Volume

1

Price

0.50 USD

Pages

36

Indicia Frequency

monthly

Publisher's Age Guidelines

Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Indicia / Colophon Publisher

Marvel Comics Group

Brand

Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]

Editing

Louise Simonson [as Louise Jones]; Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Issue Notes

Direct sales only and with no corner box.

Fred Snyder reports that there are two versions: 1) the common direct sales regular issue (no apparent errors), and 2) a direct sales-only copy with no color printed on pages 24 (Marvel X-Mas subscription ad) and 25 (in-house ad for Dazzler comics).

[no title indexed]

Dazzler / cover / 1 page

Pencils

Bob Larkin (painting, signed)

Inks

Bob Larkin (painting, signed)

Colors

Bob Larkin (painting, signed)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (logo)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; the Enchantress [Amora]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Indexer Notes

Signature dated 1979.

So Bright This Star

Dazzler / comic story / 23 pages

Script

Tom DeFalco

Pencils

John Romita Jr.; John Buscema (uncredited for the Dazzler character on page 1); John Romita (alteration on her face)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala; Bob McLeod (uncredited for the Dazzler character on page 1 over John Buscema pencils)

Colors

Gynis Oliver [as Glynis Wein]

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers [Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wasp]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Judge Carter Blaire (her father, flashback); Bella Blaire (her grandmother, flashback); Enchantress [Amora]; Mr. Wildfire; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; X-Men [Colossus; Kitty Pryde; Nightcrawler; Storm; Wolverine]

Synopsis

Dazzler decides to make a go of becoming a professional singer. She auditions at a local disco but her competition turns out to be none other than the Enchantress. When the club owner picks Ali over Amora, the Enchantress gets really, really mad.

Indexer Notes

Credits read "Conceived by Alice Donenfeld, John Romita Jr. and Jim Shooter with some help from Stan Lee, Al Milgrom, Roger Stern and Tom DeFalco".

(John Buscema was called for help to draw the Dazzler character of the splash page of this issue. He came to John Romita studio to redrew her because they wanted her to look like Bo Derek supposed to star in an upcoming movie. His drawing was inked by Bob McLeod and a copy was pasted above another one of the John Romita Jr already drawn page. This was confirmed by Bob McLeod and you can see all of this in Comic Feature# 7. The Original by John Buscema and Bob McLeod always exists in some original art collector gallery).