Gazelle (Marvel Comics) Gazelle (Marvel Comics) Gazelle is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Gazelle first appeared in "Fantastic Four" vol. 1 #186 (September 1977), and was created by Len Wein and George Pérez. The character subsequently appears in "Fantastic Four Annual" #14 (1979), "Fantastic Four" #223 (October 1980), "The Vision and the Scarlet Witch" #3 (December 1985), "The Avengers 2000 Annual", "Marvel Knights: 4" #25-27 (February–April 2006), and "Four" #30 (August 2006). Gazelle appeared as part of the "Salem's Seven" entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #19. Gazelle is a daughter
Marvel Comics was able to capitalize on its successful superhero comics of the previous decade by acquiring a new newsstand distributor and greatly expanding its comics line. Marvel pulled ahead of rival DC Comics in 1972, during a time when the price and format of the standard newsstand comic were in flux. Goodman increased the price and size of Marvel's November 1971 cover-dated comics from 15 cents for 36 pages total to 25 cents for 52 pages. DC followed suit, but Marvel the following month dropped its comics to 20 cents for 36 pages, offering a lower-priced product with a higher distributor