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Giant Size Mini-Marvels: Starring Spidey (2002)save link
12002/02   All ages$3.50
While the issue is not rated, I am sure the rating is "All Ages" (see reprints)
FC by Chris Giarrusso1
Paperboy blues
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-Chris Giarrusso   C-Chris Giarrusso   AsoEd-Brian Smith   Ed-Ralph Macchio   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pres-Bill Jemas
Avengers I (MiMa), Fantastic Four (MiMa), Green Goblin I (MiMa), Green Goblin II (MiMa), Mini Marvels, Spidey (MiMa), Thunderbolts (MiMa), X-Men I (MiMa)
Reprinted in ...		28
What if...?
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-Chris Giarrusso   C-Chris Giarrusso
Originaly featured as letter page comic strip in What If? (I) and as Bullpen Bits; see Details
Mini Marvels
Details

Detailed listing of the individual Mini Marvels:

TitleCharacter
What if... Wolverine and Sabretooth discovered that their savage hatred for each other was based on false memory implants, and that they had actually been best friends?Wolverine, Sabretooth
What if…Gambit was a street card hustler?Gambit
What if…Captain America’s sidekick, Bucky, had actually survived World War II, and was dramatically reunited with Cap to fight alongside him again today?Captain America, Bucky
What if…Doctor Doom successfully took over the world?Fantastic Four, Dr. Doom
What if…The kids who teased young Matt Murdock had called him by a different name instead of Daredevil?Dorkface
What if... Cyclops would like to set up an appointment to see the optometrist?Cyclops
What if... someone found out Iron Man's secret ID? (Bullpen Bits 10)Iron Man
2
An untold tale of Wolverine
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-Chris Giarrusso   C-Chris Giarrusso
Originally appeared in Essential Wolverine #3 first printing.
Mini Marvels, Wolverine I (MiMa)		1
Feature(s)
TypeTitleCreditsPgs.
Fun/GamePresenting a look back at the very first Mini Marvels comic strips, where it all began: Bullpen Bits 1: Hawkeye meets MjölnirChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 2: Harry's dad is a jerkChris Giarrusso⅓
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 3: Playing with the TorchChris Giarrusso⅓
Fun/GameBullpen Bits ?: Midgard slangChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits ?: Midgard slang, part 2Chris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 9: The blind refereeChris Giarrusso1
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 15: Doom in a comic shopChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 11: Why Thanos must destroy the universeChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 12: On the next birthday, after the universe has been destroyedChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 13: Get a date - save the universeChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 14: A date with DeathChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 16: Harry's father takes him for a rideChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 17: Hawkeye the haircutterChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 18: All the girls like ThorChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 19: Wanted: X-51Chris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 20: Spidey, the new paper boyChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 21?: Delivering papers, Spidey styleChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 22: Spidey meets Eddie BrockChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 23: Paper boy's a dirty jobChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 24: The advantages of the black costumeChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 25: No lunch today for FlashChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 26: Navy blue is not blackChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 27: It's the clothes that make the HawkeyeChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 28: Warpath's Thanksgiving storyChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 29: No mercy in the eye of the StormChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 30: The black costume stinksChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 31: The black costume's alive!Chris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 32: You don't need Reed, or: Mind over clawsChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 33: The black costume vs. Backstreet BoysChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 34: The black costume swears revengeChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 35: Rejected, run over and ... rained uponChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 38: Girls and cartoonists don't mixChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 39: Avengers and Thunderbolts kiss and make upChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 40: What makes Wolverine handsomeChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 41: Captain Trumpet vs. Fiddle-HawkChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits ?: Does really nobody like Colossus's comics?Chris Giarrusso¼
Pinup/PosterBullpen Bits 42: Rogue's got cooties!Chris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 43: Leg sense is tingeling!Chris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 44: The doc is out (in memory of Charles M. Schultz)Chris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 45: Angel - God's gift to womenChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 47: A greyer shade of BeastChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits ?: Not only the grey Beast is uglyChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 48: The Beast turns blueChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 49: Dr. McCoy's Health SupplementsChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 50: The Beast arms SpideyChris Giarrusso¼
Pinup/PosterHulk and puny flowerChris Giarrusso½
Fun/GameBullpen Bits ?: Fast-base-ball specialChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 52: Getting friendly with the BrotherhoodChris Giarrusso¼
Pinup/PosterWolverine in actionChris Giarrusso½
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 53: Wolverine's memory fails againChris Giarrusso½
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 55: Why nobody can remember the SentryChris Giarrusso½
Fun/GameBullpen Bits ?: Hawkeye's Arrow of TruthChris Giarrusso½
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 56: Panther's problem with finding a brideChris Giarrusso½
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 57: Ideas for Colossus's comic stripsChris Giarrusso½
Fun/GameBullpen Bits ?: A spider on your backChris Giarrusso½
Fun/GameBullpen Bits ?: Web cartoons made in RussiaChris Giarrusso½

Spidey and the Mini-Marvels (2003)save link
12003/05   All ages$3.50
While the issue is not rated, I am sure the rating is "All Ages" (see reprints)
FC by Chris Giarrusso Preview logo1
Paperboy showdown
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-Chris Giarrusso   C-Chris Giarrusso   Ed-Mike Raicht   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pres-Bill Jemas
Green Goblin I (MiMa), Green Goblin II (MiMa), Mini Marvels, Spidey (MiMa), Venom I (MiMa)
Reprinted in ...		16
Cereal quest
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-Chris Giarrusso   C-Chris Giarrusso   Ed-Mike Raicht   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pres-Bill Jemas
Mini Marvels, Wolverine I (MiMa), X-Men I (MiMa)
Reprinted in ...
German translations		16
Mini Marvels Digest TPB: Rock, Paper, Scissors (2008)save link
12008/09   All ages$9.99
FC by Chris Giarrusso Preview logo (EAN:978-0-7851-3211-0)1
2nd printing by Chris Giarrusso1
AsiEd-John Denning, Cory Levine   CollEd-Jennifer Grünwald   EdSpecProj-Mark D. Beazley   SenEdSpecProj-Jeff Youngquist   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   SenVPSale-David Gabriel   Pub-Dan Buckley
Paperboy blues
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-Chris Giarrusso   C-Chris Giarrusso   AsoEd-Brian Smith   Ed-Ralph Macchio   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pres-Bill Jemas
First page has been redrawn, the text however is the same, except "Daily Bugle" has been changed to "Daily Bugle Newspaper".
Avengers I (MiMa), Fantastic Four (MiMa), Green Goblin I (MiMa), Green Goblin II (MiMa), Mini Marvels, Spidey (MiMa), Thunderbolts (MiMa), X-Men I (MiMa)
Reprint from Giant Size Mini-Marvels: Starring Spidey #1		28
Cereal quest
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-Chris Giarrusso   C-Chris Giarrusso   Ed-Mike Raicht   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pres-Bill Jemas
There are very small changes in art, like Wolverine having a line for a mouth in some panels
Mini Marvels, Wolverine I (MiMa), X-Men I (MiMa)
Reprint from Spidey and the Mini-Marvels #1
German translations		16
Paperboy showdown
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-Chris Giarrusso   C-Chris Giarrusso   Ed-Mike Raicht   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pres-Bill Jemas
Background art on first panel changed
Green Goblin I (MiMa), Green Goblin II (MiMa), Mini Marvels, Spidey (MiMa), Venom I (MiMa)
Reprint from Spidey and the Mini-Marvels #1		16
Hulk date
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Hulk I (MiMa), Mini Marvels, Elisabeth Ross-Banner (MiMa), Thing (MiMa), X-Men I (MiMa)
Reprint from The Irredeemable Ant-Man #9		4
Round trip
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Prod-Kate Levin   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Hulk I (MiMa), Illuminati (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from World War Hulk Prologue: World Breaker #1		6
World War Hulk: Rally the troops
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Hulk I (MiMa), Illuminati (MiMa), Mini Marvels, X-Men I (MiMa)
Reprint from World War Hulk: Aftersmash #1		3
Passing the Torch 1/5: Flamin' safe
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Fantastic Four (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from The Irredeemable Ant-Man #10		1
Passing the Torch 2/5: When the Torch quits...
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Fantastic Four (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from The Irredeemable Ant-Man #12		1
Passing the Torch 3/5: Torchin' the Avengers
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Human Torch I (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from The Irredeemable Ant-Man #12		1
Passing the Torch 4/5: Hot on the X-Men
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Human Torch I (MiMa), Mini Marvels, X-Men I (MiMa)
Reprint from X-Men: First Class (II) #5		1
Passing the Torch 5/5: When Johnny meets Crystal
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Crystal (MiMa), Human Torch I, Mini Marvels
Reprint from Super-Villain Team-Up/MODOK's 11 #4		1
The Iron Avengers 1/15: There's an Iron Jerk in the tech room
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Elephant Steve (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #1		1
The Iron Avengers 2/15: Armors are no robots
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #1		1
The Iron Avengers 3/15: What the Avengers really need in an armor
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #1		1
The Iron Avengers 4/15: Iron Spiders cannot fly
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #1		1
The Iron Avengers 5/15: Iron Man's late revenge on Iron Hawkeye
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #2		1
The Iron Avengers 6/15: Iron Cap does not have super-powers, does he?
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #2		1
The Iron Avengers 7/15: The X-Men vs. the Iron ... Sentinels?
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Iron Man I (MiMa), Mini Marvels, Wolverine I (MiMa), X-Men I (MiMa)
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #2		1
The Iron Avengers 8/15: Iron Thor doth wear baggy pants
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Mini Marvels, Thor Odinson (MiMa)
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #2		1
The Iron Avengers 9/15: Putting the X-Men in iron
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Iron Man I (MiMa), Mini Marvels, X-Men I (MiMa)
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #3		1
The Iron Avengers 10/15: The insult that made an Iron Man out of "Max"
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Iron Man I (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #3		1
The Iron Avengers 11/15: TV is harmful
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #3		1
The Iron Avengers 12/15: Putting Ka-Zar in iron
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Iron Man I (MiMa), Ka-Zar (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #3		1
The Iron Avengers 13/15: Has anybody seen my armor?
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #4		1
The Iron Avengers 14/15: Iron Avengers vs. Ultron
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from Iron Man and Power Pack #4		1
The Iron Avengers 15/15: Elephant Steve never forgets
W-Chris Giarrusso   P/L-Chris Giarrusso   I/F-Chris Giarrusso   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.G.]   Ed-Nathan Cosby   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Pub-Dan Buckley
Avengers I (MiMa), Elephant Steve (MiMa), Mini Marvels
Reprint from Free Comic Book Day 2008 (Marvel Adventures Iron Man and Hulk and Spider-Man) #1		1
Feature(s)
TypeTitleCreditsPgs.
Fun/GamePresenting a look back at the very first Mini Marvels comic strips, where it all began: Bullpen Bits 1: Hawkeye meets MjölnirChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 2: Harry's dad is a jerkChris Giarrusso¼
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 3: Playing with the TorchChris Giarrusso¼

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