Marvel Comics Super Special

Marvel Super Special
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Irregular
Format	Standard
Publication date(s)	1977–November 1986
No. of issues	40 (#1-6 and #8-41)
Creative team
Written by	List Cary Burkett, Tom DeFalco, J. M. DeMatteis, Sharman DiVono, Mark Evanier, Danny Fingeroth, Michael Fleisher, Steve Gerber, Archie Goodwin, Larry Hama, Sid Jacobson, Stan Kay, David Anthony Kraft, Ralph Macchio, Bill Mantlo, Rick Marschall, Roger McKenzie, David Michelinie, Doug Moench, Steve Moore, Dennis O'Neil, Louise Simonson, Walt Simonson, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman
Penciller(s)	List Brent Anderson, Kyle Baker, Bret Blevins, Joe Barney, Joe Brozowski, Rich Buckler, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Howard Chaykin, Dave Cockrum, Gene Colan, Ernie Colón, Ron Frenz, Jackson Guice, Larry Hama, Jimmy Janes, Gray Morrow, Win Mortimer, Paul Neary, Michael Netzer, George Pérez, John Romita Jr., Marie Severin, Bill Sienkiewicz, Walt Simonson, Dan Spiegle, Frank Springer, Mark Texeira, Alan Weiss, Al Williamson, Mary Wilshire, Dean Yeagle
Inker(s)	List Ian Akin, Alfredo Alcala, Kyle Baker, Rick Bryant, John Buscema, Bob Camp, Vince Colletta, Ernie Colón, Tony DeZuniga, Brian Garvey, Carlos Garzon, Armando Gil, Dan Green, Richard Howell, Klaus Janson, Al Milgrom, Jim Mooney, Gray Morrow, Paul Neary, Rudy Nebres, Tom Palmer, Ralph Reese, Jacqueline Roettcher, Tony Salmons, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dan Spiegle, Frank Springer, Romeo Tanghal, John Tartaglione

Marvel Comics Super Special was a 41-issue series of one-shot comic-magazines published by American company Marvel Comics from 1977 to 1986. They were cover-priced $1.50 to $2.50, while regular color comics were priced 30 cents to 60 cents, Beginning with issue #5, the series' title in its postal indicia was shortened to Marvel Super Special. Covers featured the title or a variation, including Marvel Super Special, Marvel Super Special magazine, and Marvel Weirdworld Super Special in small type, accompanied by large logos of its respective features.

These included, primarily, film and TV series adaptations, but also original and licensed Marvel characters, and music-related biographies and fictional adventures.

Issue #7 was withdrawn after completion, and never published. Issue #8 was published in two editorially identical editions, one magazine-sized, one tabloid-sized.

The premiere issue, dated simply 1977, featured the rock band Kiss in a 40-page fictional adventure written by Steve Gerber, penciled by John Romita Jr., Alan Weiss, John Buscema, Rich Buckler, and Sal Buscema, which saw the quartet battling Marvel supervillains Mephisto and Doctor Doom. The members of the band had samples of their blood mixed into the ink used to print the first issue. Kiss reappeared in an occult adventure in issue #5 (1978). With that issue, the series' title in its postal indicia was shortened to Marvel Super Special.

Marvel's licensed pulp fiction character, Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, which was concurrently appearing in a long-running color comic book, starred in issues #2 (1977) and #9 (1978), with adaptations of the Arnold Schwarzenegger movies Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer published as issues #21 (1982) and #35 (Dec. 1984), respectively. An adaptation of the movie starring Marvel's original spin-off character, Red Sonja, appeared as issue #38 (1985). The other Marvel properties to be featured were the character Star-Lord in #10 (Winter 1979), the feature Weirdworld in #11-13 (Spring - Fall 1979), and Howard the Duck in #41 (Nov. 1986), the final issue.

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