The Thing #3 (1983) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Ron Wilson; inks: Bob Wiacek	The Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Triton; Gorgon; Karnak]; Thing
1	Turning Point	comic story	22	script: John Byrne; pencils: Ron Wilson; inks: Hilary Barta; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker	The Thing; The Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Gorgon; Karnak; Triton; Crystal; Lockjaw]; Quicksilver; Luna
2	-	in-house column	1	script: John Byrne; pencils: John Byrne; inks: John Byrne
3	-	text article	1	script: Ann Nocenti; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860296609
Canadian	price 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860296609

Collection	Year
The Thing Classic #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-5308-5	2011	On eBay ›
Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus #[1] ISBN 978-0-7851-9560-3	2016	On eBay ›
The Thing Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-94578-7	2022	On eBay ›

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