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Marvel's Greatest Comics #40 (1973) · The Collector

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Marvel's Greatest Comics (1969)
#40

Marvel#40

Marvel's Greatest Comics

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Marvel's Greatest Comics #40

The Way It Began..!

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: January 1973
On sale: Oct 10, 1972
Cover price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writer: Stan Lee
Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Letterer: Artie Simek

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Origin of the Black Panther. Fantastic Four vs. Klaw.

Cover

Sal Buscema

Cover letters

Tom Orzechowski

Characters

Klaw
Mr. Fantastic
The Black Panther
The Human Torch
The Invisible Girl
The Thing
Wyatt Wingfoot

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