If you've never faced front before, True Believer, this issue of Marvel Age could be the one to turn you into a true Marvel Zombie! Fans were introduced to the new Joes of G.I. Joe: Low-Light! Hedge-Hopper! Hot-Spot! Wet-Suit! Beach-Head! Main-Frame! Leatherneck! Dial-Tone! Life-Line! Iceberg! Slip-Stream! Lift-Ticket! and Cross-Country! They joined the ranks of the Joes to battle Cobra wherever it rears its ugly head. 

Not only that, but in the wake of assistant editor Kurt Busiek's departure last issue, a new assistant editor rose to take his place: Adam Philips, who had been writing articles and coloring pages here and there, and who is also me. 

This issue also cleared up one of the mysteries of the masthead -- specifically, "Who the Heck Are Romita's Raiders?" And, more to the point, what did they do around the Marvel offices... namely, they made art corrections and studied at the feet of the master, John Romita. Here's a little taste of their art... 

Marvel Age #34

Price: $0.35 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: October 8, 1985

Cover date: January, 1986

Copyright © 1985 Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. 

• Jim Shooter: Editor in Chief

• Jim Salicrup: Editor and Design Director

• Adam Philips: Assistant Editor

• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Coming Attractions

• Craig Anderson, Adam Blaustein, Nancy Brown, Bob Budiansky, Mike Carlin, Bobbie Chase, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, Tom DeFalco, Jo Duffy, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Bob Harras, Larry Hama, Mike Higgins, Sid Jacobson, Terry Kavanagh, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Rosemary McCormick-Lowy, Al Milgrom, Margie Neville, Ann Nocenti, Denny O'Neil, Jim Owsley, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, and Louise Simonson: Consulting Editors

• John Romita: Art Director

• James W. Fry, Mark McKenna, and Tom Morgan: Romita's Raiders

• Ron Zalme: Art/Production Coordinator

• John Morelli: Assistant Art/Production Coordinator 

• Janet Jackson: Designer

• Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Phil Felix, Lisa Herring, Miriam Larsson, Barry Shapiro, Bruce N. Solomon, and Aggie Kelley: Production

• Brenda Mings and Richard Bensam: Typesetters

• Adam Philips and George Roussos: Colorists

• Virginia Romita: Traffic Manager

• Christine Aurilia, Lynn Cohen, and Shoshana Mallet: Friendly Assistance 

• Rod Whigham and Andy Mushynsky: Cover 

• Sally Pomeroy: Rights and Permissions Editor

• Carol Kalish: Director of Specialty Sales

• Peter David: Direct Sales Manager Administrative

• Steve Saffel: Assistant Promotions Manager for Direct Sales

• Irving Forbush: Pumpkin-head

Front cover 

• Characters: The new heroes of G.I. Joe

 Inside front cover

• Salicrup's Section

• Marvel Agenda (contents) 

• Masthead 

• Indicia 

Pages 1 - 5

Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles on sale October 22

• The Thing #32
• Daredevil #227
• The Incredible Hulk #316
• The Avengers #264
• Conan #179
• Marvel Tales #184
• X-Men #202 - A Secret Wars II tie-in
• Rom #75
• G.I. Joe #44
• Nightcrawler #4
• The Eternals #5
• The Punisher #2
• Marvel Saga #3
• Marvel Press Posters #3
• Dreadstar #22

Titles on sale November 12

• Fantastic Four #287
• The Invincible Iron Man #203
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111 - A Secret Wars II tie-in
• Thor #364
• The Transformers #13
• Elfquest #7
• Secret Wars II #8
• Six from Sirius II #1
• X-Factor #1
• The New Defenders #152 - A Secret Wars II tie-in
• Doctor Who #17
• Alien Legion #11
• Marvel Graphic Novel #21: Greenberg the Vampire
• The Official Marvel Comics Index to Marvel Team-Up #2 
• The New Mutants #36 - A Secret Wars II tie-in
• West Coast Avengers #5
• Planet Terry #11
• Fraggle Rock #6
• Strawberry Shortcake #6
• Thundercats #2
• Misty #22 (sic) 
• Red Sonja #12
• Squadron Supreme #6
• Conan Annual #10
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #3

Titles on sale October 29

• The Amazing Spider-Man #273 - A Secret Wars II tie-in
• Captain America #314
• Micronauts #17
• Alpha Flight #31
• Wally the Wizard #11
• Top Dog #6
• Heathcliff #6
• Doctor Strange #75
• Groo the Wanderer #12
• The Vision and Scarlet Witch #5
• The Official Marvel Comics Index to the Fantastic Four #3
• Longshot #6
• Power Pack #19
• Savage Sword of Conan #120
• The Sisterhood of Steel #7
• The Bozz Chronicles #1

Titles on sale November 5

• Marvel Age Magazine #35

Pages 6-7

More Coming Attractions

Titles shipping in November

• The Thing #33
• Daredevil #228
• The New Mutants #37
• Web of Spider-Man #12
• West Coast Avengers #6
• Planet Terry #12
• Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #6
• Cloak and Dagger #5
• Squadron Supreme #7
• Conan the King #33
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #4
• Swords of the Swashbucklers #5
• Moonshadow #6
• The Amazing Spider-Man #274
• Captain America #315
• Power Pack #20
• The Micronauts #18
• Alpha Flight #32
• Wally the Wizard #12
• The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #34
• Dazzler #42
• Groo the Wanderer #13
• The Vision and Scarlet Witch #5
• Firestar #1
• The Official Marvel Comics Index to the Fantastic Four #4
• Savage Sword of Conan #121
• The One #4
• Marvel Age #36
• The Incredible Hulk #317
• The Avengers #265
• Conan #180
• Marvel Tales #185
• X-Men #203
• Power Man and Iron Fist #122
• Royal Roy #6
• Muppet Babies #6
• Get Along Gang #6
• The Sword of Solomon Kane #4
• G.I. Joe #45
• The Eternals #6
• The Punisher #3
• Balder the Brave #3
• Marvel Saga #4
• Marvel Fanfare #25
• Marvel Graphic Novel #22: Doctor Strange
• Fantastic Four #288
• The Invincible Iron Man #204
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #112
• Star Wars #104
• Thor #365
• X-Factor #2
• Care Bears #3
• The Transformers #14
• Elfquest #8
• Secret Wars II #9
• Sectaurs #5
• The Official Marvel Comics Index to Marvel Team-Up #3
• Doctor Who #18
• Six from Sirius II #2
• Coyote #16
• Savage Tales #3
• Timespirits #8
• Epic Illustrated #34 

Titles shipping in December 

• The Thing #34
• Daredevil #229
• The New Mutants #38
• Web of Spider-Man #13
• West Coast Avengers #7
• Fraggle Rock #7
• Strawberry Shortcake #7
• Thundercats #3
• Misty #3
• Squadron Supreme #8
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #5
• The Amazing Spider-Man #275
• Captain America #316
• Power Pack #21
• The Micronauts #19
• Alpha Flight #33
• Top Dog #7
• Doctor Strange #76
• Groo the Wanderer #14
• The Vision and Scarlet Witch #7
• Firestar #2
• The Official Marvel Comics Index to the Fantastic Four #5
• Savage Sword of Conan #122
• The Sisterhood of Steel #8
• Bozz Chronicles 32
• Marvel Graphic Novel #23: Mirror, Mirror
• Marvel Age #37
• The Incredible Hulk #31 (sic -- should be #318)
• The Avengers #266
• Conan #181
• Marvel Tales #186
• X-Men #204
• G.I. Joe #46
• The Eternals #7
• The Punisher #4
• Marvel Saga #5
• Dreadstar #23
• Fantastic Four #289
• The Invincible Iron Man #205
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #113
• Thor #366
• X-Factor #3
• The Transformers #15
• Elfquest #9
• The Official Marvel Comics Index to Marvel Team-Up #4
• Doctor Who #19
• Alien Legion #12
• Six from Sirius II #3

Page 8 

Newswatch 

Item: More posters are coming soon

Item: Weirdworld will return soon in the pages of Marvel Fanfare

Marvel's line of $0.65 titles will get an increase in cover price to $0.75 

The Top Ten

July, 1985

1. Secret Wars II #5
2. X-Men #199
3. Nightcrawler #1
4. Alpha Flight #28
5. West Coast Avengers #2
6. Avengers #261
7. Web of Spider-Man (no number listed)
8. Cloak and Dagger #3
9. Fantastic Four #284
10. New Mutants #33

Page 9

The Mutant Report by Bill Slaviscek

Article: "Mutants Meet Beyonder in Secret Wars Crossover"

Article: "A Mutant Thanksgiving" 

Pages 10 - 12

Article: "Six from Sirius 2," by Bill Slaviscek

Pages 13 - 15

Article: "The Marvel Age Interview: Larry Hama," by Sholly Fisch

Pages 16 - 17

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age

Pages 18 - 21

Article: "G.I. Joe Preview: The New Joes," by Sholly Fisch

Pages 22 - 23

Article: "Star Spotlight: Get Along Gang," by Sandy Hausler

Pages 24 - 25

Article: "The Marvel Age: 1970 (Part I)," by Richard Bensam

Pages 26 - 28

Article: "The New Talent Department: Who the Heck Are Romita's Raiders?", by Adam Philips 

Page 29

Ad for Misty 

Pages 30 - 32

Letter column: "The Last Three Pages," suggested by Anthony Giffen

Inside back cover

Ad for The Incredible Hulk and Alpha Flight

Back cover 

The Marvel Age 1985 Calendar - October

Jim Salicrup -- writer

Ron Zalme -- artist

Adam Philips -- colorist 

 

Mutant madness kept on rolling as Marvel unveiled the top-secret new series X-Factor in this issue of Marvel Age. The series was introduced in "The Mutant Report," in a series of heavily redacted interviews with editor Mike Carlin, writer/inker Bob Layton, penciller Jackson Guice, another writer Roger Stern, writer penciller John Byrne, and editor in chief Jim Shooter. The launch of X-Factor included story points from Avengers and Fantastic Four, which made it a debut to be remembered. 

In honor of X-Factor's debut, Fred Hembeck talked to Cyclops, a man of few words. 

Also in this issue, editor Jim Salicrup bids a fond farewell to assistant editor Kurt Busiek, who was moving on to bigger and better endeavors. 

This issue's New Talent Department looks at a penciling contest that took place at Comix Fair, where artists Steve Leialoha, John Romita Jr., and Ron Wilson judged entries based on The Official Marvel Comics Try-Out Book...and the winner is...Steve Erwin! Tied for second place were George Turney and Ben Dunn. 

And, for anyone wondering why Marvel Age and other titles had been looking so weird lately, there's an article on the new printing process known as flexography that gave us brighter, blotchier colors. 

Marvel Age #33

Price: $0.35 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: September 10, 1985

Cover date: December, 1985

Copyright © 1985 Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. 

• Jim Shooter: Editor in Chief

• Jim Salicrup: Editor and Design Director

• Kurt Busiek: Assistant Editor

• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Coming Attractions

• Craig Anderson, Adam Blaustein, Nancy Brown, Bob Budiansky, Mike Carlin, Bobbie Chase, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, Tom DeFalco, Jo Duffy, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Bob Harras, Larry Hama, Mike Higgins, Sid Jacobson, Terry Kavanagh, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Rosemary McCormick-Lowy, Al Milgrom, Margie Neville, Ann Nocenti, Denny O'Neil, Jim Owsley, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, Louise Simonson, and Keith Williams: Consulting Editors

• John Romita: Art Director

• James W. Fry, Mark McKenna, and Tom Morgan: Romita's Raiders

• Ron Zalme: Art/Production Coordinator

• Janet Jackson: Designer

• Phil Felix, Aggie Kelley, Kenny Lopez, Joe Macal, Bill Oakley, Bruce N. Solomon, and Bill Vallely: Production

• Brenda Mings: Typesetter

• Adam Philips and George Roussos: Colorists

• Virginia Romita: Traffic Manager

• Lynn Cohen: Friendly Assistance 

• Bob Layton and Jackson Guice: Cover 

• Sally Pomeroy: Rights and Permissions Editor

• Carol Kalish: Director of Specialty Sales

• Peter David: Direct Sales Manager Administrative

• Steve Saffel: Assistant Promotions Manager for Direct Sales

• Irving Forbush: X-pendable

Front cover 

• Characters: X-Factor

 Inside front cover

• Salicrup's Section

• Marvel Agenda (contents) 

• Masthead 

• Indicia 

Pages 1 - 5

Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles on sale September 24

• The Thing #31
• Daredevil #226
• The New Mutants #35
• Web of Spider-Man #10
• West Coast Avengers #4
• Planet Terry #10
• Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #5
• Cloak and Dagger #4 -- Secret Wars II tie-in 
• Squadron Supreme #5
• Conan the King #32
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #2
• Swords of the Swashbucklers #4
• Moonshadow #5
• Starstruck #5

Titles on sale October 1

• The Amazing Spider-Man #272
• Power Pack #18 -- Secret Wars II tie-in 
• The Micronauts #18 -- Secret Wars II tie-in 
• Captain America #313
• Alpha Flight #30
• Wally the Wizard #10
• Ewoks #5
• The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #33
• Dazzler #41
• Groo the Wanderer #11
• Longshot #5
• The Vision and Scarlet Witch #4
• X-Men Annual #9
• The Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four #2
• Savage Sword of Conan #119
• The One #3

Titles on sale October 6

• Marvel Age Magazine #34
• The Incredible Hulk #315
• The Avengers #263
• Conan #178
• Marvel Tales #183
• X-Men #201
• Rom #74
• Power Man and Iron Fist #121 -- Secret Wars II tie-in 
• Royal Roy #5
• Muppet Babies #5
• Get Along Gang #5
• Solomon Kane #3
• G.I. Joe #43
• Nightcrawler #3
• The Eternals #4
• Balder the Brave #2
• The Marvel Saga #2
• The Punisher #1
• The X-Men and Alpha Flight #2
• Marvel Fanfare #24

Titles on sale October 14

• Marvel Graphic Novel #20: Hooky 

Titles on sale October 15

• Fantastic Four #286
• Iron Man #202
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #110
• Care Bears #2
• The New Defenders #151
• Star Wars #103
• Thor #363  -- Secret Wars II tie-in 
• The Transformers #12
• Elfquest #6
• Secret Wars II #7
• The Sectaurs #4
• The Official Marvel Index to Marvel Team-Up #1
• The Handbook of the Conan Universe #1
• Doctor Who #16
• Coyote #15
• Savage Tales #2
• Timespirits #7
• Epic Illustrated #33

Pages 6 - 7

More Coming Attractions

Titles shipping in November

• The Thing #32
• Daredevil #227
• The New Mutants #36
• Web of Spider-Man #11
• West Coast Avengers #5
• Planet Terry #11
• Fraggle Rock #6
• Strawberry Shortcake #6
• Thundercats #2
• Misty #2
• Red Sonja #12
• Squadron Supreme #6
• Conan Annual #10
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #3
• Starstruck #6
• The Amazing Spider-Man #273
• Captain America #314
• Micronauts #17
• Alpha Flight #31
• Wally the Wizard #11
• Top Dog #6
• Heathcliff #6
• Doctor Strange #75
• Groo the Wanderer #12
• The Vision and Scarlet Witch #5
• The Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four #3
• Longshot #6
• Power Pack #20
• Savage Sword of Conan #120
• The Sisterhood of Steel #7
• Bozz Chronicles #1
• Marvel Age Magazine #35
• The Incredible Hulk #316
• The Avengers #264
• Conan #179
• Marvel Tales #184
• X-Men #202
• Rom #75
• G.I. Joe #44
• Nightcrawler #4
• The Eternals #5
• The Punisher #2
• Marvel Saga #3
• Dreadstar #22
• Fantastic Four #287
• Iron Man #203
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111
• Thor #364
• Transformers #13
• Elfquest #7
• Secret Wars II #8
• The Official Marvel Index to Marvel Team-Up #2
• X-Factor #1
• The New Defenders #152
• Doctor Who #17
• Marvel Graphic Novel #21: Greenberg the Vampire
• Six from Sirius II #1

Titles shipping in December 

• The Thing #33
• Daredevil #228
• The New Mutants #37
• Web of Spider-Man #12
• West Coast Avengers #6
• Planet Terry #12
• Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #6
• Cloak and Dagger #5
• Squadron Supreme #7
• Conan the King #33
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #4
• Swords of the Swashbucklers #5
• Moonshadow #6
• The Amazing Spider-Man #274
• Captain America #315
• Power Pack #20
• Micronauts #18
• Alpha Flight #32
• Wally the Wizard #12
• Ewoks #6
• The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #34
• Dazzler #42
• Groo the Wanderer #13
• The Vision and Scarlet Witch #6
• Firestar #1
• The Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four #4
• The Savage Sword of Conan #121
• The One #4
• Marvel Age Magazine #36
• The Incredible Hulk #317
• The Avengers #265
• Conan #180
• Marvel Tales #185
• X-Men #203
• Power Man and Iron Fist #122
• Care Bears #3
• Transformers #14
• Elfquest #8
• Secret Wars II #9
• The Sectaurs #5
• The Official Marvel Index to Marvel Team-Up #3
• Doctor Who #18
• Six from Sirius II #2
• Coyote #16
• Savage Tales #3
• Timespirits #8
• Epic Illustrated #34
• Royal Roy #6
• Muppet Babies #6
• Get Along Gang #6
• Solomon Kane #4
• G.I. Joe #45
• The Eternals #6
• The Punisher #3
• Balder the Brave #3
• Marvel Saga #4
• Marvel Fanfare #25
• Marvel Graphic Novel #22: Shamballa
• Fantastic Four #288
• Iron Man #204
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #112
• Star Wars #104
• Thor #365
• X-Factor #2

Page 8 

Newswatch 

Mini Mutant Report

The Top Ten

Page 9 

Newswatch Extra

Pages 10 - 13

Behind the Lines

Pages 14 - 15

Article: "The Punisher," by Sholly Fisch

Pages 16 - 17

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age 

Pages 18 - 25

The Mutant Report

Page 23

"It's Genetic," by Kyle Baker

Pages 26 - 27

New Talent Department, by Sholly Fisch 

Pages 28 - 29

Article: "The Marvel Age - 1969 (Part III)," by Adam Philips 

Pages 30 - 32

Letter column: "What Does Mark Evanier Do on Groo?", suggested by Ted "Crazyman" Condi

Inside back cover

Ad for Misty by Trina Robbins 

Back cover

The Marvel Age 1985 Calendar -- September 

 

Two of Marvel's hottest teams of the 1980s -- plus one god of mischief! -- crowded onto the cover of Marvel Age #32, in a portrait by Paul Smith that promoted the miniseries X-Men/Alpha Flight. 

This miniseries got coverage in "The Mutant Report," which has already expanded by this issue to nine pages. The section includes coverage of X-Men/Alpha Flight, X-Men #200, and X-Men: Marvel Heroes for Hope, plus these great Kitty Pryde sketches by Arthur Adams and "It's Genetic," this time a team effort by Jim Salicrup and Kyle Baker. 

This issue's letters column (titled "Kurt Busiek and the Letter Column of Doom) includes a suggestion for a sketchbook section, and in response the editors printed these character sketches for The Eternals miniseries by Sal Buscema... 

And the 1980s design sensibility is getting more pronounced, courtesy of designer Janet "Jayjay" Jackson...lots of pinks and yellows, plus geometric shapes. 

As for me, I'm kind of all over this issue, with two mini-articles (less than two pages each) on Coyote and Power Pack in the "Newswatch Extra" section, the "Marvel Age 1969" article, and various bits of coloring throughout the issue. 

Marvel Age #32

Price: $0.35 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: August 6, 1985

Cover date: November, 1985

Copyright © 1985 Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. 

• Jim Shooter: Editor in Chief

• Jim Salicrup: Editor and Design Director

• Kurt Busiek: Assistant Editor

• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Coming Attractions

• Craig Anderson, Nancy Brown, Bob Budiansky, Mike Carlin, Bobbie Chase, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, Tom DeFalco, Jo Duffy, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Bob Harras, Larry Hama, Mike Higgins, Sid Jacobson, Terry Kavanagh, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Rosemary McCormick-Lowy, Al Milgrom, Ann Nocenti, Denny O'Neil, Jim Owsley, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, Louise Simonson, Laurie Sutton, and Keith Williams: Consulting Editors

• John Romita: Art Director

• James W. Fry, Mark McKenna, and Tom Morgan: Romita's Raiders

• Ron Zalme: Art/Production Coordinator

• Janet Jackson: Designer

• Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Ken Feduniewicz, Phil Felix, Miriam Larsson, John Morelli, Barry Shapiro, and Bill Vallely: Production

• Brenda Mings: Typesetter

• Adam Philips and George Roussos: Colorists

• Virginia Romita: Traffic Manager

• Lynn Cohen and Margaret Brockie: Friendly Assistance 

• Paul Smith: Cover 

• Sally Pomeroy: Rights and Permissions Editor

• Carol Kalish: Director of Specialty Sales

• Peter David: Direct Sales Manager Administrative

• Steve Saffel: Assistant Promotions Manager for Direct Sales

• Irving Forbush: Scorecard Salesman 

Front cover 

• Characters: X-Men, Alpha Flight, and Loki

 Inside front cover

• Salicrup's Section

• Marvel Agenda (contents) 

• Masthead 

• Indicia 

Pages 1 - 5

Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles on sale August 27 

• The Thing #30 - Secret Wars II tie-in
• Daredevil #225
• The New Mutants #34
• Web of Spider-Man #9
• The West Coast Avengers #3
• Planet Terry #9
• Fraggle Rock #5
• Strawberry Shortcake #5
• Misty #1
• Thundercats #1
• Red Sonja — The Movie #1
• Dreadstar and Company #6
• Squadron Supreme #4
• The Incredible Hulk Annual #14
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #1
• The Life of Captain Marvel #5

Titles on sale September 3

• The Amazing Spider-Man #271
• Captain America #312
• Power Pack #17
• Micronauts #15
• Marvel Heroes for Hope
• The Marvel Saga #1
• Doctor Strange #74 - Secret Wars II tie-in
• Groo the Wanderer #10
• Alpha Flight #29
• Wally the Wizard #9
• Top Dog #5
• Heathcliff #5
• Longshot #4
• The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #3
• Rom Annual #4
• Fantastic Four Index #1
• Savage Sword of Conan #118
• The Black Dragon #6
• The Sisterhood of Steel #6

Titles on sale September 10

• Marvel Age Magazine #33
• The Incredible Hulk #314
• The Avengers #262
• Conan #177
• Nightcrawler #2
• Marvel Tales #182
• Moon Knight #6
• G.I. Joe #42
• The Eternals #3
• The X-Men #200
• Thor Annual #13
• Dreadstar #21
• The X-Men and Alpha Flight #1

Titles on sale September 17 

• Fantastic Four #285 - Secret Wars II tie-in
• Iron Man #201
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #109
• Star Wars #102
• Thor #362
• Transformers #11
• Elfquest #5
• Secret Wars II #6
• The New Defenders #150 
• The Amazing Spider-Man Index #9
• Doctor Who #15
• The New Mutants Special #1
• Alien Legion #10
• Marvel Graphic Novel #19: The Witch Queen of Acheron

Pages 6 - 7

More Coming Attractions

Titles shipping in September 

• The Thing #31
• Daredevil #226
• The New Mutants #35
• Web of Spider-Man #10
• The West Coast Avengers #4
• Planet Terry #10
• Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #5
• Cloak and Dagger #4
• Sectaurs #4
• Squadron Supreme #5
• Conan the King #32
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #2
• Swords of the Swashbucklers #4
• Moonshadow #5
• Starstruck #5
• The Amazing Spider-Man #272
• Captain America #313
• Power Pack #18
• Micronauts #16
• Alpha Flight #30
• Wally the Wizard #10
• Ewoks #5
• The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #33
• Dazzler #41
• Groo (sic) #11
• Longshot #5
• The Vision and Scarlet Witch #4
• The X-Men Annual #9
• The Fantastic Four Index #2
• The Savage Sword of Conan #119
• The One #3
• Timespirits #7
• Marvel Age Magazine #34
• The Incredible Hulk #315
• The Avengers #263
• Conan #178
• Marvel Tales #183
• The X-Men #201
• Rom #74
• Care Bears #2
• Moon Knight #7
• Power Man and Iron Fist #121
• Royal Roy #5
• Muppet Babies #5
• Get Along Gang #5
• The Sword of Solomon Kane #3
• G.I. Joe #43
• Nightcrawler #3
• The Eternals #4
• The Punisher #1 
• The X-Men and Alpha Flight #2
• Marvel Fanfare #24
• Fantastic Four #286
• Iron Man #202
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #110
• The New Defenders #151
• Star Wars #103
• Thor #363
• The Transformers #12
• Elfquest #6
• Secret Wars II #7
• Marvel Team-Up Index #1
• The Handbook of the Conan Universe #1
• Doctor Who #16
• Coyote #15
• Savage Tales #2
• Epic Illustrated #33
• Marvel Graphic Novel #20: Greenberg the Vampire 

Titles shipping in October 

• The Thing #32
• Daredevil #227
• The New Mutants #36
• Web of Spider-Man #11
• The West Coast Avengers #5
• Planet Terry #11
• Fraggle Rock #6
• Strawberry Shortcake #6
• Thundercats #2
• Red Sonja #12
• Squadron Supreme #6
• Conan Annual #10
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #3
• Starstruck #6
• Bozz Chronicles #1
• The Amazing Spider-Man #273
• Captain America #314
• Micronauts #17
• Alpha Flight #31
• Wally the Wizard #11
• Top Dog #6
• Heathcliff #6
• Misty #2
• Doctor Strange #75
• Groo the Wanderer #12
• The Vision and Scarlet Witch #5
• The Fantastic Four Index #3
• Longshot #6
• Power Pack #19
• Savage Sword of Conan #120
• The Sisterhood of Steel #7
• Marvel Age Magazine #35
• The Incredible Hulk #316
• The Avengers #264
• Conan #179
• Marvel Tales #184
• X-Men #202
• Rom #75
• Moon Knight #8
• G.I. Joe #44
• Nightcrawler #4
• The Eternals #5
• The Punisher #2
• Dreadstar #22
• Fantastic Four #287
• Iron Man #203
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111
• Thor #364
• The Transformers #13
• Elfquest #7
• Secret Wars II #8
• Marvel Team-Up Index #2
• X-Factor #1
• The New Defenders #152
• Doctor Who #17
• Six from Sirius II #1
• Alien Legion #11
• Marvel Graphic Novel #21: The Hills Are Alive 

Page 8 

Newswatch 

Item: New creative teams on the Spider-Man titles

• Amazing Spider-Man: writer - Tom DeFalco; penciller - Ron Frenz; inker - Joe Rubinstein

• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man: writer - Peter David; penciller - Rich Buckler; 

  inker - Brett Bredding

• Web of Spider-Man: writer: David Michelinie; penciler - Marc Sylvestri; Kyle Baker - inker

Item: Special projects editor Bob Budiansky will be teaching a comics art course at Parsons School of Design

Item: Punisher limited series coming in September by writer Steven Grant, penciler Mike Zeck, and inker John Beatty 

Item: The Children's Museum of Manhattan will host the exhibit "Comics Came Alive" 

Item: Artist Kerry Gammill will be drawing covers for Rom, Avengers Annual, Fantastic Four Annual, and the Marvel Age Annual

Item: Christy Marx, creator and writer of The Sisterhood of Steel, and artist Mike Vosburg may be touring comics shops 

Pages 9 - 11

Newswatch Extra 

"Setting the Woods on Fire," by Adam Philips 

"Packing in the Power," by Adam Philips 

Page 11

The Top Ten 

Titles for May 1985

• Secret Wars II #3
• X-Men #197
• Web of Spider-Man #6
• Fantastic Four #282
• Cloak and Dagger #2
• Amazing Spider-Man #268
• New Mutants #31
• Web of Spider-Man Annual #1
• Squadron Supreme #1 

Pages 12 - 13

Article: "The Bozz Chronicles," by Steve Freitag

Pages 14 - 15 

Star Spotlight on Meet Misty, by Sandy Hausler

Pages 16 - 17

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age

Pages 18 - 26

The Mutant Report

"When Teams Team Up: X-Men and Alpha Flight," by Ken Hart

"200 Issues of Mutants: The Uncanny X-Men," by Peter Sanderson

"It's Genetic," by Kyle Baker

"The Uncanny X-Men: Marvel Heroes for Hope," by Peter Sanderson 

Page 27 

Article: "The Marvel Saga: The Official History of the Marvel Universe," by Danny Fingeroth

Pages 28 - 29

The Marvel Age: 1969 (Part II), by Adam Philips 

Pages 30 - 32

Letters column: "Kurt Busiek and the Letter Column of Doom," suggested by Steven P. Charlie Jr. 

Inside back cover

Ad for The West Coast Avengers and The Vision and The Scarlet Witch 

Back cover

The Marvel Age 1985 Calendar: August

Jim Salicrup: Writer

Ron Zalme: Artist

Andy Yanchus: Colorist