Could this be the hardest-hitting issue of Marvel Age yet? If the Super Boxers are on the cover, you know the answer is a resounding yes! This entry in the Marvel Graphic Novel series was co-written by Ron Wilson and John Byrne with art by Wilson and Armando Gil, and it was clearly a passion project for boxing fan Wilson.
This jam-packed issue pulled back the curtain for fans to learn about what's happening with the Jack of Hearts, Captain America, Moon Knight, Sub-Mariner, and more, including peeks at art from these projects.
The New Talent Department features yet another future comics star, inker Karl Kesel, who here provides finishes on Indiana Jones pencils by Kerry Gammill.
This issue's cover also features the first original corner box drawing by Ron Zalme of perennial Marvel mascot Irving Forbush, who is hear shown half-collapsed in his corner of a boxing ring. Irv would remain a Marvel Age cover fixture through issue #105.
Oh, also? Blip is cancelled. Sad for Blip.
Marvel Age #9
Price: $0.25 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: September 6, 1983
Cover date: December 1983
Copyright © 1983 Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation.
• Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter
• Editor and Design Director: Jim Salicrup
• Editorial Assistant: Mark Lerer
• Art/Production Coordinator: Danny Crespi
• Assistant Art/Production Coordinator: Ron Zalme
• Production: Joe Albelo, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Morrie Kuramoto, Ken Lopez, John
Morelli, and Barry Shapiro
• Typesetter: Nancy Dodaro
• Colorists: Paul Becton and George Roussos
• Friendly Assistance: Glorie Cohen, Lynn Cohen and Margaret Clark
• Proofreader: Alice Roth
• Cover: Ron Wilson and Armando Gil
• Direct Sales Manager: Carol Kalish
• Assistant Direct Sales Managers: Peter David and Lea Sapp
• Corner Symbol: Irving Forbush
Front cover
• Characters: Super Boxers
Inside front cover
• Ad for Beauty and the Beast
Page 1
• Contents
• Masthead
• Indicia
Editorial: "Is it art?" by Jim Salicrup (continues on page 8)
Pages 2 – 5
• Marvel Comics Coming Attactions
Comics on sale November 22
• The Thing #9
• Daredevil #204
• New Mutants #13
• Dazzler #31
• Conan the King #21
• Hercules #2
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #14
• Tarzan of the Apes - Marvel Super Special #29 (sic)
Comics on sale December 6 (This week's books were listed before the previous week's books, below)
• Incredible Hulk #293
• Avengers #241
• Conan the Barbarian #156
• Marvel Tales #161
• X-Men #179
• Rom #52
• Power Man and Iron Fist #103
• G.I. Joe #21
• Elektra Saga #3
• Marvel Fanfare #13
• Marvel Age Magazine #12
• Epic Illustrated #22
Comics on sale November 29
• Amazing Spider-Man #250
• Captain America #291
• Thor #341
• Indiana Jones #15 (sic)
• Savage Sword of Conan #97
• Moon Knight #36
• Micronauts #57
• Crystar #6 (sic)
• X-Men/Micronauts #3
• Magik #4 (formerly listed as Illyana and Storm)
Comics on sale December 13
• Fantastic Four #264
• Marvel Team-Up #139
• Iron Man #180
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #88
• Defenders #129
• Star Wars #81
• Alpha Flight #8
• Dreadstar #8
• Jack of Hearts #3
• Micronauts Special Edition #4
Page 6
Newswatch
Items on:
• Assistant editor's month
• The Elektra Saga
• King Conan now titled Conan the King
• Micronauts Special Edition
• X-Men Classics
Page 6
Marvel Coming Retractions
• Schedule changes for Coyote #4, Red Sonja #3, and Marvel Fumettis (sic) #1
• Black Panther, Mantis, Machine Man, and Nightcrawler limited series are all delayed
• Blip has been cancelled
Pages 6 - 7
Behind the Lines
Mark Gruenwald writes about his editorial philosophy, including:
1 - "The editor's job is to get good books to edit"
2 - "The editor's job is to figure out your books' fundamental concepts and appeal"
3 - "The editor's job is to get the best people you can to do the books"
4 - "An editor's job, once you get good people, is to let those people do good things"
5 - "An editor's job is to hedge bets"
Editorial: "Is it art?" (continued from page 1)
Last Minute Additions...
• Spider-Man and Daredevil #1
• Doctor Strange Special Edition #1
• Captain America Special Edition #1
• Marvel Graphic Novel #9 - The Futurians
Pages 9 - 12
Article: "The Super Boxers," by Mark Lerer
Pages 13 - 15
Article: "The Jack of Hearts," by Patrick Daniel O'Neill
Pages 16 - 19
Article: "The Creation of the Sub-Mariner Limited Series," by Robert Simpson and Mark Lerer
Sub-Mariner by Bob Budiansky:
Pages 20 - 21
Article: "A New Look for Captain America," by Sandy Hausler
Captain America by Paul Neary:
Article: "New Directions for Moon Knight," by Robert J. Sodaro
Page 24
Article: "Marvel at the Movies: Silver Surfer in Summer Film," by Jay Boyar
Pages 25 - 28
New Talent Department: Karl Kesel
Pages 29, 31 and 32
Letters page, no title
Many letters about a typo in which Rom was spelled "Ron."
Page 30
A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up: Rom - NOT RON! - Spaceknight
Ad for The Alien Legion
Back cover
Art for King Conan #20
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