OHotMU Scans 83/03 (Part 1)

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983) 3

Mar 1983

08/03/21 - Cover

As usual I couldn’t get the cover scanned quite as nicely as I wanted it. The biggest impediments are the size of my scanner and the way the cover image extends to the very edge of the cover.

08/04/21 - Inside Front Cover - Table of Contents

08/05/21 - Page 2 - Collector

Collector is an Elder of the Universe.

08/06/21 - Page 3 - Colossus

This entry gets very technical when it comes to the process by which Piotr Rasputin transforms his body from flesh and blood to organic steel.

“The conversion from flesh and blood to organic steel is accomplished by a psionic whole-brain interface with an ionic form of osmium, an extremely dense metal, located in another dimension”

The entry goes on to describe some of the limits of his endurance, strength, and other other abilities when in his armored form.

OHotMU Scans 83/02 (Part 3)

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983) 2

Feb 1983

06/19/21 - Page 21 / Captain America

Captain America (Steve Rogers) first appearance happened in Captain America Comics 1 (Dec 1940). The OHotMU entry only references his first modern appearance which occurred in Avengers 4 (Mar 1964). The origin portion of his entry does go into quite a bit of detail about how he came to be came Captain America. The only mention of his time as Nomad is to include that as one of his aliases.

OHotMU Scans 83/02 (Part 2)

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983) 2

Feb 1983

06/09/21 - Page 11 / Black Panther

I have read the Black Panther’s earliest appearances in Fantastic Four 52-54 and Tales of Suspense 97-99. I’m sure he has shown up in other stories that I have read but I don’t think I have read much if any of his stories printed in his own series.

OHotMU Scans 83/02 (Part 1)

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983) 2

Feb 1983

I’ve decide to start breaking these posts about each issue down into three parts each. 

05/24/21 / Cover

I spent way more time than I intended doing stuff other than scanning. I did a bunch of work to make the layout for the OHotMU similar to the one for Who’s Who. I added pages for categories and issues and added links to make it easier to jump between pages. It could use some more cleanup but it’s good for the moment. 

I also spent a bunch of time trying to scan the cover, front and back. I got it done but I’m not complexly happy with it but I think it’s gonna have to do. 

OHotMU Scans 83/01

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983) 1

Jan 1983

03/23/21 - Inside Front Cover / Table of Contents

03/24/21 - Inside Back Cover / Editorial, Appendix (Part 1)

The editorial (which was written by Mark Gruenwald) talks about the origins of the Marvel Universe and the plans for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. The series was originally planned to be 12 issues and consist of a total of 384 pages which from the looks of it does not include the inside front and back covers.