Marvel Spotlight #5 Italian edition

Marvel Collection Special, Panini Comics, 2012

Italian edition of Marvel Spotlight (v1) #5, featuring the first apperance of Ghost Rider.
This is the fifth edition published in Italy, but it’s the very first one actually using the original cover basically unaltered (the Devil cover wasn’t made in "picture frame" fashion, and had the "Daredevil head" superimposed on the illustration) and it’s getting harder to find, especially in high grade.

Chronology of Marvel Spotlight (v1) #5 Italian editions:
• The first Italian edition of Ghost Rider first apperance, Marvel Spotlight #5, has been on the Italian Devil title by Editoriale Corno, on issue #105.
• The second edition of Marvel Spotlight #5 was a reprint in the Italian Capitan America (v1, Corno) #97, in 1976. but obviously with no cover, just as a backup story.

• The third edition was by Marvel Italia, always reprinted as a backup feature on Gli Albi dei Super-Eroi (v2) #7 (Supernaturals).

• The fourth edition is within an antology of 1970s Horror-flavored Marvel titles: Super-Eroi: Le Grandi Saghe # 30, which also uses an adapted version of the cover of Tomb of Dracula #1.

• The fifth edition (the one offered here) is the very first one actually using the original cover basically unaltered (the Devil cover wasn’t made in "picture frame" fashion, and had the "Daredevil head" superimposed on the illustration). It’s titled Marvel Collection Special #1

• The sixth edition came out, but also in an antology, which was licensed by Hachette and distributed in newsstands, Marvel Graphic Novel # 78 - Le origini della Marvel: Gli anni 70.

Stato di conservazione / Grade / Zustand:

USA: Very Fine (VF)

ITA: Nuovo (NV)

DEU: Z 1

I'm not a professional grader, so please judge the book from the pictures.

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