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Publishers / Marvel / Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (1984) / #8
8December 1984
$0.75; 0.50 GBP; 1.00 CAD

Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #8

Marvel · December 1984 · on sale August 7, 1984

2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (Marvel, 1984 series)
Issue
#8
Publication date
December 1984
Key date
December 1984
On-sale date
August 7, 1984
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.75; 0.50 GBP; 1.00 CAD
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

From the editorial file The origin of the black costume, December 1984. Publication order and story order famously diverge here: Amazing Spider-Man #252 reached readers months earlier, but this is where the suit is acquired. Collectors chase both books for that reason.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Marvel Super Heroescover1pencils: Mike Zeck; inks: John BeattyAbsorbing Man, Amora, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Bulldozer, Henry Camp, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Crusher Creel, Doctor Octopus, Enchantress, Dirk Garthwaite, Ben Grimm, Hawkeye
2Invasion!comic story25script: Jim Shooter; pencils: Mike Zeck; inks: John Beatty, Jack Abel, Mike Esposito; colors: Christie Scheele; letters: Joe RosenAbsorbing Man, Amora, Anna Marie, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Bulldozer, Brian Calusky, Henry Camp, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Julia Carpenter, Colossus, Curt Connors, Crusher Creel

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.75 USD; barcode 0714860247512
Canadianprice 1.00 CAD; barcode 0714860247512

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Milestones: Venom & Hercules #[nn]2005On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Birth of Venom #[nn]
ISBN 0-7851-2498-5		2007On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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