Artist Bill Sienkiewicz lands the first of three Marvel Age covers with this illustration of the New Mutants. This provided fans with an early glimpse of the new art style Sienkiewicz had developed, following his Neal Adams-inspired work on Moon Knight and Fantastic Four.
In his editorial, Jim Salicrup talks about "collectors' fever," and how it can extend from comics to what could generously be described as tchochkes...he notes that he owns comic character buttons, Pez dispensers, toys, plus ticket stubs, rubber stamps, and more. We all have 'em to one degree or another.
This month's "Marvel Coming Attractions" raised a couple of questions for me, like...why didn't they list each week's titles in alphabetical order? And why weren't there captions on all the art, and not just some of it? I asked the second question because I could not tell what comic this panel came from:
By process of elimination, I'm guessing this panel came from Captain America #298, but without the issue to refer to I can't be sure. Chris Claremont discusses his work on the new Epic Comics miniseries Black Dragon, which reunited him with his Marada the She-Wolf collaborator, artist John Bolton, as well as his legendary work on X-Men, the original Wolverine miniseries, and much more. Readers were treated to this previously unpublished X-Men cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin:
In "Our Pal Sal," writer Jim Massara interviews legendary artist Sal Buscema, providing information on Buscema's career that most readers probably had never heard, like his long road to breaking into comics, the fact that his first Marvel assignment required him to ink an entire Captain America issue (penciled by John Romita) in three days while he had a day job, or the roles he played in local community theater. And in "The New Talent Department," the saga of assistant editor Mark Lerer's quest to become an established writer continues with the plot for the debut story starring his hero, Decathlon. Artist Ron Wilson provided this character design for our hero:
Marvel Age #16Price: $0.35 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: April 10, 1984
Cover date: July, 1984
Copyright © 1984 Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation.
• Jim Shooter: Editor in Chief
• Jim Salicrup: Editor and Design Director
• Mark Lerer: Assistant Editor
• Bob Kessel: Designer
• Jim Massara: Coming Attractions
• Dan Crespi: Art/Production Coordinator
• Ron Zalme: Assistant Art/Production Coordinator
• Joe Albelo, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Morrie Kuramoto, Ken Lopez, John Morelli,
and Barry Shapiro: Production
• Brenda Mings: Typesetter
• Paul Becton and George Roussos: Colorists
• Craig Anderson and Lynn Cohen: Friendly Assistance
• Bill Sienkiewicz: Cover
• Carol Kalish: Direct Sales Representative
• Peter David: Assistant Direct Sales Manager
• Marsha Rosenberg: Sales Manager for Special Events
• Steve Saffel: Assistant Promotions Manager for Direct Sales
• Irving Forbush: Homo Inferior
Front cover
• Characters: The New Mutants
Inside front cover
• Ad for Power Pack #1
Page 1
• Marvel Agenda (contents)
• Masthead
• Indicia
Editorial: "A Few Minutes with Jimmy Salicrup" by Jim Salicrup
Pages 2 – 5
Marvel Comics Coming Attractions
Comics on sale June 25
• The Thing #16
• Daredevil #211
• New Mutants #20
• Dazzler #34
• Ka-Zar #34
• Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars #6
• Alien Legion #3
• Marvel Team-Up Annual #7
Comics on sale July 3
• Amazing Spider-Man #257
• Captain America #298
• Thor #348
• Indiana Jones #22
• Savage Sword of Conan #104
• Doctor Strange #67
• U.S. 1 #12
• Power Pack #3
Comics on sale July 10
• Kull the Conqueror #6
• Incredible Hulk #300
• Avengers #248
• Conan the Barbarian #163
• Marvel Tales #168
• X-Men #186
• Rom #59
• Power Man and Iron Fist #110
• G.I. Joe #28
Comics on sale July 17
• Fantastic Four #271
• Marvel Team-Up #146
• Iron Man #187
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #95
• The New Defenders #136
• Star Wars #88
• Alpha Flight #15
• What If #47
• Dreadstar #13
Page 6
Newswatch
• Item: Amazing Spider-Man #252, the first issue with the black costume, has sold out just five days after going on sale.
• Item: There's a Howard the Duck movie in the works, and Steve Gerber will be a creative consultant on it and also write a new HTD series. (Not sure whether Gerber had any input on the movie, but that new series did not happen...at least, not with Gerber writing.)
• Item: A new series called The West Coast Avengers is coming soon.• Item: Louise Simonson is taking over as writer of Marvel Team-Up with issue #149. (Unfortunately, the series would end with issue #150.)
• Item: Cloak and Dagger has been adapted into a radio dramatization by a group of junior high students.
• Item: The Nightcrawler miniseries is still on the way, and it will be worth the wait because it will be written and drawn by founding New X-Men artist Dave Cockrum.
Pages 7 - 9
Article: "The Starriors Saga," by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Pages 10 - 15
Article: "Marvel Age Talks to Chris Claremont," by Mark Lerer
Pages 16 - 17
"Fred Hembeck and Marvel Age Present Untrue Tales of the Marvel Bullpen"
Pages 18 - 21
Article: "Our Pal Sal," by Jim Massara
Pages 22 - 25
Article: "The Marvel Age: 1964," by Warren Reece
Pages 26 - 27
The New Talent Department
Page 28
Submission ad for the new talent
Page 29
Subscription ad
Pages 30 - 32
Letters page: "Marvel Age: Really Very Entertaining Literature And Good Eating!"
Suggested by and illustrated by Benton Jew
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