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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published November 1983
Frequency Bi-monthly
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Al Milgrom [as Allen Milgrom]; Ann Nocenti (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters Black Widow; Nick Fury; Black Lotus; Deadshot Darrance; Iron Maiden; Kono; Laralie; N'kama
Genre Superhero
Pencils George Perez (signed)
Inks Bob Layton (signed)
Notes Signature dated 1978.
Reprinted in Incredibili X-Men, Gli (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #8 (February 1991) [Italy]; in Black Widow: Web of Intrigue (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (June 1999)

1 page Editori-Al story "Editori-Al"

Characters Al Milgrom; Jim Shooter
Genre Humor
Script Al Milgrom
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Letters Rick Parker
Notes Inside front cover. Story and indicia.

17 page Black Widow story "Back In the U.S.S.R."

Characters Black Widow [also as Laura Matthers]; Nick Fury; Ivan Petrovich (flashback); Black Lotus; Damon Dran; Deadshot Darrance; Iron Maiden; Kono; Laralie; Michael Corcoran (Death); N'kama
Synopsis Undercover in the Soviet Union, the Widow falls in love with a "fellow" defector only to have killed by KGB agents. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure sets a trap for her that involves no less than six assassins.
Genre Superhero
Script Ralph Macchio (plot and script); George Perez (plot)
Pencils George Perez
Inks Joe Sinnott (pp. 1, 6, 8, 10-11, 17) [as J.J. Sinnabel]; Jack Abel (pp. 2-5, 7, 9, 12-16) [as J.J. Sinnabel]; Bob Layton? (ink assists page 12)
Colors Ben Sean
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Notes Inker page credits provided 2006 by Steven Tice.
Reprinted in Incredibili X-Men, Gli (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #7 (January 1991) [Italy, first 5 pages]; in Incredibili X-Men, Gli (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #8 (February 1991) [Italy, last 12 pages]; in Black Widow: Web of Intrigue (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (June 1999)

9 page The Jungle Book story "Kaa's Hunting"

Characters Bagheera (panther); Baloo (bear); Bandar-log (monkeys); Kaa (python); Mowgli
Genre Jungle; Fantasy
Script Rudyard Kipling (original story); Mary Jo Duffy (adaptation)
Pencils Gil Kane [as GK]
Inks P. Craig Russell [as PCR]
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters Jim Novak; P. Craig Russell (title, uncredited)
Notes Adapted from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. Russell lettering credit provided 2006 by Steven Tice. Splash page title is signed by Russell, while the last panel is signed by both Kane and Russell.
Reprinted in Marvel Magazine (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #4 (October 1994) [Italy]

1 page illustration "Unusu-Al Pin-Ups!"

Characters Al Milgrom; Captain America (picture); Doctor Doom (picture); Hulk (picture)
Genre Humor
Script Al Milgrom
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Letters Al Milgrom
Notes Pinup/splash panel that introduces the following pin-up gallery.

1 page Cloak and Dagger illustration "Cloak and Dagger"

Characters Cloak; Dagger
Genre Superhero
Pencils Terry Austin (signed)
Inks Terry Austin (signed)

1 page Hulk illustration

Characters Hulk
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jim Shooter (signed)
Inks Terry Austin (signed)

1 page Man-Thing illustration

Characters Man-Thing; unnamed alien
Genre Occult; Science Fiction
Pencils Bob Wiacek (signed)
Inks Bob Wiacek (signed)

1 page Doctor Strange illustration

Characters Doctor Strange
Genre Superhero; Occult
Pencils P. Craig Russell [as PCR]
Inks P. Craig Russell [as PCR]

1 page Shooter's Page text article "M Day Is Coming!"

Characters Jim Shooter (illustration)
Script Jim Shooter (signed)
Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Letters Typeset

1 page letters page "Marvel FanFlair"

Script Al Milgrom?
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside back cover. Letters on Marvel Fanfare #5 and 7 from readers Stephen Scott Beau Smith, Paul Azevedo, Craig Blanchard, Elizabeth Holden, Jeff Plackmeier, John Wilcox and Brian Mainnity.

1 page The Jungle Book illustration

Characters Bagheera; Kaa; Mowgli
Genre Jungle; Fantasy
Pencils Sandy Plunkett (signed)
Inks P. Craig Russell [as PCR]
Notes Back cover. Unpublished cover for Marvel Fanfare #8.