This is the seventh in a series that looks at the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe hardcovers, and notes how the entries were changed from the original Handbooks that were compiled for the hardcovers. Some information presented here was previous posted to the Who Watches the Watchers forum at Comixfan while other information is presented here concurrently.
Justice
Hardcover Volume: 6
Now Listed As: Justice (Tensen)
Page Count: Unchanged from 2
Text Changes: 3rd and 4th History paragraphs merged. Speed corrected on Power Grid
Graphic Changes: New secondary illo.
Kane
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged from 2
Text Changes: None
Graphic Changes: Secondary illo removed; 4 new captioned secondary illos
Kangaroo
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged from 1
Text Changes: First Appearance revised. Final sentence in Hstory replaced with 3 new ones. Height and Weight revised.
Graphic Changes: One of the secondary illos now main illo, while old main illo cropped into headshot.
Ka-Zar the Great
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged from 1
Text/Graphic Changes: None
Ka-Zar the Savage
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged from 3
Text Changes: Last 2/3 History sentence replaced with expanded material.
Graphic Changes: Final secondary illo replaced with new one.
Senator Robert Kelley
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged from 1
Text/Graphic Changes: None
Erik Killmonger
Hardcover Volume: 6
Now Listed As: Killmonger
Page Count: Increased from 1 to 2
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. History completely rewritten/expanded. Abilities/Accessories greatly revised/expanded.
Graphic Changes: 10 new captioned secondary illos
Killpower
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Increased from 1 to 2
Text Changes: History and Abilities/Accessories greatly revised/expanded.
Graphic Changes: 3 new secondary illos sharing 1 caption
Kismet
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 2
Text Changes: None
Graphic Changes: Secondary illo as Her replaced with new one (still captioned); new captioned secondary illo as Ayesha
Klaatu
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged from 1
Text/Graphic Changes: None
Korvac
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 3
Text Changes: None
Graphic Changes: Second page secondary illos now captioned; new captioned secondary illo of Carina
Alyosha Kravinoff
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: New final History paragraph.
Graphic Changes: New main illo (old one now secondary, reversed, background added) and new secondary illo.
Kree
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Increased from 3 to 5
Text Changes: Known Members expanded. New final Traits paragraph. History greatly revised/expanded.
Graphic Changes: Ruul illo now labelled “Ruul, Later Appearance” and no longer obscures main illo. 3 new captioned secondary illos (including an Eliot Brown light battle cruiser schematic that appears new), plus 6 more “new” secondary illos (actually classic handbook material) sharing one caption. Headshots expanded from 24 to 48 (Ronan removed, so actually 25 new ones); of the old ones, the one previously listed as Fer-Porr now amended as Phae-Dor, with corresponding amendments to Occupation and First Appearance.
Kylun
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: 2 sentences added to final History paragraph.
Graphic Changes: New secondary illo.
Lacuna
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: Real Name, Known Relatives, Group Affiliation revised.
Graphic Changes: New headshot.
Livewires
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: new one-sentence final History paragraph.
Graphic Changes: None
Living Erasers
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: None
Graphic Changes: Originally, the main illo was the same as one of the secondary illos, only with partially different colouring and background; that secondary illo removed but main illo now coloured as per the removed secondary illo. New secondary illo.
Living Tribunal
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 2
Text Changes: New sentence added to end of 2nd or 3rd History paragraph (depending on if you count the note).
Graphic Changes: None
Lockdown
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged from 1
Text/Graphic Changes: None
Locust
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 2
Text Changes: None
Graphic Changes: 2 new secondary illos
Loki
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 3
Text Changes: Note added to Known Relatives. First History paragraph revised. New final History paragraph. New sentence added to end of Abilities/Accessories. Speed revised on Power Grid.
Graphic Changes: Old main illo removed; new main illo. One secondary illo cropped, the other two removed, replaced with 2 new ones.
Looter
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: New final History paragraph. New sentence added to Abilities/Accessories.
Graphic Changes: Main illo shifted slightly. 2 new secondary illos.
Luphomoids
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: New sentence added to end of History. Note revised.
Graphic Changes: None
Lynx
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: Group Affiliation revised.
Graphic Changes: New secondary illo
M
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: increased from 1 to 2
Text Changes: Vital Statistics and Physical Stats revised to include predecessors. History completely written/expanded and Abilities/Accessories greatly revised/expanded, in both cases in part to factor in predecessors. Energy Projection on Power Grid revised.
Graphic Changes: Old secondary illos of Penance and Twins replaced with new ones (still captioned); 4 additional new secondary illos
Gideon Mace
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: None
Graphic Changes: Illo reversed, thus correcting error of which hand holds the mace
Mach-4
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: increased from 3 to 4
Text Changes: Occupation and Group Affiliation revised. History somewhat revised: confirmed changes to 3rd and 5th History paragraphs and the last 3, the second last of these being the most substantially changed (paragraphs also now split differently); new large final paragraph; likely other changes overlooked. Note added. 1st and 4th Abilities/Accessories paragraphs greatly revised/expanded.
Graphic Changes: New headshot. 5 new captioned secondary illos.
Machine Man
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 3
Text Changes: Known Relatives, Group Affiliation, Education revised. History greatly revised/expanded. New paragraph added between 2nd and 3rd Abilities/Accessories paragraphs.
Graphic Changes: One secondary illo removed, replaced with new one; background removed form another secondary illo
Machinesmith
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 2
Text Changes: final History sentence replaced with 2 new ones. Physical Stats tweaked.
Graphic Changes: New secondary illo
Machine Teen
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: final History paragraph converted to a Note.
Graphic Changes: None
Mad Jack
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: new sentence added to end if History
Graphic Changes: None
Mad Thinker
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 3
Text Changes: new final History paragraph. Energy Projection on Power Grid revised.
Graphic Changes: None
Madame Masque
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 2
Text Changes: new large final History paragraph. Distinguishing Features removed.
Graphic Changes: 2 secondary illos removed, 3 added (one captioned).
Maelstrom
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at 2
Text Changes: Note added to Physical Stats. Strength and Durability revised on Power Grid.
Graphic Changes: New headshot.
Magdalene
Hardcover Volume: 7
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: Proctor’s Earth in 1st History paragraph corrected. Speed on Power Grid revised.
Graphic Changes: None
Moses Magnum
Hardcover Volume: 7
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: 3 sentences added to end of History.
Graphic Changes: None
Magus
Hardcover Volume: 7
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: 3rd and 4th History paragraphs merged. Height, Weight, Eyes revised.
Graphic Changes: New captioned secondary illo.
Major Mapleleaf
Hardcover Volume: 7
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: Known Relatives revised. Final History paragraph expanded, with final sentence replaced with new one.
Graphic Changes: Old secondary illo captioned, new one added.
Malice
Hardcover Volume: 7
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: 1st 2 and last 2 History paragraphs merged.
Graphic Changes: 2 new secondary illos
Man-Beast
Hardcover Volume: 7
Page Count: Unchanged at 2
Text Changes: History tweaked (e.g. adding “(Peter Parker)” after “Spider-Man”
Graphic Changes: None
Khaos
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Unchanged at ½
Text Changes: None
Graphic Changes: New captioned secondary illo
Marvel
Hardcover Volume: 8
Page Count: Unchanged at ½
Text/Graphic Changes: None
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