Here's the ones that no one got:
1. Who had two separate entries in the Spider-Man: Brand New Day under different names?
Menace. At the time she had not yet been revealed to be Lily Hollister so she also appears under the latter.

2. Which issue's cover of the first series was used as the cover for the Essential volume for the first series?
#15. Being the Weapons etc. issue, more major characters could be shown on the front, which was likely one of the reasons.

3. The Appendix in first series #3 accidentally assigned a hero's name to two villains (the same correct code name is used by both villains), What is the hero's name used in error and what is the correct shared villain's name?
Crimebuster was the hero's name but the description refers to the two villains called Crime-Master. An understandable mistake but of course Crimebuster would not exactly have gotten along with either Crime-Master.

4. What was the first time in the Deluxe Edition that two characters with the same code name had back to back entries?
Iron Man; at the time both Stark and Rhodes were active as such.

5. What is interesting about the art for the J. Jonah Jameson and John Jameson entries in the Deluxe Edition?
J. Jonah Jameson was drawn by John Romita, while his son John Jameson was drawn by Romita's son John Romita Jr. So father and son drew father and son for the Handbooks

7. What colour was used for the background of both OHOTMU: Spider-Man 2004 and 2005?
Red

11. Under which alias was James Barnes listed under in the hardcover series?
James "Bucky" Barnes appears under Captain America.

16. What organized crime group got an entry in Mighty Avengers: Most Wanted?
Yakuza.
 

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:

1. Other than the Howling Commandos, what other non-super military WW2 team got an entry in original series #13?
2. Who drew pencilled Gladiator (Shi'ar version) for Deluxe Edition?:
7. For the Incredible Hulk/Iron Man 2 Guidebook, who gets an entry on both sides?
8. Which character created to sell toys appeared in Marvel Legacy: 1980s?
12. Which entry in Iron Manual Mark 3 had a number of Easter Eggs related to Who Watches the Watchers participants?
15. Who drew most or all of first series #15?
 

1. Captain Savage and His Leatherneck Raiders
2. Curt Swan
7. Tony Stark?
8. Crystar?
12. Project Pegasus?
15. Ellliot R. Brown

If you want to play in the current round, you have until tomorrow!

All guesses correct, including the spelling of the chicken cow monster (I just doublechecked the spelling from the hardcover). You could tell even from the spelling that it wasn't a Stan Lee monster; he would have come up with a name that was much easier to remember.

While other Hostess characters have appeared briefly since the ads ended, I think Icemaster is so far still the only Marvel Hostess character to really be a recurring character.

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New round!

0. Rewritten from last round:  Which section of a larger city got an entry in the first two handbooks?
1. Who inked most of the profiles Original through Master Edition?
2. How long was the Appendix in first series #12?
3. Which weapon got an entry in first series #15 despite the wielder(s) not getting a full profile until the 21st century Handbooks?
4. What was the first profile in the Deluxe Edition to have ¼-page sub-entries?
5. What was the first profile in Update ‘89 to have ¼-page sub-entries?
6. For which issue of Deluxe Edition was at least half the issue excised for the original trades?
7. Which member of the Squadron Supreme made it to the cover of Alternate Universes 2005?
8. In the 21st century Handbooks, one character’s dog made it to the Handbooks in an earlier book than they did. Name both characters.
9. Which member of Dazzler’s supporting cast got a profile in Marvel Legacy: 1980s?
10. Which character who received a ¼ page sub-entry in the Deluxe Book of the Dead’s Vampires entry has not directly been covered directly at all in the 21st century books, not even in the Vampires Handbook’s Appendix?
11. One of the monsters in the Doctor Demonicus entry in the hardcover series is deliberately missing a caption. Which monster?
12. Who drew the main image for Leonard McKenzie in the Marvel Mystery Handbook?
13. Where can you find a profile for AIDA (MCU)?
14. Which character in the Fantastic Four Encyclopedia made their only appearance during Assistant Editor’s Month?
15. If you have one of the two known variants of X-Men: Earth’s Mutant heroes with pages out of order, the second page of which profile appears at the start? Same answer whether it’s the one with all the pages intact or if it’s the one with missing/duplicated pages

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zuckyd1 wrote:

1. Manhattan?
2. Joe Rubinstein?
3. 1 page?
5. Asgardians?
8. Hyperion
10. O.Z. Chase?
12. Godzilla
 

Digits off by 1 because I used 0. for the carry-over question but mostly basically correct except... I overlooked that there are actually two Dazzler characters in 1980s Handbook, so I was thinking of the other one. Can you guess?

Also, the Appendix in #12 though is not 1 page so that one's also still up for grabs.

Manhattan of course is part of New York City. Rubenstein goes by both Joe and Josef (nowadays more the letter) so i would have accepted either answer. While there are other 1/4-pagers in Deluxe #1, Asgardians come first alphabetically and are thus the correct answer. Godzilla could not be named because Marvel no longer had the license, though they did briefly arrange a special license to reprint the Godzilla series in the Essential volume.

zuckyd1 wrote:

Roman Nebokah?

He's a fun character but sadly no profile so far.

skippcomet wrote:

Lois London.
2. 2 1/2 pages
3. Doctor Spectrum's Power Prism (Prime Earth/Earth-616 version)
5. Alliance of Evil
6. Issue 15  (Appendix of Alien Races was left out of the collected TPBs)
10. Lianda?
12. Gus Vasquez

Most of these are correct. Only one wrong. It was indeed Lois who I originally thought of.

Technically with the original Appendix an Announcement cuts into it a little but I wasn't expecting anyone to calculate that out. The Appendix fell behind pretty quickly so the last issue played catch-up.

Dr. Spectrum's Power Prism was a bit of a trick question because Joe Ledger did get a full profile in Update '89, but his prism isn't known to be linked to Krimmon..

Lianda is a good guess but she's one of the resosns I put in the Vampires Appendix caveat. She's covered in that section unlike the character I'm thinking of.

New round! Other people can also ask questions.Doesn't matter how many.

1. What colour was the background of first series #1’s cover?
2. Which duo had separate entries in the Appendix to the original series but were covered together in the Deluxe Edition?
3. For most of the headshots in the first two series’ Avengers entries, what was their original intended use?
4. What was interesting about the new sub-entries in the Deluxe trade’s Zodiac entry?
5. For the Master Edition’s Supporting Cast entries, the flip side usually said [Character name] _________; what are the two missing words?
6. What was the indicia title for Conan’s book?
7. How long was Aqueduct’s entry in the Hardcover series?
8. Which team covered in All-New A-Z had a member called the Spanker?
9. Where in the 2004-2005 handbooks could you find Deadpool?
10. Which Earth covered in the Fantastic Four Encyclopedia had Stan Lee as a superhero?
11. Which event covered in Blockbusters was Howard the Duck related?
12. Which character who had an entry in the original series was dead at the start of the Deluxe but alive at the time of the Book of the Dead, pushing their deluxe entry to Update ’89?
13. What was the first handbook to have a profile on Bambi Arbogast?
14. What was the first book to cover the villain Doctor Strange?
15. Which team was paired with Spider-Man for their Ultimate Handbook? That is, the entire handbook was devoted to Spider-Man and this team.
 

The above four are correct. The Farce was with you! Doctor Strange is one case that shows how tricky the Roman numerals thing is and why it's probably good that it's no longer used. Carlo first appeared before Stephen but chronologically things get trickier. Stephen began his hero career and Carlo his villain career prior to their first appearances so it's hard to determine when they first became active as Doctor Strange. In addition, you have to decide whether Doctor Strange the medical doctor counts for Stephen or just Doctor Strange the magician. If so Stephen probably beats Carlo but we still can't say for sure.

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:

8. Which team covered in All-New A-Z had a member called the Spanker?
 

I'd left off responding since I wrote the entry in question, but since it looks like no one else is going for it:
8. Band of the Bland.

All the questions this time are for the original series

1. Who was the penciller for Hawkeye?
2. What was covered on the bottom of the page containing the Europe entry?
3. If you add up all the pages of the Appendix, what is the total page count?
4. Who shared the same page as Frankenstein's Monster?
5. What was Kitty Pryde listed under?
6. What Alien Race covered was subsequently revealed to be other dimensional beings, not extraterrestrials (well after the 1980s had ended)?
7.How did the Alien Races handle extraterrestrial races that normally wore clothing?
8.Who had an entry for their apartment?
9. Who was the first character who first appeared in Marvel Superhero Contest of Champions to get an entry?
10. For the first Olympian to get an entry, what were they listed as?
11. What was the first entry in #14, the second Book of the Dead and the Inactive issue?
12. What were the two entries on the inside back cover of #15?
13. Who drew the Kingpin entry?
14. Which alias of the villain later revealed to be Nathaniel Richards did not get a full entry, just a mention in the Appendix?
15. Who was the first character to get an entry out of order, different letter of the alphabet even? Not counting surnames.
 

zuckyd1 wrote:

1. Mark Gruenwald?
5. Ariel?
9. Blitzkrieg?
14. Scarlet Centurion?

All those are correct. It's easy to forget that Gru, aside from being the creator of the Handbooks and a writer and editor, was also to a lesser degree an artist. While Kitty wasn't Ariel for very long, she was at that time.  All the new Contest characters appeared in that Handbook run; Blitzkrieg happened to begin with an early letter and so got in first. At the time the Centurion identity wasn't used very much, though Gru himself soon after revived that alias.

The remaining answers:

2. What was covered on the bottom of the page containing the Europe entry?
The Balkan States

3. If you add up all the pages of the Appendix, what is the total page count?
13. #1's Appandix was half a page, #2-11's Appendix were 1 page each, #12's Appendix as per a previous question was 2 1/2 pages.

4. Who shared the same page as Frankenstein's Monster?
Frog-Man. Two very different characters that happened to begin with "Fr"

6. What Alien Race covered was subsequently revealed to be other dimensional beings, not extraterrestrials (well after the 1980s had ended)?
Phantoms, later reworked as Space Phantoms

7.How did the Alien Races handle extraterrestrial races that normally wore clothing?
The aliens (always males), all wore black briefs.

8.Who had an entry for their apartment?
Daredevil

10. For the first Olympian to get an entry, what were they listed as?
Ares, God of War (so not simply "Ares")

11. What was the first entry in #14, the second Book of the Dead and the Inactive issue?
Marvel Boy

12. What were the two entries on the inside back cover of #15?
Adamantium and Vibranium

13. Who drew the Kingpin entry?
Frank Miller, drawn very film noir.

15. Who was the first character to get an entry out of order, different letter of the alphabet even? Not counting surnames.
Dagger had a half-page entry right below her partner Cloak. The caveat was because early Handbooks listed Arnim Zola under his first name,
 

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:

All the below are questions on the Deluxe Edition
6. How many volumes did it take for the Essential series to reprint the Deluxe Edition?
9. Which entry in the Book of the Dead covered characters killed by the essentially the same source? That is, their being killed by that source was the focus of the entry.
 

6. two
9. Scourge?