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5March 1980
$0.40

Marvel Spotlight #5

Marvel · March 1980

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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Spotlight (Marvel, 1979 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
March 1980
Key date
1980-03-00
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0A Question of Honor!cover1pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Bob Wiacek; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Irv WatanabeDragon Lord
1A Hero Is Also a Man!comic story17script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Roger Slifer; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Elaine HeinlDragon Lord [Tako Shamara III] (introduction, origin); The Wani (introduction, death, villain)
2-letters page1script: Bob Budiansky; pencils: John Buscema; inks: John Buscema; letters: Irv Watanabe
3-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
5Here's an Ad That Will Flip Ya!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Chic Stone; letters: Joe RosenBatroc the Leaper

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0714860263903
Britishprice 0.12 GBP

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