genre | superhero; fantasy |
Script | Bill Mantlo |
Pencils | Michael Golden (breakdowns) |
Inks | Joe Rubinstein [as Josef Rubinstein] (finishes) |
Colors | Bob Sharen |
Letters | John Costanza |
Notes | Original colorist: Roger Slifer. |
Reprinted | from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #6 (June 1979). |
Characters | Baron Karza (also as Chief Scientist Karza, in a flashback); Colonel Macey; Lord Dallan Rann (Regent of Homeworld) & Lady Sepsis (Arcturus Rann's parents, in a flashback); the Man-Thing; the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron]; Muffin; Prince Argon; Prof. Prometheus; Ray Coffin (in a memory); a Shadow Priest; Slug; Steve Coffin; Time Traveler |
Genre | superhero; fantasy |
Script | Bill Mantlo (co-plot, script); Michael Golden (co-plot) |
Pencils | Michael Golden (breakdowns) |
Inks | Joe Rubinstein (finishes) |
Colors | Bob Sharen |
Letters | John Costanza |
Notes | Original colorist: Roger Slifer. |
Reprinted | from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #7 (July 1979). |
Characters | Baron Karza; Baron Karza's dog soldiers (in a flashback); Colonel Macey; the Humanoids; the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron]; Muffin; Prince Argon (becomes Force Commander); Prof. Prometheus (in a flashback); Ray Coffin (also as Captain Universe); a Shadow Priest; Slug; Steve Coffin; Time Traveler (a guise of the Enigma Force) |
Genre | superhero; fantasy |
Script | Bill Mantlo |
Pencils | Michael Golden (breakdowns) |
Inks | Bob McLeod (finishes) |
Colors | Bob Sharen |
Letters | Gaspar Saladino (pg 1, uncredited); Diana Albers (pg 2-11) |
Notes | Original colorist: Carl Gafford. |
Reprinted | from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #8 (August 1979) [first 11 of 17 pages] |
Characters | the Micronauts [Acroyear; Bug; Marionette] |
Genre | superhero; fantasy |
Pencils | Michael Golden (signed) |
Inks | Joe Rubinstein (signed) |
Reprinted | from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #6 (June 1979) |
Characters | the Man-Thing; the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron] |
Genre | superhero; fantasy |
Pencils | Michael Golden (signed) |
Inks | Neal Adams (signed) |
Notes | The cover signature is a stylized GA (for Golden and Adams). |
Reprinted | from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #7 (July 1979) |
Genre | superhero; fantasy |
Script | Bill Mantlo |
Pencils | Eliot R. Brown |
Inks | Eliot R. Brown |
Colors | Carl Gafford |
Letters | John Costanza; typeset |
Notes | No credits. |
Reprinted | from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #4 (April 1979). |
Characters | the Beast; Dazzler; Dr. Doom |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Don Perlin (signed) |
Inks | Kim DeMulder (signed) |
Notes | Inside back cover. Promo for the Beauty And The Beast limited series. |