In 1986, Marvel was all about mutants and G.I. Joe. The latter made the cover of this month's Marvel Age, as drawn by Herb Trimpe, who drew the stories for the new series G.I. Joe Special Missions. The former was represented in the Mutant Report by an in-house contest to design a new costume for the Dazzler, with the Marvel staff submitting lots of goofy ideas, as seen below.
Plus, Marvel's new line of romance comics in paperback book format gets covered in an article by Kurt Busiek -- but as far as I can tell, these titles were never published.
Marvel was certainly willing to try something unusual back then -- in this case, Dakota North, a series spotlighting a private eye with a sidekick friends said looked like me, as seen below. The series was written by Martha Thomases with art by Tony Salmons, and even though it only ran 10 issues, it's still considered ahead of its time.
And only one issue after the Marvel Halloween party, this issue's Salicrup's Section covered the Marvel Christmas party, complete with these photos, taken by Andy Mushynsky.
Marvel Age #40
Price: $0.35 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: April 8, 1986
Cover date: July, 1986
Copyright © 1986 Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation.
• Jim Shooter: Editor in Chief
• Jim Salicrup: Editor and Design Director
• Adam Philips: Assistant Editor
• Janet Jackson: Design
• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Coming Attractions
• Bill Slaviscek: Mutant Reporter
• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age
• Craig Anderson, Adam Blaustein, Eliot Brown, Nancy Brown, Bob Budiansky, Mike Carlin, Bobbie Chase, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, Tom DeFalco, Jo Duffy, Danny Fingeroth, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Bob Harras, Larry Hama, Mike Higgins, Sid Jacobson, Hillary Joseph, Terry Kavanagh, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Rosemary McCormick-Lowy, Al Milgrom, Ann Nocenti, Jim Owsley, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, and Louise Simonson: Consulting Editors
• John Romita: Art Director
• Tom Morgan: Assistant Art Director
• Kevin Maguire, Jose Marzan and Mark McKenna: Romita's Raiders
• Anita Duncan: Art/Production Coordinator
• Phil Felix: Assistant Production Coordinator
• Brenda Mings: Typesetter
• Jack Abel: Proofreader
• George Roussos and Adam Philips: Colorists
• Larry Hama and Jim Salicrup: Cover concept
• Herb Trimpe: Cover art
• Paul Becton, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Dawn Geiger, Barbara Johnston, Ken Lopez, Michael Maier, Bill Oakley, and Bill Vallely: Production
• Virginia Romita: Traffic Manager
• Christine Aurilia and Lynn Cohen: Friendly Assistance
• 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: G.I. Schmoe
Front cover
• Characters: G.I. Joe heroes
Inside front cover
• Salicrup's Section (continued on inside back cover)
• Marvel Agenda (contents)
• Masthead
• Indicia
Pages 1 - 5
Marvel Coming Attractions
Titles on sale April 22
- Dakota North #2
- Daredevil #233
- Meet Misty #5
- The New Mutants #42
- Thundercats #5
- Web of Spider-Man #17
- West Coast Avengers #11
- Squadron Supreme #12
- Moonshadow #8
Titles on sale April 29
- Alpha Flight #37
- Captain America #320
- Doctor Strange #78
- Groo the Wanderer #18
- Heathcliff #9
- The Amazing Spider-Man #279
- The Vision and Scarlet Witch #11
- The Official Marvel Comics Index to the Fantastic Four #9
- Power Pack #25
- The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #9
- Savage Sword of Conan #126
Titles on sale May 6
- Marvel Age Magazine #41
- The Avengers #270
- Conan the Barbarian #185
- The Eternals #11
- The Incredible Hulk #322
- Marvel Tales #190
- X-Men #208
- Marvel Saga #9
- G.I. Joe #50
- Dreadstar #25
Titles on sale May 13
- Droids #3
- Elfquest #13
- Fantastic Four #293
- Iron Man #209
- Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #117
- Thor #370
- Top Dog #9
- Transformers #19
- X-Factor #7
- Alien Legion 314
- Doctor Who #23
Page 6 - 7
More Coming Attractions
Titles shipping May
- Cloak and Dagger #8
- Daredevil #234
- Fraggle Rock #8
- He-Man #3
- New Mutants #43
- Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #10
- Web of Spider-Man #18
- West Coast Avengers #12
- Conan the King #36
- Swords of the Swashbucklers #8
- Alpha Flight #38
- Captain America #321
- Ewoks #9
- Groo the Wanderer #19
- The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #10
- The Amazing Spider-Man #280
- The Vision and Scarlet Witch #12
- The Official Marvel Comics Index to the Fantastic Four #10
- Savage Sword of Conan #127
- Marvel Age Magazine #42
- The Avengers #271
- Conan the Barbarian #186
- G.I. Joe #51
- The Incredible Hulk #323
- Marvel Tales #191
- Muppet Babies #9
- X-Men #209
- Marvel Saga #10
- X-Men #209
- Marvel Saga #10
- The Eternals #12
- Power Man and Iron Fist #125
- Marvel Fanfare #28
- Care Bears #6
- Elfquest #14
- Fantastic Four #294
- Iron Man #210
- Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #118
- Sectaurs #8
- Star Wars #107
- Thor #371
- The Transformers #20
- X-Factor #8
- The Official Marvel Comics Index to Marvel Team-Up #5
- Doctor Who #24
- Savage Tales #6
- Bozz Chronicles #4
Titles shipping June
- Marvel Age Annual #2
- Dakota North #3
- Daredevil #235
- Meet Misty #6
- Thundercats #6
- Web of Spider-Man #19
- West Coast Avengers #13
- Moonshadow #9
- Alpha Flight #39
- Captain America #322
- Doctor Strange #79
- Groo the Wanderer #20
- Heathcliff #11
- Power Pack #26
- The Amazing Spider-Man #281
- The Official Marvel Comics Index to the Fantastic Four #11
- The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #11
- Savage Sword of Conan #128
- Marvel Age Magazine #43
- The Avengers #272
- Conan the Barbarian #187
- G.I. Joe #52
- The Incredible Hulk #324
- X-Men #210
- Marvel Saga #11
- Dreadstar #26
- Droids #4
- Elfquest #15
- Fantastic Four #295
- Iron Man #211
- Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #119
- Thor #372
- Top Dog #10
- The Transformers #21
- X-Factor #9
- Alien Legion #15
- Doctor Who #25 (this one didn't get published)
- Page 8
Newswatch
Item: Peter Parker's redocorated apartment was in fact designed by Marvel Age designer Janet "JayJay" Jackson
Item: In Power Pack #23, Marvel teams up with the Child Find organization to run photos and information on missing children instead of the letters page.
The Top Ten
January 1986
- X-Factor #4
- X-Men #205
- Alpha Flight #34
- Marvel Universe #6
- Fantastic Four #290
- West Coast Avengers #8
- Amazing Spider-Man #278
- Punisher #5
- New Mutants #39
- Web of Spider-Man #14
Bullpen Birthdays
Pages 9 - 11
The Mutant Report: "Dressing Up the Dazzler," by Bill Slavicsek
Page 11
"It's Genetic," by Kyle Baker
Pages 12 - 15
Article: "Love Is in the Air," by Kurt Busiek
Pages 16 - 17
Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age
Pages 18 - 21
Article: "Joe Team Takes on Special Missions," by Bill Slavicesk
Pages 22 - 24
Article: "Dakota North Investigations," by Sholly Fisch
Page 25
Ad for Groo the Wanderer
Pages 26 - 27
Star Spotlight: Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham," by Sandy Hausler
Pages 28 - 29
The Marvel Age, by Sholly Fisch
Pages 30 - 32
Letters column: "Where the Words Are '86," suggested by Jason Beaumont
Salicrup's Section (continued)
Back cover
Ad for Adult Thermonuclear Samurai Elephants (which would be published under the name Power Pachyderms)
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