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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published May 2005
Cover Price 3.99 USD; 5.75 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Joe Quesada (Editor in Chief); Tom Brevoort (Consulting Editor); Andy Schmidt (Editor)

Cover Details

Characters Black Widow
Genre Super-hero
Pencils Gabriele Dell'Otto (painted)
Inks Gabriele Dell'Otto (painted)
Colors Gabriele Dell'Otto (painted)
Letters typeset

1 page recap "Title page"

Characters Thor [in caption]; Iron Man [in caption]; Luke Cage [in caption]; Nick Fury [in caption]; Daredevil [in caption]; Captain America [in caption]; Wolverine [in caption]
Pencils Gabriele Dell'Otto
Inks Gabriele Dell'Otto
Letters typeset
Notes Recaps the storyline up to this issue. Creator credits and indicia information is included.

22 page Marvel Heroes story "World must be comin' to an end if I'm finally gettin' a moment to myself."

Characters HEROES: Wolverine; Spider-Man; Daredevil; Captain America; Nick Fury; Fantastic Four [Thing; Reed Richards; Sue Richards; Human Torch]; VILLAINS: Boomerang; Constrictor; Crimson Dynamo; Diamondback; Goldbug; Grim Reaper; Hobgoblin {unknown identity}; King Cobra; Lady Octopus; Madame Hydra (?); Mentallo; Mister Fear; Scorpion; Scorcher; Shocker; Spider-Slayer; Trapster; Wizard
Synopsis It's the super battle of the year! The one you've been waiting for! Every Marvel tech villain versus every Marvel NYC hero. The secret of Secret War hangs in the balance in the penultimate chapter of this top-selling series. [per solicitation]
Genre Super-hero
Script Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils Gabriele Dell'Otto (painted)
Inks Gabriele Dell'Otto (painted)
Colors Gabriele Dell'Otto (painted)
Letters Virtual Calligraphy's Cory Petit
Reprinted in Secret War (Marvel, 2006 series) [nn] [hardcover]; in Secret War (Marvel, 2006 series) #[nn] [softcover]

10 page character profile "S.H.I.E.L.D. Operations Database"

Characters Boomerang; Constrictor; Crimson Dynamo; Diamondback; Goldbug; Grim Reaper; Hobgoblin; King Cobra; Lady Octopus; Mentallo; Mister Fear; Scorpion; Scorcher; Shocker; Spider-Slayer; Trapster; Wizard
Synopsis Criminal profiles of all villains in this issue.
Genre superhero
Pencils Gabriele Dell'Otto (painted)
Inks Gabriele Dell'Otto (painted)
Colors Gabriele Dell'Otto (painted)
Letters typeset
Notes S.H.I.E.L.D. Database designed by Patrick McGrath with a special acknowledgement to Aubrey Sitterson.

8 page Marvel Heroes illustration "Gabriele Dell'Otto Galery"

Characters Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Mary Jane Parker; Vulture; Thor; Bruce Banner / Incredible Hulk; Logan (Wolverine); Thing
Pencils Gabriele Dell'Otto
Inks Gabriele Dell'Otto
Colors Gabriele Dell'Otto
Letters typeset
Notes Full page painted pin-ups. One page is only a detailed inked drawing of Spider-Man holding a crushed fireman's helmet with the ruins of the World Trade Center in the background. Obvious tribute to the events of September 11, 2001.

10 page advertisement "Advertisements"

Notes Guess Who (movie, Columbia Pictures); The Matrix Online (game, Monolith Productions, Inc.); Exorcist the Beginning (DVD, Warner Brothers); Fair Enough (campaign, Truth Production); The Cave (movie, Screen Gems); Elektra (DVD, 20th Century Fox/Marvel Characters); Champions Return to Arms (game, Snowblind Studios); Phoenix (statue, Diamond Select Toys and Collectibles); Got Milk? (campaign, America's Dairy Farmers and Milk Processors); 'mazing. Are You? (candy, Mars Incorporated)