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3 (1)1978
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Marvel Special Edition Featuring Close Encounters of the Third Kind #3 (1)

Marvel · 1978 · on sale 1978-02-21

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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Special Edition Featuring Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Marvel, 1978 series)
Issue
#3 (1)
Publication date
1978
Key date
1978-02-21
On-sale date
1978-02-21
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$1.50
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Klaus Janson
1Close Encountersillustration1letters: typeset
2Close Encounters of the Third Kindcomic story46script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Gaspar Saladino
3-credits, title page1letters: typeset
4Final Encounterforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Archie Goodwin
5We Are Not Aloneillustration1pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Klaus Janson

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Marvel Variantbarcode 0714860207703

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