Marvel Spectacular #1 (1973) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Power of Hercules! The Hordes of Pluto!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Gaspar Saladino; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Hercules
1	The Power of Pluto!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Seidring; Hercules; Pluto; Balder; Hyppolita; Volstagg
2	The Challenge!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor (feature); Princess Rinda (guest, introduction); King Hymir (villain, introduction); Loki (villain)
3	More Miniaturized Mouthfuls of Marvel-ous Mutterings! (Or: Not Only is Dracula Alive and Well – but He's Got Company!)	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
Marvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-6381-7	2012	On eBay ›
The Mighty Thor Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-6813-3	2013	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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