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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published January 1974
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas

Cover Details - "Origin of the Black Panther!"

Characters Black Panther; Malice
Genre jungle; superhero
Pencils Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks Frank Giacoia (signed)
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Reprinted in Black Panther (Marvel, 1998 series) #36 [as pinup]; in Marvel Masterworks: Black Panther (Marvel, 2010 series) #1; in Inattendu, L' (Artima, 1975 series) #3

15 page Black Panther story "Malice By Crimson Moonlight"

Characters Erik Killmonger; Venomm; Malice (introduction); Mendinao (introduction); Kradada (introduction)
Genre jungle; superhero
Script Don McGregor
Pencils Rich Buckler
Inks Klaus Janson
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters John Costanza (pages 2-3); Tom Orzechowski
Notes Panther's Rage, Part 3
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Black Panther (Marvel, 2010 series) #1; in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #162; in Black Panther (Marvel, 1998 series) #36

2 page Black Panther illustration "Black Panther Artistry"

Pencils John Buscema; Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]; Jack Kirby; Herb Trimpe; Rich Buckler
Inks George Klein; Johnny Craig; Joe Sinnott; Herb Trimpe; Klaus Janson
Letters John Costanza
Notes The letters page credits "Alex Simmons, Jim Salicrup, Tony Isabella, Ed Hannigan, and especially, Dave Hunt" for contributing to this feature.
Reprinted from Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #58; Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #52; Fantastic Four (Marvel 1961 series) #52, Jungle Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #6; Jungle Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #7

Half page Marvel Bullpen Bulletins promo (ad from the publisher)

Script Stan Lee; Roy Thomas
Letters typeset

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Ultimate Fan Club! FOOM! Friends Of Ol' Marvel"

Letters typeset

1 page filler "Map of the Land of Wakanda"

Script Don McGregor
Pencils Don McGregor
Inks Don McGregor
Letters John Costanza; Dave Hunt
Notes The letters page credits "Alex Simmons, Jim Salicrup, Tony Isabella, Ed Hannigan, and especially, Dave Hunt" for contributing to this feature.
Reprinted from Jungle Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #6 (recolored and slightly edited to remove the Atlantic Ocean and replace it with two forests and an arrow pointing toward "Indian Ocean"); in Black Panther (Marvel, 1998 series) #36; in Marvel Masterworks: Black Panther (Marvel, 2010 series) #1

1 page filler "Central Wakanda's Palace Royal"

Script Don McGregor
Notes The letters page credits "Alex Simmons, Jim Salicrup, Tony Isabella, Ed Hannigan, and especially, Dave Hunt" for contributing to this feature.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Black Panther (Marvel, 2010 series) #1

Half page letters page "Jungle Re-Actions"

Script Don McGregor
Letters typeset

Half page promo (ad from the publisher)