The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2 (1986) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Series: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: January 1986
Key date: 1986-01-00
On-sale date: 1985
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $1.50; 0.75 GBP; 1.75 CAD
Pages: 68

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Beast To Clea	cover	2	pencils: John Byrne; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus	Beast [Hank McCoy; Henry McCoy]; Beetle [Abner Jenkins] (villain); Belasco; Beta Ray Bill; Binary [Carol Danvers] [Ms. Marvel]; Black Bolt; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Black Crow; Black King; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Blacklash (villain); Black Mamba; Blackout; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Black Quee
1	-	credits, title page	1	script: Mark Gruenwald
2	Beast	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Kerry Gammill; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Beast, Hank McCoy
3	Beetle	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: John Byrne, Eliot R. Brown; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Beetle [Abner Jenkins]
4	Belasco	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Ron Frenz; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Belasco
5	Beta Ray Bill	character profile	3	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Walt Simonson, Eliot Brown; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Beta Ray Bill
6	Binary	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Binary [Carol Susan Jane Danvers]
7	Black Bolt	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; Karnak; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
8	Black Cat	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Kerry Gammill, Eliot Brown; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
9	Black Crow	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Howard Bender; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Black Crow [Jesse Black Crow]
10	Black King	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Bret Blevins; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Black King [Sebastian Shaw]; Colossus [Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
11	Black Knight	character profile	3	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Kerry Gammill, Eliot Brown; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Black Knight [Dane Whitman]
12	Blacklash	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Bob Layton, Eliot Brown; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Blacklash [Mark Scarlotti]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
13	Black Mamba	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Mike Gustovich; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Black Mamba [Tanya Sealy]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]
14	Blackout	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Blackout, Marcus Daniels, Nova, Richard Rider
15	Black Panther	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Keith Pollard; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Black Panther [T'Challa]
16	Black Queen	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Mark Beachum; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Black Queen [Selene]
17	Black Talon	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Russ Steffens; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Black Talon
18	Black Widow	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Eliot Brown, Frank Miller; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Black Widow [Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanoff]
19	Blastaar	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Blastaar
20	Blaze, Johnny	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Bob Budiansky; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Johnny Blaze [Ghost Rider]
21	Blob	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Steve Leialoha; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Blob [Fred J. Dukes]; Wolverine [James Howlett; Logan]; Colossus [Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; The Hulk [Robert Bruce Banner] ; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
22	Boomerang	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Boomerang [Fred Myers]
23	Box	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Roger Bochs, Box, Jerome Jaxon, Walter Langkowski
24	Brothers Grimm	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: William Loebs; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Brothers Grimm [Percy Grimes; Barton Grimes]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]
25	Brother Voodoo	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Keith Pollard; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Brother Voodoo [Jericho Drumm]
26	Bushmaster	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Carl Potts; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Bushmaster
27	Caliban	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Mary Wilshire; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Caliban
28	Callisto	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Paul Smith; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Callisto; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
29	Cannonball	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Cannonball [Samuel Guthrie]
30	Captain America	character profile	4	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Mike Zeck, Eliot R. Brown; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Captain America [Steve Rogers]
31	Captain Britain	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Paul Neary; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]
32	Captain Marvel	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]
33	Captain Ultra	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Richard Howell; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Captain Ultra
34	Captain Universe	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Captain Universe
35	Cassidy, Black Tom	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Steve Leialoha; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Black Tom Cassidy [Thomas Samuel Eamon Cassidy]
36	Cassidy, Sean	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Mark Bright; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Sean Cassidy [The Banshee]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Colossus [Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
37	Celestials	character profile	3	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Keith Pollard; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Celestials [Arishem the Judge; Gammenon the Gatherer; Jemiah the Analyzer; Tefral the Surveyor; One Above All; Nezarr the Calculator; Oneg the Prober; Hargen the Measurer; Eson the Searcher; Ziran the Tester]
38	Chief Examiner	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Chief Examiner; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
39	Chthon	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Chthon
40	Circus of Crime	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Circus of Crime [Fire-Eater; The Clown; Live Wire; Cannonball; Flying Gambonnos; Bruto the Strongman]
41	Clea	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Paul Smith; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Clea; Dr. Strange
42	Glossary	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Mark Gruenwald

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