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Marvel Preview #4 (Jan. 1976):
“The Sword in the Star! Stave 1: Alas, the Seeds of Man!”
by Bill Mantlo, Ed Hannigan, P. Craig Russell, Rick Bryant

Marvel Preview #4

Title: “The Sword in the Star! Stave 1: Alas, the Seeds of Man!”

Feature: The Sword in the Star

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1976

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Bill Mantlo
Art by: Ed Hannigan, P. Craig Russell, Rick Bryant


7 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
The Sword in the Star The Sword in the Star supporting character deity
CBR Scale: M sentient sword
[worshipped by Wayfinder, his people; created Microverse] Marvel 4
Wayfinder Wayfinder supporting character deity
CBR Scale: M Ithacon religion; Microverse
religion
Ithacon
[created Microverse; Arcturus Rann's ancestor]
Marvel 26
King of the Ithacons King of the Ithacons supporting character
CBR Scale: M Ithacon religion
Ithacon
[father of creator of the Microverse]
Marvel 1
Ithacons Ithacons supporting character group
CBR Scale: M Ithacon religion
[origin race of Wayfinder (Microverse creator)] Marvel 1
The Haamin The Haamin villain group
CBR Scale: I alien
[enemies of Ithacon, other human-descendants] Marvel 4
Delphos Delphos supporting character
CBR Scale: M Ithacon religion
Ithacon
[mentor to Wayfinder (creator of Microverse)]
Marvel 1
Alkinoos Alkinoos supporting character
CBR Scale: I N.A.
[pilot of Star-Seed, which took Wayfinder to Earth] Marvel 2

Prince Wayfinder's spacecraft Star-Seed is featured prominently in this issue.