Marvel Premiere (1972) UK Edition comic books
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Issue #22UK
$7.20
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9p cover price. Cover pencils by Gil Kane. Death Is a Ninja, script by Tony Isabella, pencils by Arvell Jones, inks by Aubrey Bradford; The Ninja transports Iron Fist to a mystic dimension where they can battle to the death in peace; He regales Danny with his origin story, his ties to K'un-Lun and how he was trapped in the Sacred Volume of Kali for many years; Iron Fist destroys the Ninja and returns to Earth to find the police mopping up the Kara-Kai death cult; Danny is cleared of Harold Meachum's death but feels lost as his vengeance against his parents' murderer is complete and he cannot return home to K'un-Lun for nine more years; 1st appearance of Master Khan. Letter to the editor from comics writer Ralph Macchio. 36 pgs.
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Issue #31UK
$5.40
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 10p cover price. Birthday - Written by Bill Mantlo. Art by Keith Giffen & Klaus Janson. Cover by Jack Kirby & John Verpoorten. Featuring the man-brute called Woodgod! The most bizarre super-hero of all! The House of Ideas does it again -- all-out action in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Starring Woodgod, Fred Mason, David Pace, Ellen Pace, Maj. Del Tremens and Caisset. 32 pages, full color.
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Issue #48UK
$6.70
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Cover pencils by Dave Cockrum, inks by Bob McLeod. "The Price of a Heart!", script by David Michelinie, pencils by John Byrne (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finished art), inks by Bob Layton; Scott Lang, the new Ant-Man, attempts to get Dr. Sondheim out of the clutches of the mutated Darren Cross; However, he underestimates Cross' enhanced abilities and is defeated; His equipment disabled, Scott listens as Cross explains his heart condition and the implantation of a "nucleorganic pacemaker"; The device backfired, not only slowly mutating him into a Neanderthal-like giant but also wearing out his heart, necessitating periodic transplants from unwilling donors; Learning he is to be next in line to be a "donor" Scott manages to fix his equipment and escape, busting back into the surgical theatre just as Dr. Sondheim finished another operation; Ant-Man fights Cross. Next appearance of Ant Man is in Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #125. 36 pgs., full color.
