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1[October] 2003
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Startling Stories: The Thing #1

Marvel · [October] 2003 · on sale 2003-08-20

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Series
Startling Stories: The Thing (Marvel, 2003 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
[October] 2003
Key date
2003-10-00
On-sale date
2003-08-20
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics
Price
$3.50; 5.75 CAD
Pages
52
Barcode
75960605389600111
Rating
PSR

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Don Kramer; inks: Scott HannaThe Thing; Blastaar; Black Bolt; Rhino; Wrecker; Human Torch; Wolverine
1Last Line of Defensecomic story38script: Ron Zimmerman; pencils: Don Kramer; inks: Scott Hanna, Sandu Florea; colors: Studio F; letters: Dave SharpeNick Fury; The Thing; Human Torch; Corporal Charles Barnes Proctor; The Wrecker (flashback); The Inhumans (flashback); Gorgon (flashback); Triton (flashback); Karnak (flashback); Medusa (flashback); Black Bolt (flashback); Invisible Girl (flashback); Blastaar (flashback); The Hulk
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