Marvel Premiere (1972) UK Edition comic books
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$7.20
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9p cover price. Cover pencils by Gil Kane. Death Is a Ninja, script by Tony Isabella, pencils by Arvell Jones, inks by Aubrey Bradford; The Ninja transports Iron Fist to a mystic dimension where they can battle to the death in peace; He regales Danny with his origin story, his ties to K'un-Lun and how he was trapped in the Sacred Volume of Kali for many years; Iron Fist destroys the Ninja and returns to Earth to find the police mopping up the Kara-Kai death cult; Danny is cleared of Harold Meachum's death but feels lost as his vengeance against his parents' murderer is complete and he cannot return home to K'un-Lun for nine more years; 1st appearance of Master Khan. Letter to the editor from comics writer Ralph Macchio. 36 pgs.
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$5.40
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 10p cover price. Birthday - Written by Bill Mantlo. Art by Keith Giffen & Klaus Janson. Cover by Jack Kirby & John Verpoorten. Featuring the man-brute called Woodgod! The most bizarre super-hero of all! The House of Ideas does it again -- all-out action in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Starring Woodgod, Fred Mason, David Pace, Ellen Pace, Maj. Del Tremens and Caisset. 32 pages, full color.
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$4.49
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Ride a Wild Rocket! - Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by Bob Brown & Al Milgrom. Cover by Al Milgrom. Featuring the Torpedo! Because you demanded it! Marvel's greatest new hero -- in his first feature-length, action-packed saga! This is the big one! Also starring Agents Seven, Four and Six, Senator Eugene Kligger Stivak, Wescott, Rocketeers, Lorraine Jones and Annie Jones. 32 pages, full color.
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$6.70
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Cover pencils by Dave Cockrum, inks by Bob McLeod. "The Price of a Heart!", script by David Michelinie, pencils by John Byrne (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finished art), inks by Bob Layton; Scott Lang, the new Ant-Man, attempts to get Dr. Sondheim out of the clutches of the mutated Darren Cross; However, he underestimates Cross' enhanced abilities and is defeated; His equipment disabled, Scott listens as Cross explains his heart condition and the implantation of a "nucleorganic pacemaker"; The device backfired, not only slowly mutating him into a Neanderthal-like giant but also wearing out his heart, necessitating periodic transplants from unwilling donors; Learning he is to be next in line to be a "donor" Scott manages to fix his equipment and escape, busting back into the surgical theatre just as Dr. Sondheim finished another operation; Ant-Man fights Cross. Next appearance of Ant Man is in Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #125. 36 pgs., full color.
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Tags: UK Editions$8.80
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. First U.S. comic book appearance of Dr. Who in "Doctor Who and the Iron Legion." Script by Mills and Wagner, art by Dave Gibbons. Three pages of character sketches by Dave Cockrum (one page inked by Frank Giacoia; another inked by Joe Rubinstein). Walt Simonson cover