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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published January 1979
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Marv Wolfman; Jim Shooter
Notes Cover is signed in upper left corner. This issue indexed 2005 by Steven Tice.

Cover Details

Characters Nova; Dr. Sun
Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Bob McLeod
Letters Rick Parker?
Notes Cover is signed in upper left corner. This issue indexed 2005 by Steven Tice.

17 page Nova story "From the Dregs of Defeat!"

Characters Nova, Comet, Doctor Sun, Diamondhead, Dracula (flashback), Frank Drake, Rachel Van Helsing, Harold H. Harold (flashback cameos), Sphinx
Genre superhero
Script Marv Wolfman
Pencils Carmine Infantino (pages 1-16, 23-31); Gene Colan (pages 17-22)
Inks "Many Hands" (various inkers), including Klaus Janson? (pages 6-7); Terry Austin (pages 11-14); Bob McLeod (page 15); Tom Palmer (pages 17-22); Bob Wiacek (pages 23-27); Walter Simonson (page 30); Joe Rubinstein (page 31)
Colors Janice Cohen
Letters Jim Novak
Editing Marv Wolfman
Notes Art information and index 2005 by Steven Tice, updated 2010. Walt Simonson confirmed he inked page 30. Art credits by story page: Pencils - Carmine Infantino (pages 1-10, 13-17); Gene Colan (pages 11-12) Inks - ? (pages 1-3); Klaus Janson? (pages 4-6); Terry Austin (pages 7-8); Bob McLeod (page 9); ? (page 10); Tom Palmer (pages 11-12); Bob Wiacek (13-15); Walter Simonson (page 16); Joe Rubinstein (page 17)