Volume: 1
Price: 0.30 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1976-11-23
Editing: Jack Kirby (credited) (editor); Archie Goodwin (credited) (consulting editor)
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Marak the Merciless!
(Table of Contents)

2001: A Space Odyssey / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:He took the road to conquest-- and found the stars!
Characters:
Marak, the Merciless; the Monolith
Reprints (1)
This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #137, November 1976.

Marak!
(Table of Contents: 1)

2001: A Space Odyssey / comic story / 17 pages

Script:
Jack Kirby (credited)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks:
Mike Royer (credited)
Colors:
George Roussos (credited)
Letters:
Mike Royer (credited)
    Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Breach the wall!
Characters:
Egel, the "Thing-Maker" (artisan); Marak (warrior leader); the Monolith; Queen Jalessa (in a vision)
Synopsis:
Egel is captured by Marak and his band. The Monolith shows Marak of Queen Jalessa, and Egel builds him weapons so he can capture her.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Set circa 200,000 years in the past.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Monolith Mail / letters page / 1 page

Script:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Jim Mullen, Paul Foster, Mike Weston, Gary Tepper, and Berk Enwald.

Of Vailglorious Vampires, Vanquished Villains, and Valient Victors!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page

The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Ricochet to Freedom!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain America; Ricochet Racers; Spider-Man / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Marak the Merciless!
    2001: A Space Odyssey
  2. Marak!
    2001: A Space Odyssey
  3. [no title indexed]
    Monolith Mail
  4. Of Vailglorious Vampires, Vanquished Villains, and Valient Victors!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  5. The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
  6. Ricochet to Freedom!
    Captain America; Ricochet Racers; Spider-Man
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