1st Issue Special #7 (1975) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Sensational Return of the Macabre Manhunter!	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino, Steve Ditko; inks: Joe Orlando; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Joe Letterese	The Creeper; Firefly
1	Menace of the Human Firefly!	comic story	18	script: Michael Fleisher; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Mike Royer; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Ben Oda	The Creeper [Jack Ryder]; Warden Fantin; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Firefly [Garfield Lynns]; Phil; Skeeter; Mr. Marlies; Hymie
3	The Story Behind the Story	text article	1	script: Paul Levitz

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
The Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2591-9	2010	On eBay ›
Comic Reader #120	1975	On eBay ›
DC's 1st Issue Specials #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-177-6	2020	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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