Paul Cornell is one of only two people in the whole of human existence to be nominated for Hugo Awards in prose, comics, and TV. He’s written episodes of Elementary, Coronation Street, and Doctor Who, and Marvel fans will know him from his runs on Captain Britain and MI:13, Fantastic Four: True Story, and Wolverine. His latest book, The Mighty Avengers vs. The 1970s, has just been released as part of Bloomsbury Publishing's Marvel Age of Comics line.

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"KISS Comics" - Marvel Comics Super Special #1, written by Steve Gerber with Alan Weiss, art by Alan Weiss, Sal Buscema, John Buscema, and Rich Buckler with Al Milgrom, letters by John Costanza and Irv Watanabe, colors by Marie Severin, edited by Sean Delaney, ©1977 Marvel Comics

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