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Cover: Jack Kirby & John Verpoorten
Marvel Premiere #31
“Birthday”
A strange humanoid creature, created in a secret lab, frightens the townspeople. They break into the lab, kill the scientist and his wife and accidentally release experimental nerve gas, wiping out the town. Government forces come to investigate, battling the creature to a standstill.
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writer Bill Mantlo · artist Keith Giffen · inker Klaus Janson · colorist P. Goldberg · letterer Gaspar Saladino · letterer Karen Mantlo · cover Jack KirbyJohn Verpoorten
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writer Bill Mantlo
artist Keith Giffen
inker Klaus Janson
colorist P. Goldberg
letterer Gaspar Saladino
letterer Karen Mantlo
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks John Verpoorten
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A strange humanoid creature, created in a secret lab, frightens the townspeople. They break into the lab, kill the scientist and his wife and accidentally release experimental nerve gas, wiping out the town. Government forces come to investigate, battling the creature to a standstill.
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