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Item #64546198
Tags: Canadian Price VariantLife of Pope John Paul II (1983 Marvel) Canadian Price Variant 1 FN 6.0
Ends Mar 30 8:45 PM CST Bid History no bids Minimum Bid $1 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Canadian edition with $1.75 cover price - Written by Steven Grant, plus an introduction by Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins. Art and cover by John Tartaglione. Marvel commissioned this ad-free title, one of the earliest biographical comics from a mainstream publisher, shortly after the ordination of John Paul II. Father Mieczyslaw Malinski, a lifelong friend of the first non-Italian pope, and two Marvel staffers present the Popes life story, including his youth in Poland, his support of the Resistance during World War II, and the unsuccessful attempt on his life in 1981. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.75.
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