#268: May 1976 (w/The Comics Canon) - "Greater Love Hath No X-Man..."

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Stories Covered in this Episode: 


"If Asgard Should Perish...!" - Thor #250, written by Len Wein,
art by John Buscema and Tony DeZuniga, letters by John Costanza,
colors by Glynis Wein, edited by Len Wein, 1976 Marvel Comics


"Dawn's Early Light!" - Captain America #200, written by Jack
Kirby, art by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia, letters by John
Costanza, colors by Don Warfield, edited by Jack Kirby and Marv
Wolfman, 1976 Marvel Comics


"Avengers Assemble!" - Avengers #150, written by Steve Englehart
and Stan Lee, art by George Pérez, Jack Kirby, John Tartaglione,
Duffy Vohland, and Dick Ayers, letters by Denise Wohl and Artie
Simek, colors by Irene Vartanoff, edited by Archie Goodwin, 1976
Marvel Comics


"Greater Love Hath No X-Man..." - Uncanny X-Men #100, written by
Chris Claremont, art by Dave Cockrum, letters by Annette Kawecki,
colors by Bonnie Wilford, edited by Marv Wolfman, 1976 Marvel
Comics


 


"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 4 written and performed by
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Milne.


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