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Cover: Bernie Wrightson

Gargoyle #1

Jun 1985 · Marvel · 0.75 USD; 0.50 GBP; 1.00 CAD

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“Love and Death!!”

Bernie Wrightson's cover for this 1985 Marvel limited series opener sets a brooding, rain-soaked tone: the Gargoyle lunges forward with claws bared and fangs exposed, surrounded by a crowd of snarling stone-faced creatures against a hellish orange glow. It's a genuinely striking image — part horror, part superhero — that makes a strong case for why this four-issue series deserved its own spotlight. J. M. DeMatteis writes, with art by Mark Badger, promising a story titled "Love and Death!!" that sounds as emotionally ambitious as the cover is visually intense.

writer J. M. DeMatteis · artist, inker Mark Badger · colorist Bob Sharen · letterer Ken Bruzenak · cover Bernie Wrightson

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Raw (VF) $4

CGC 9.8 · 32 in census $68*

CGC 9.6 · 22 in census $31*

CGC 9.4 · 12 in census $30*

CGC 9.2 · 3 in census $30*

CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $30*

CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $30*

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CGC 8.0 · 3 in census $30*

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CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $30*

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CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $30*

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Full credits

writer J. M. DeMatteis

artist, inker Mark Badger

colorist Bob Sharen

letterer Ken Bruzenak

cover pencils, inks Bernie Wrightson

Reprints

Reprinted in Marvel Firsts: The 1980s #2 (2014), Defenders Epic Collection #9 (2019)

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