Marvel Comics Super Special

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Marvel Comics Super Special

Marvel Comics Super Special was a series of one-off comic books published by Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book and related media company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Marvel counts among as its List of Marvel Comics characters such well-known properties as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk , Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many others....
from 1977 to 1985. The first issue featured the rock band Kiss

KISS (band)

Kiss is an United States Rock music Musical ensemble formed in New York City in December 1972. Easily identified by its members' trademark face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid and late-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, and...
in an original adventure. It also had the band members mix their blood with printing ink in a gimmick exploited by Marvel and Stan Lee

Stan Lee

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Marvel Comics Super Special was a series of one-off comic books published by Marvel Comics

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KISS (band)

Stan Lee

Stan Lee is an United States comic book writer, editor, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.Lee is considered the father of comic books....
in particular.

The first few issues featured either established Marvel titles which were not printed elsewhere, (Weirdworld
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, Star-Lord
Star-Lord

Star-Lord is the name of three fictional characters that appear in comics published by Marvel Comics. The first Star-Lord debuted in Marvel Preview #4 and was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Steve Gan....
) or film adaptations. Each film adaptation normally came with features on the film as back up material.

From issue 14 the series settled into only containing film adaptations. These were normally reprinted without the feature material as two to four issue mini-series by Marvel. The series was cancelled with issue 41 in 1985.

Issues

Issue Number	Name	Year	Issue Number	Name	Year
1	Kiss Kiss A kiss is the touching of one person's lip s to another place, which is used as an expression of affection, respect, greeting, wiktionary:farewell, good luck, romantic affection or sexual desire....	1977	22	Blade Runner A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner is the comic book adaptation of the film Blade Runner, published by Marvel Comics in 1982. It was written by Archie Goodwin with art by Al Williamson and Ralph Reese....	1982
2	Conan	1977	23	Annie	1982
3	Close Encounters	1978	24	Dark Crystal	1982
4	Beatles Story	1978	25	Rock & Rule	1983
5	Kiss	1978	26	Octopussy	1983
6	Jaws 2	1978	27	Return Of The Jedi	1983
7	Sgt. Peppers	1978	28	Krull	1983
8	Battlestar Galactica	1978	29	Tarzan Of The Apes	1983
9	The Savage Sword Of Conan	1978	30	Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom	1984
10	Star-Lord	1978	31	Last Starfighter	1984
11	Warriors Of The Shadow Realm	1979	32	Muppets Take Manhattan	1984
12	Warriors Of The Shadow Realm	1979	33	Buckaroo Banzai	1984
13	Warriors Of The Shadow Realm	1979	34	Sheena	1984
14	Meteor	1979	35	Conan The Destroyer	1984
15	Star Trek	1979	36	Dune Dune (film) *Dune* is a 1984 in film science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert Dune . The film stars Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides, and includes an ensemble of well-known United States and European actors in supporting roles, including Sting , Jose Ferrer, Virginia Madsen, Linda Hunt, Patrick Stewart,...	1984
16	Empire Strikes Back	1980	37	2010:The Second Odyssey	1984
17	Xanadu	1980	38	Red Sonja	1985
18	Raiders Of The Lost Ark	1981	39	Santa Claus: The Movie	1985
19	For Your Eyes Only	1981	40	Labyrinth	1986
20	Dragonslayer	1981	41	Howard The Duck	1986
21	Conan The Barbarian	1982

The Missing Issue

The Marvel Super Special issue #7, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, was withdrawn at the last minute by Marvel due to undisclosed reasons and all copies (if any were indeed printed) were destroyed prior to distribution.

Reportedly a few copies were printed in foreign language territories such as France, the Netherlands and Germany, however no english language copies are known to exist, and even George Perez, who illustrated the comic, has stated that he has never seen a copy himself, and in the following audio interview he said that he considers it to be "the rarest piece of George Perez printed artwork you can find".

The next issue published, the Battlestar Galactica Super Special, skipped ahead on the numbering to #8, despite issue #7 being cancelled and never published in the U.S., or in any other english language territories.

Marvel Comics Super Special

Issues

The Missing Issue

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