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60February 1980
$0.40

Marvel Two-in-One #60

Marvel · February 1980 · on sale 1979-11-06

First appearance: Mark GruenwaldFirst appearance: Impossible Woman2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 1974 series)
Issue
#60
Publication date
February 1980
Key date
1980-02-00
On-sale date
1979-11-06
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mark Gruenwald - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Impossible Woman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bob Budiansky; inks: Joe Rubinstein; letters: John CostanzaBen Grimm, Impossible Man, Alicia Masters, The Thing
1Happiness Is a Warm Alien!comic story17script: Gruenwald, Macchio; pencils: George Pérez, Gene Day; inks: Gene Day; colors: Roger Slifer; letters: CostanzaBull Brogin, Yogi Dakor, Ben Grimm, Mark Gruenwald First, Handsome Harry, Impossible Man, Impossible Woman First, Ralph Macchio, Alicia Masters, Phillip Masters, George Pérez, Harry Phillips, Puppet Master, Reed Richards
2-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
4-letters page1letters: typeset

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0714860290602
Britishprice 0.12 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Fantastic Four Visionaries: George Pérez #2
ISBN 0-7851-2060-2		2006On eBay ›
Essential Marvel Two-in-One #3
ISBN 978-0-7851-3069-7		2009On eBay ›
Impossible Man #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-5520-1		2011On eBay ›
The Project Pegasus Saga Starring The Thing #[nn]
ISBN 0871353504		1988On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Two-in-One #5
ISBN 978-1-302-92220-7		2020On eBay ›
Project Pegasus
ISBN 978-1-302-96743-7		2026On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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