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Andy E. Nystrom · Anything Else Pop Culture Related

A few months late, but RIP Judge Frank Caprio, star of the Caught in Providence YouTube channel, where he took a compassionate approach to people who appeared before h\m.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/judge-frank-caprio-obit-1.7614503

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

Thank you for the various updates zuckyd1. List updated. I went with the assumptions that the X-Men collection included New Mutants and the Anniliation Collection included Annihilus. If either are wrong, let me know and I'll change later today.

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

zuckyd1 wrote:
ANNIHILATION MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION: ANNIHILATION DAY
Nova Corps 1 R
Annihilation 1 R
Thanos 1 R
Annihilation Wave 1 R

I'm not seeing a profile on the Master List just titled Annihilation. Should that be Annihilus?

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

zuckyd1 wrote:
X-FACTOR BY PETER DAVID OMNIBUS VOL. 3
(all R from X-Factor #200)
Darwin 1
Longshot 2
M 2
Layla Miller 1
Multiple Man 3
Rictor 2
Shatterstar 2
Siryn 2
Strong Guy 2

The Sightings doc has Multiple Man listed as Madrox in X-Factor #200. Is that in error or did the name change in the reprint?

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

zuckyd1 wrote:
X-MEN EPIC COLLECTION: GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS
(all R-O)
Angel
Arcade
Ariel
Beast
Binary
Blob
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Cannonball
Colossus
Cyclops
Dazzler
Deathbird
Destiny
Havok
Hellfire Club
Iceman
Imperial Guard
Juggernaut
Karma
Living Monolith
Madrox
Magneto
Mastermind
Mesmero
Morlocks
Mystique
Nightcrawler
Polaris
Professor X
Psyche
Pyro
Quicksilver
Rogue
Savage Land Mutates
Scarlet Witch
Sentinels
Shi’ar
Siryn
Starjammers
Storm
Sunfire
Sunspot
Toad
Unus
Vanisher
White Queen
Wolfsbane
Wolverine
X-Men
X-Men Mansion
X-Men Jet
Banshee
Changeling
Mimic
Phoenix
Thunderbird
Cerebro
Cyclops’s Visor
Sentinel
Wolverine’s Skeleton
Adamantium
Brood
Chr’ylites
Mephistoids
Saurids
Siris
Sidri
Z’nox

Adding these to the main document. Can I assume the profiles are their original size and that the New Mutants profile attached to X-Men is included?

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

I've updated the list now. I made most of the changes on Monday but wanted to add in the History of the Marvel Universe #6 Appendix profiles and add a few notes on the French material. That's all been done now. Thank you to zuckyd1 and mal32 for their updatdes and corrections.

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

mal32 wrote:
Gideon Mas #33 2, StrySF 1, Cer 1
I am sorry but I don't understand what "Cer" is

Almost for sure one of the old Cerebro Files listings. I thought I got rid of them all but that one apparently slipped by. So basically an online profile, long since taken down. We'll never include online profiles from the Marvel site again for that reason.

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

mal32 wrote:
About : Iron Fist (Daniel Thomas Rand-K’ai) CoC #1, Orig #5 1, U89 #4 2, ...
I think that we could note that the U89 profile is shared by the original Daniel Rand and the Daniel Rand H'ylthri constuct

Interesting idea. That one I think I'll revisit when and if the imposter gets his own profile.

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

mal32 wrote:
Leader (Samuel Sterns) Orig #6 ½, ... MSH #3 1 ...
what is MSH?

I couldn't figure that one out either so I took it out for now. It may have been something mentioned in a lost Capes (Optional) era thread.

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

mal32 wrote:
Iron Man's Armor (red and gold) Orig #15 1, Del #6 1 sub (Iron Patriot as Iron Man), ...

I don't understand why "Iron Patriot", sorry

In Deluxe Edition #6, James Rhodes had a profile as Iron Man II, and the red and gold armour schematics appeared as a "sub-entry" there. Rhodes when last profiled went by Iron Patriot.

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

mal32 wrote:
AVENGERS MANSION appears also inside Avengers Headquarters in Hard #1

This is one of those tricky ones because Avengers Mansion is of course heavily discussed in the headquarters profile but there isn't a distinct sub-section. I might revisit this in the future but for now I liken it Earth-616 and the various countries within 616 having separate profiles..

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

mal32 wrote:
About: Dominor Del #12 head (Spaceknights), Hard #5 head (Inhumans), Hard #10 body (Spaceknights)
The Inhuman DOMINOR and the Spaceknight DOMINOR are two different beings

Thank you for proofreading these. You're making this list more accurate. This one led to another discovery, that Dominor (Inhuman) was misnamed Domnius in the Deluxe Edition. That's also how Thraxon's misspelling came about: In Original and Deluxe he had that erroneous T in the name.

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

mal32 wrote:
About: Council of Antiquarians Deftpb #2 1
Could we add that they are also known as the Collectors ?

If they get a profile under the latter I'll note that then.

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

zuckyd1 wrote:
Andy, I seem to remember you decided to change something with the DC vs. Marvel listings but I can't remember what, and now I don't see those entries listed in any of the threads.

They got moved to the Unofficial Marvel thread because they were published by DC

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

mal32 wrote:
Seth (Heliopolitan) is missing his "appearance" in the Appendix of the Original series: Orig #11 App

I just checked and it was omitted because it was just a cross-reference.

Andy E. Nystrom · Raw Data on Official Marvel Works

zuckyd1 wrote:
Spider-Ham (Peter Porker/Larval Earth) ... Gswan #18 1
should be SGwen

SPIDER-GWEN: GHOST SPIDER MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION: WEAPON OF CHOICE
Cindy 65 (Superior Silk) 1 R
Kraven the Hunter 1 R
DeWolff, Jean 1 R
Richards, Reed 1 R
The Mary Janes 1 R
Parker, Ben & Parker, May 1 R
S.I.L.K. 1 R
Spider-Man (Miles Morales) 1 R
Ms. Marvel 1 R
Spider-Ham 1 R

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN VOL. 17
Dreadknight 1 R-O
Guardsman 1/2 R-O
Froma 1/4 R-O
Makluans 1/4 R-O
Jack of Hearts 1 R-O
Madame Masque 1 R-O
Mandarin 1 R-O
Mandarin’s Rings 1 R-O
Manhattan 1 R-O
Melter 1/2 R-O
Scarecrow 1/2 R-O
Titanium Man 1 R-O
Unicorn 1 R-O
and possibly others

Catching up on these now that I have a bit more time. I'll include straight reprints like these in Sightings but not Master List.

To address another point, for variant covers I'll use cover letters and vcov interchangeably. I don't think it matters much which is used.

Andy E. Nystrom · Reference Works that are Non-Marvel/Not Officially Marvel

Strange and Unsung All-Stars of the DC Multiverse: A Visdual Encyclopedia by Stephanie Williams,2023

In some cases a chapter is devoted to one character, sometimes not, so to make sense of this I'll include all chapter titles. Real names in brackets are my clarifications.

Peacemaker 6
Party Tricks
⦁ Abra Kadabra 2
⦁ Angle Man 2
⦁ Arm-Fall-Off Boy 1
⦁ Beard Hunter 1
⦁ Black Racer 2
⦁ Brain Storm 2
⦁ Captain Triumph 2
⦁ Condiment King 2
⦁ Golden Glider 2
⦁ Goldface 2
⦁ Kite-Man 2
⦁ Matter-Eater Lad 2
⦁ Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks 2
⦁ nina Dowd 1
⦁ Ragdoll III [Peter Markel Jr] 1
⦁ Ron-Karr 1
⦁ Tattooed Man [Abel Tarrant, John Oakes, Mark Richards] 3
Mal Duncan 4
A Bad Day at Work
⦁ Colonel Computron 2
⦁ Colonel Future 2
⦁ Dr. helga Jace 2
⦁ Ten-Eyed Man 1 2/3
⦁ The Ten-Eyed Men of the Empty Quarter 1/3
Brother Power 4
Chemistry 101
⦁ Ben Boxer 1
⦁ Blue Ice 1
⦁ Chemical King 1
⦁ Chemo 2
⦁ Manga Khan 2
⦁ Itty 1
⦁ Tellus 2
Red Tornado [Abigail Mathilda Hunkel] 2
Round, Large, and Rarely in Charge
⦁ Bouncing Boy 1 1/2
⦁ Dr. Zan Orbal 1/2
⦁ Chang Tzu 2
⦁ Elu 1
⦁ Glob 1
⦁ Glomulus 2
Danny the Street 4
9 to 5 to Crime
⦁ Crazy Quilt 1
⦁ Film Freak 1
⦁ Mad Mod 1
⦁ Mod Gorilla Boss 1
⦁ Maxie Zeus 1
⦁ Velvet Tiger 1
Mia "Maps" Mizoguchi 2
Hair Vibes
⦁ Magpie 2
⦁ Mindboggler 2
⦁ Spider Girl 1 1/2
⦁ Godiva 1/2
King Shark 4
Leaning Inton the Animal Kingdom
⦁ Ambush Bug 2
⦁ Bug-Eyed Bandit 1
⦁ B'wana Beast 3/4
⦁ Djuba 1/4
⦁ Dex-Starr 1
⦁ Dogwelder 1
⦁ G'nort 2
⦁ Insect Queen 2
⦁ Lori Lemaris 2
⦁ Manhawks 1
⦁ Rex the Wonder Dog 1
⦁ Space Canine Patrol Agents 1 1/2
⦁ Space Cat Patr

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Andy E. Nystrom · Anything Else Pop Culture Related

RIP stuntman/actor Carl Ciarfalio, who played the Thing in the unreleased 1994 version of The Fantastic Four
https://deadline.com/2025/11/carl-ciarfalio-dead-stuntman-actor-james-bond-1236626291/

Andy E. Nystrom · Foreign Editions

This French translation series ran 4 volumes and was published by Marvel France. It translated volumes in the 6-volume Marvel Encyclopedia series, though not entirely in the same order. The format was the same for both volumes, thus all page counts are the same.

To save time, only profiles with a different French name are noted. Where the English isn’t given, it’s noted in {}. Page counts aren’t noted as they’re always identical.

Not to be confused with the earlier series that translated profiles from various 1980s Handbooks.

#1 2004 - corresponds with #1 2002
Avengers / Les Vengeurs
Ant-Man / L'Homme-Fourni
Black Panther / La Panthère Noire
Falcon / Le Faucon
Hawkeye / Oeil de Faucon
Quicksilver / Vif-Argent
Scarlet Witch / La Sorcière Rouge
She-Hulk / Miss Hulk
Wasp / La Guêpe
Dr. Leonard Samson / Leonard Samson
Abomination / L'Abomination
Destroyer / Destructeur
Enchantress / L'Enchanteresse
Red Skull / Crâne Rouge
Sentient Armor / L’Armeur Pensante
Fantastic Four / Les Fantastiques
Human Torch / La Torche
Invisible Woman / L’Invisible
Mr. Fantastic / Mister Fantastic
Thing / La Chose
The Inhumans / Les Inhumains
Namor / Namor, Le Prince des Mers
Silver Surfer / Le Surfer d’Argent
Doctor Doom / Docteur Fatalis
Kree/Skrull War / La Guerre Kree / Skrull
Super-Skrull / Le Super-Skrull
Black Widow /La Veuve Noire
Doctor Strange / Docteur Strange
Bullseye / Le Tireur
Kingpin / Le Caïd
Black Cat / La Chatte Noire
Aunt May & Uncle Ben / Tante May et Oncle Ben
Doctor Octopus / Docteur Octopus
Green Goblin / Le Bouffon Vert
Lizard / Le Lézard
Mysterio / Mystério
Rhino / Le Rhino
Sandman / L’Homme Sable
Vulture / Le Vautour
Beast / Le Fauve
Cyclops / Cyclope
Iceman / Iceberg
Jubilee / Jubilé
Nightcrawler / Diablo
Professor X / Professeur X
Rogue / Malicia
Storm / Tornade
Weapon X / Arme X
The Xavier Institute / Institut Xavier
Juggernaut / Le Fléau
Magneto / Magnéto
Sabretooth / Dents de Sabre
Sentinels / Les Sentinelle

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Andy E. Nystrom · Foreign Editions

This French translation series ran 6 issues and was published by Lug/Semic; it ended prematurely due to loss of license. It translated Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe profiles from the (O)riginal series, (D)eluxe Edition, and Update ‘(8)9. Where there’s English in the profile names, the series lists that first so the list below reflects that. If a name is listed by itself, it’s the same in both languages. Where the English isn’t given, it’s noted in {}.

It appears that in some cases the layout is for (O) but the text is for (D). Therefore some of the below may be revisited later as I take a closer look.

Not to be confused with the later series that translated the Marvel Encyclopedia series.

#1 décembre 1987
{Title Page} 1
{Table of Contents and Artists} / Table des Matieres et Dessinateurs 1
{Marvel Encyclopedia A to Z} / L'Encyclopedie Marvel A à Z 1
Abomoination / L'Abomination 1 (O)
Absorbing-Man / L'Homme Absorbant 1 (O)
El Aguila 1 (O)
{A.I.M.} / L'A.I.M. 1 (O) - coloured blue
Ajak 1 (O)
Alpha Flight / La Division Alpha 1/2 (O)
Headshots

Vindicator
Sasquatch
Aurora
{Northstar} / Vega
Shaman
{Snowbird} / Harfang
Marina
Puck

Alpha Primitives / Les primitifs alpha 1/2 (O)
American Eagle / L'Aigle 1 (O)
Anaconda 1 (O)
Andromeda / Andromède 1 (D)
Angar the Screamer / Angar le cri 1 (O)
Angel 1 (O)
Annihilus 1 (O) green cape recoloured red, purple part of armour recoloured blue
Ant-Man / L'Homme-Fourni 1 (O)
{Ant-man's Helmet} / Casque de L'Homme Fourni 1 (O) enlarged from 1/2 page
Aquarian 1 (O)
Arabian Knight / Le Chevalier Arabe 1 (O)
Aragorn 1 (D)
Arcade 1/2 (O)
{Ares, God of War} / Ares, Dieu de la Guerre 1/2 (O)
Ariel / Etincelle 1 (O)
Arkon 1/2 (O)
Arnim Zola 1/2 (O)
{Asgard: The Continent} / Asgard: Le Continent 1 (O)
{Asgard, Home of the Norse Gods} / Asgard, Demeure des Dieux Scandinaves 2 (O)
Asgardians / Les Asgardiens 2 (1 O, 1 D)
Headshots: no name changes
[i]1

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Andy E. Nystrom · Foreign Editions

This section is for special reprint versions of Marvel Handbooks published subsequent to the original work. Usually this will be a version that was translated into another language. However, English language versions will be permitted if they were published later, especially oif the work was licensed out to another publisher.

What's not included in this section are Canadian and UK cover price variants and similar foreign variants that were published by Marvel at the same time as the US version. Those may be noted in the following thread but are not different enough to warrant a thread of their own: https://whowatchesthewatchers.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=122

In addition, indvidual foreign profiles where the book as a whole is not a Handbook can go in the above thread. Foreign variants of works not published by Marvel can be noted in the Non-Marvel and Unofficial Marvel threads, depending on whether they include Marvel characters etc or not.

If you have any questions on whether something belongs here or not, feel free to ask.

Andy E. Nystrom · Anything Else Pop Culture Related

RIP director Lee Tamahori; probably his best known movie was Pierce Brosnan's last James Bond film Die Another Day.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lee-tamahori-dead-once-were-warriors-james-bond-1236420990/

Andy E. Nystrom · Anything Else Pop Culture Related

RIP Diane Ladd (Wild at Heart, Chinatown, Christmas Vacation, etc)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/diane-ladd-dead-alice-doesnt-live-here-anymore-wild-at-heart-1236416794/

Andy E. Nystrom · Anything Else Pop Culture Related

RIP Tchéky Karyo (Nikita's handler Bob in the original La Femme Nikita)
https://deadline.com/2025/10/tcheky-karyo-dead-la-femme-nikita-the-missing-1236604547/

Andy E. Nystrom · Anything Else Pop Culture Related

RIP Prunella Scales (Sybil Fawlty on Fawlty Towers).
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/prunella-scales-dead-fawlty-towers-actress-was-93-1165597-1236411635/

Andy E. Nystrom · Anything Else Pop Culture Related

RIP June Lockhart (Lassie, Lost in Space); age 100
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/june-lockhart-dead-lost-in-space-lassie-1236561320/

Andy E. Nystrom · Television and Movies

The purpose of this thread is to make questions like you would regular trivia, only it's things that you don't actually know the answer to but are hoping someone else does. The General Q&A thread can probably cover Marvel stuff even for movies and TV, but this is for everything else.

A question to start things off: I once saw a movie (on VHS I believe) set in a prison, where the prisoners were given the chance to do a variety show. It may or may not have been a dubbed movie. The part that stands out for me, and thus the reason I want to find the movie again is at one point one of the inmates sings, "Screw... screw you this screw... it's me and you." Does anyone know which movie this is?

Andy E. Nystrom · Comics

The purpose of this thread is to make questions like you would regular trivia, only it's things that you don't actually know the answer to but are hoping someone else does. The General Q&A thread can probably cover Marvel stuff, but this is for everything else.

1. In the 1980s run of Mighty Crusaders, someone on the team was spying on the team for the government. However the series got canceled before the spy could be revealed. Who was it?

2. There was an instance with nearly the exact same story happening with different characters. In one version Archie and friends did a birthday song for Mr. Lodge while another Beetle Bailey and friends did the same for Sarge. In both cases the recipient started sniffing and Archie/Beetle thought he was touched, but it was actually the case that the music gave him a nosebleed. I read them both in reprint form and it seems pretty clear that one is a swipe of the other. Which came first? Or was there an earlier third version? It would seem likely that the Archie story came first because of there are more stories about him being musically inclined, but comics can sometimes surprise.

Andy E. Nystrom · Anything Else Pop Culture Related

RIP Ace Frehley, Spaceman in the superhero motif rock band KISS. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kiss-guitarist-ace-frehley-dead-1235448770/

Andy E. Nystrom · Anything Else Pop Culture Related

RIP Diane Keaton (The Godfather series, Father of the Bride movies, etc)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/diane-keaton-dead-annie-hall-1236546710/