Make Mine Marvel Age

The ever-expanding Marvel Age masthead expanded again this issue with the addition of art director John Romita and three staff artists who would be known collectively as Romita's Raiders: James W. Fry, Phil Lord, and Tom Morgan!

In another change that people might not have noticed, with this issue Marvel Age joined the then current trend of flexographic printing -- which meant brighter colors veering toward yellow and weird splotchiness. See below for a couple of examples.

This issue features an in-depth interview with writer Steve Englehart about the Vision and Scarlet Witch miniseries and the new West Coast Avengers series, while fans got to know a new mutant called Longshot, along with rising star artist Arthur Adams.

Marvel Age #29

Price: $0.35 US

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: May 7, 1985

Cover date: August, 1985

• Jim Shooter: Editor in Chief

• Jim Salicrup: Editor and Design Director

• Kurt Busiek: Assistant Editor

• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Coming Attractions

• Craig Anderson, Pat Blevins, Nancy Brown, Bob Budiansky, Mike Carlin, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, Tom DeFalco, Jo Duffy, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Bob Harras, Larry Hama, Mike Higgins, Sid Jacobson, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, 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, Phil Lord, and Tom Morgan: Romita's Raiders

• Dan Crespi: Art/Production Coordinator

• Ron Zalme: Assistant Art/Production Coordinator

• Janet Jackson: Designer

• Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Phil Felix, Morrie Kuramoto, Jack Morelli, Miriam Larsson, and Barry Shapiro: Production

• Brenda Mings: Typesetter

• Adam Philips and George Roussos: Colorists

• Lynn Cohen and Chantee Foster: Friendly Assistance

• Richard Howell and Joe Sinnott: Cover

• Carol Kalish: Director of Specialty Sales

• Peter David: Direct Sales Manager Administrative

• Steve Saffel: Assistant Promotions Manager for Direct Sales

• Irving Forbush: Idol of Millions

Front cover

• Character: The Vision, Scarlet Witch, and the West Coast Avengers

Inside front cover

• Marvel Agenda (contents)

• Masthead

• Indicia

Editorial by Jim Salicrup

Marvel's Top Ten

Titles from July, August, and September 1984

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars
X-Men
Kitty Pryde and Wolverine
X-Men Annual
The Amazing Spider-Man
Alpha Flight
New Mutants
West Coast Avengers
G.I. Joe
The Transformers

Pages 1 - 5

Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles on sale May 28

The Thing #27
Daredevil #222
New Mutants #31
Web of Spider-Man #6 - Secret Wars II tie-in issue
Swords of the Swashbucklers #2
Planet Terry #6
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #3
Cloak and Dagger #2
Dreadstar and Company #3
The Gargoyle #4
Rawhide Kid #2
Squadron Supreme #1
Conan the King #30
Moonshadow #3
Life of Captain Marvel #2

Titles on sale June 4

The Amazing Spider-Man #268 - Secret Wars II tie-in issue
Captain America #309
Power Pack #14
The Micronauts #12
Alpha Flight #26
Wally the Wizard #6
The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #31
Ewoks #3
Dazzler #39
Groo the Wanderer #7
Longshot #1
Savage Sword of Conan #115
The Black Dragon #3
The One #1
Timespirits #5

Titles on sale June 11

Marvel Age Magazine #30
The Incredible Hulk #311
The Avengers #259
Conan #174
Marvel Tales #179
X-Men #197
Rom #70
Moon Knight #4
Power Man and Iron Fist #119
Royal Roy #3
Muppet Babies #3
Get Along Gang #3
The Sword of Solomon Kane #1
G.I. Joe #39
Web of Spider-Man Annual #1
Marvel Fanfare #22

Titles on sale June 18

Fantastic Four #282 - Secret Wars II tie-in issue
The Invincible Iron Man #198
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #106
The New Defenders #147
Star Wars #99
Thor #359
Elfquest #2
Secret Wars II #3
The Transformers #8
The Spider-Man Index #6
Doctor Who #12
Coyote #13
Epic Illustrated #31
The Aladdin Effect (Graphic Novel) (sic)

Pages 6 - 7

More Coming Attractions

Titles shipping in June

The Thing #28
Daredevil #223
New Mutants #32
Web of Spider-Man #7
Planet Terry #7
Fraggle Rock #4
Strawberry Shortcake #4
Dreadstar and Company #4
Rawhide Kid #3
Squadron Supreme #2
The Sectaurs #3
Startstruck #4
West Coast Avengers #1
Avengers Annual #14
Life of Captain Marvel #3
The Amazing Spider-Man #269
Captain America #310
Power Pack #15
Micronauts #13
Alpha Flight #27
Wally the Wizard #7
Top Dog #4
Heathcliff #4
Doctor Strange #73
Groo the Wanderer #8
Longshot #2
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #5
The Fantastic Four Index #1
The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1
Savage Sword of Conan #116
Black Dragon #4
Sisterhood of Steel #5
Marvel Age Magazine #31
The Incredible Hulk #312
The Avengers #260
Conan #175
Marvel Tales #180
X-Men #198
Rom #71
Moon Knight #5
G.I. Joe #40
Eternals #1
Dreadstar #20
Fantastic Four #283
Iron Man #199
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #107
The New Defenders #148
Thor #360
Elfquest #3
Secret Wars II #4
S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
Transformers #9
Star Wars #100
Marvel Team-Up Index #1
Doctor Who #13
Alien Legion #9

Titles shipping in July

The Thing #29
Daredevil #224
New Mutants #33
Web of Spider-Man #8
Planet Terry #7
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #4
Red Sonja #11
Cloak and Dagger #3
Dreadstar and Company #5
Rawhide Kid #4
Squadron Supreme #3
Conan the King #31
Moonshadow #4
Swords of the Swashbucklers #3
Life of Captain Marvel #4
The Amazing Spider-Man #270
Captain America #311
Power Pack #16
Micronauts #14
Alpha Flight #28
Wally the Wizard #8
The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #32
Dazzler #40
Ewoks #4
Groo the Wanderer #9
Longshot #3
The Fantastic Four Index #2
The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #2
The Avengers Annual #14
The Fantastic Four Annual #19
Savage Sword of Conan #116
The One #2
Black Dragon #5
Timespirits #5
Marvel Age Magazine #32
The Incredible Hulk #313
The Avengers #261
Conan #176
Marvel Tales #181
X-Men #199
Moon Knight #6
Rom #72
Moon Knight #6
Power Man and Iron Fist #120
Royal Roy #4
Muppet Babies #4
Get Along Gang #4
The Sword of Solomon Kane #2
G.I. Joe #41
Eternals #2
Marvel Fanfare #23
Fantastic Four #284
Iron Man #200
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #108
The New Defenders #149
Thor #361
Elfquest #4
Secret Wars II #5
S.H.I.E.L.D. #2
Transformers #10
Star Wars #101
Iron Man #200
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19
Marvel Team-Up Index #2
Doctor Who #14
Coyote #14
Savage Tales #1
Epic Illustrated #32

Page 8

Newswatch

Item: X-Men/Alpha Flight will be a two-issue miniseries by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith, and Bob Wiacek coming in September

Item: New Mutants Special #1 is coming in September -- it's a 64 page special on Baxter paper with no ads, by Chris Claremont and Arthur Adams

Item: The previous two items are connected and lead into this year's X-Men Annual, by Chris Claremont, Arthur Adams, and Terry Austin

Item: "More X-Men News!" The plotting session for X-Men #200 will take place in Paris, with Christ Claremont, Ann Nocenti, John Romita Jr. and others in attendance

Item: David Mazzucchelli is in Italy to research locations for a Daredevil epic

Item: Look for comics racks in national chains like Waldenbooks, Kmart, and Toys 'R' Us

Pages 9 - 12

Article: "The Marvel Age Interview: Steve Englehart," by Kurt Busiek

Pages 13 - 15

Article: "Take a Chance on a...Longshot," by Steve Ringgenberg

Pages 16 - 17

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age

Pages 18 - 19

Article: "The One," by Dwight Jon Zimmerman

Pages 20 - 22

Article: "Squadron Supreme," by Ken Hart

Page 23

Ad for The Life of Captain Marvel

Pages 24 - 25

Article: "The Marvel Age -- 1968 (Part II)," by Adam Philips

Page 26

Article: "Star Spotlight on Strawberry Shortcake," by Sandy Hausler

Pages 27 - 28

Article: "He's on a Mission from God! He's...Solomon Kane," by Dwight Jon Zimmerman

Pages 29

Bullpen Bulletins

Pages 30 - 32

Letters column: "The Letter Column that Ate New York," suggested by Dave Callans

Inside back cover

Ad for Elfquest

Back cover

The Marvel Age 1984 Calendar -- May

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