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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published September 1977
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Marv Wolfman
Notes Letters page replies by Marv Wolfman.

Cover Details

Characters Nova; Crime-Buster; Sandman
Genre superhero
Pencils Rich Buckler [as Ron Validar] (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott (signed)
Letters Irving Watanabe
Reprinted in Eterni, Gli (Editoriale Corno, 1978 series) #13; in Essential Nova (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 [black and white]

17 page Nova story "Watch Out World, the Sandman Is Back!"

Characters Nova; Sandman; Yellow Claw; Crime-Buster (introduction); Thing; Karl Von Horstbaden; Bernie Dillon; Mike Burley; Ginger Jaye; Roger "Caps" Cooper; Donna-Lee Dover; Spider-Man (cameo flashback); Hulk (cameo flashback); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch] (all in cameo flashback)
Synopsis Nova meets the Crime-Buster as the two attempt to stop the Sandman from robbing a bank. Later, on the orders of an unseen villain, Karl Von Horstbaden captures both Nova and the Sandman.
Genre superhero
Script Marv Wolfman
Pencils Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art)
Inks Joe Sinnott
Colors Phil Rachelson [as Phil Rache]
Letters Annette Kawecki
Notes The Yellow Claw is not revealed as the mystery villain until issue #16.
Reprinted in Eterni, Gli (Editoriale Corno, 1978 series) #13; in Essential Nova (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 [black and white]