The two names fans most wanted to hear from in 1983 -- Stan Lee and Jim Shooter -- are featured in a lengthy interview in Marvel Age #8, under a cover illustrated by Ron Zalme. This is one of those covers that doesn't promote anything in particular other than Marvel itself, but that didn't make it any less appealing. (Love that magenta shirt and yellow/black pants combo!)
This cover also features the first appearance of Irving Forbush, the Marvel Age mascot who would go on to symbolize the spirit of fun the magazine stood for.
The 11-page interview covers what Stan was up to at the time -- developing movie projects, mostly -- and how Jim got started in comics and made his way to Marvel. Along the way, they discuss two stories I'd heard about for years but never saw in print: How Iron Man got his nose (Stan saw a very flat looking Iron Man mask and said "Doesn't he have a nose?"), and why Stan hates green on covers (he doesn't, but the one time he said something seems to have had a big impact).
As for those movies...here's the list:
• An original super-hero project created by Shooter and George Romero
• A Human Torch movie from Columbia pictures
• A live action X-Men movie from Nelvana
• A Dazzler movie
• A Spider-Man movie produced by Roger Corman
• A Black Widow movie -- probably not this one
• A Daredevil movie
• A Captain America...Broadway show
Paul Smith and John Romita Jr., then rising star artists, are also profiled this issue. And the New Talent Department spotlights future G.I. Joe artist Rod Whigham, who Marvel editor Bob Budiansky had met at a comic book convention.
Pages 7 - 8
Pages 20 - 21
Also in this issue, Marvel Age explains why The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe was expanding by two issues (answer: because you demanded it!), and an article explaining who the Golden Age characters that appear in the then-current reprint of the Avengers Kree/Skrull War epic were, with what appears to be a new piece of art by John Byrne and Jack Abel.
More Conan comedy courtesy of Paul Smith
Marvel Age #8
Price: $0.25 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: August 9, 1983
Cover date: November 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, Ken Lopez, Morrie Kuramoto, John
Morelli, and Barry Shapiro
• Typesetters: Nancy Dodaro and Carl Gafford
• Colorist: George Roussos
• Friendly Assistance: Lynn Cohen and Margaret Clark
• Cover: Ron Zalme
• Direct Sales Manager: Carol Kalish
• Assistant Direct Sales Managers: Peter David and Lea Sapp
• Corner Symbol: Irving Forbush
Front cover
• Characters: Stan Lee, Jim Shooter and friends
Inside front cover
• Ad for The New Defenders
Page 1
• Contents
• Masthead
• Indicia
Editorial: "Get Well, Stan" (Stan Lee had recently undergone minor surgery)
Pages 2 – 5
• Marvel Comics Coming Attactions
Red Sonja art by Howard Chaykin -- not sure what it's from
Comics on sale October 25, 1983
• The Thing #8
• Daredevil #203
• New Mutants #12
• Ka-Zar #30
• Red Sonja #4
• The Falcon #4
• Kull the Conqueror #4
• Hercules #1
• Conan Annual #8
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #13
Comics on sale November 1, 1983
• Amazing Spider-Man #249
• Captain America #290
• Thor #340
• The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #134
• Savage Sword of Conan #96
• Doctor Strange #63
• U.S. 1 #8
• X-Men/Micronauts #2
• Illyana and Storm #3
Comics on sale November 8, 1983
• Incredible Hulk #292
• Avengers #240
• Conan #155
• Marvel Tales #160
• X-Men #178
• Rom #51
• Power Man and Iron Fist #102
• G.I. Joe #20
• Marvel Age Magazine #11
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #14
Comics on sale November 15, 1983
• Fantastic Four #263
• Marvel Team-Up #138
• Iron Man #179
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #87
• Defenders #128
• Star Wars #80
• Alpha Flight #7
• Coyote #5
• What If #43
• Jack of Hearts #2
Page 5
Last Minute Additions...
• Tales of Asgard #1, on sale October 25
• Marvel Fanfare Special Edition #1, on sale November 1 (doesn't look like this published)
• The Super Boxers Graphic Novel #9 (sic), on sale November 8
• Micronauts Special Edition #3, on sale November 15
• Captain America Special Edition #1, on sale November 15
Page 6
Newswatch
Items on:
• Jack of Hearts miniseries with art by George Freeman
• Marvel Team-Up Thrillers trade paperback
Behind the Lines
• "Short story" by Larry Hama about the Abomination
• Al Milgrom on the job of an editor
• "In Your Future," by Carl Potts, about Alien Legin
Pages 9 - 19
Article: "The Marvel Age Magazine Interview: Stan Lee and Jim Shooter"
Not sure why this was stuck in the middle of the Stan Lee and Jim Shooter interview, but it's probably the best cover of the month, hands down...
Article: "The Marvel Universe Expanded," by Mark Lerer
Covers three extra issues of The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
Pages 22 - 24
Article: "Golden Age Greats, Revisited," by Warren Reece
Covers Golden Age heroes
Pages 25 - 27
Article: "A Tale of Two Artists," by Robert Sodaro and Mark Lerer
Article on artists Paul Smith and John Romita Jr.
Pages 28 - 30
The New Talent Department
Spotlight on artist Rod Whigham
Pages 31 - 32
Letters: "Mark Duncan's Page" (because a guy named Mark Duncan wrote in and said, "Why not call it 'Mark Duncan's Page'?" Why not indeed.)
Inside back cover
Ad for the Cloak and Dagger miniseries
Back cover
Ad for King Conan #20
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