Marvel's 25th anniversary celebration got under way with this issue of Marvel Age, featuring a cover that echoes the cover of the 1981 Marvel calendar, which celebrated the publisher's 20th anniversary -- and was also penciled by John Byrne! The magazine featured a nod to the anniversary with an article by Kurt Busiek that summarized early Marvel history and how the debuts of characters like the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and others are reflected in stories coming in 1986.
This issue also includes the results of an earlier request for readers' favorite Marvel stories, which included multiple issues of X-Men, Daredevil, Defenders, Fantastic Four, and many more, with an emphasis on stories that feature the death of a beloved character.
Also in this issue, the Star Comics roster continues to grow with the introduction of two new series: Young Astronauts and Droids, each of which get their own Star Spotlight.
Plus, we got some fancy layouts from our fabulous designers!
Marvel Age #37
Price: $0.35 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: January 7, 1986
Cover date: April, 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 and Aggie Kelley: Design
• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Coming Attractions
• Bill Slaviscek: Mutant Reporter
• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age
• John Romita: Art Director
• Tom Morgan: Assistant Art Director
• Jose Marzan and Mark McKenna: Romita's Raiders
• Craig Anderson, Adam Blaustein, Eliot Brown, 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
• Anita Duncan: Art/Production Coordinator
• Phil Felix: Assistant Production Coordinator
• Brenda Mings: Typesetter
• Paul Becton and Adam Philips: Colorists
• John Byrne and Jack Abel: Cover
• Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Dawn Geiger, Barbara Johnston, Ken Lopez, Bill Oakley, Bruce N. Solotoff, and Bill Vallely: Production
• Virginia Romita: Traffic Manager
• Christine Aurilia, Lynn Cohen, and Shoshana Mallet: 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: Man of the Year
Front cover
• Characters: Many Marvel heroes
Inside front cover
• Salicrup's Section
• Marvel Agenda (contents)
• Masthead
• Indicia
Pages 1 - 5
Marvel Coming Attractions
Titles on sale January 28
Cloak and Dagger #6
Daredevil #230
He-Man #1
The New Mutants #39
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #7
Red Sonja #13
Squadron Supreme #9
The Thing #35
Web of Spider-Man #14
West Coast Avengers #8
Conan the King #34
Swords of the Swashbucklers #6
Titles on sale February 4
Alpha Flight #34
Captain America #317
Ewoks #7
Firestar #3
Groo the Wanderer #15
Micronauts #20
Power Pack #22
The Amazing Spider-Man #276
The Vision and Scarlet Witch #8
The Official Marvel Comics Index to the Fantastic Four #6
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #6
Savage Sword of Conan #123
The One #5
Titles on sale February 11
Marvel Age Magazine #38
The Avengers #267
Balder the Brave #4
Conan #182
The Eternals #8
G.I. Joe #47
The Incredible Hulk #319
Marvel Tales #187
Muppet Babies #7
Power Man and Iron Fist #123
The Punisher #5
Solomon Kane #5
X-Men #205
The Marvel Saga #6
Marvel Fanfare #26
Titles on sale February 18
Care Bears #4
Elfquest #10
Fantastic Four #290
Iron Man #206
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #114
Sectaurs #6
Star Wars #105
Thor #367
The Transformers #16
X-Factor #4
Doctor Who #20
Savage Tales #4
Six from Sirius #4
Pages 6 - 7
More Coming Attractions
Titles shipping in February
Daredevil #231
Fraggle Rock #7
Meet Misty #4
The New Mutants #40
Santa Claus (sic) #3
The Squadron Supreme #10
The Thing #36
Thundercats #4
Web of Spider-Man #15
West Coast Avengers #9
Young Astronauts #2
Moonshadow #7
Alpha Flight #35
Captain America #318
Doctor Strange #77
Firestar #4
Groo the Wanderer #16
Heathcliff #8
Power Pack #23
The Amazing Spider-Man #277
The Vision and Scarlet Witch #9
The Marvel Saga #7
The Official Marvel Comics Index to the Fantastic Four #7
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #7
Savage Sword of Conan #124
The Bozz Chronicles #3
Marvel Age Magazine #39
The Avengers #268
Conan #183
The Eternals #9
G.I. Joe #48
The Incredible Hulk #320
Marvel Tales #188
X-Men #206
Dreadstar #24
Droids #2
Elfquest #11
Fantastic Four #291
Iron Man #207
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #115
Thor #368
Top Dog #8
Transformers #17
X-Factor #5
The Official Marvel Comics Index to Marvel Team-Up #4
Alien Legion #13
Doctor Who #21
Titles shipping in March
Cloak and Dagger #7
Daredevil #232
He-Man #2
The New Mutants #41
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #8
The Squadron #11
Web of Spider-Man #16
The West Coast Avengers #10
Conan the King #35
Swords of the Swashbucklers #7
Alpha Flight #36
Captain America #319
Ewoks #8
Groo the Wanderer #17
Power Pack #24
The Amazing Spider-Man #278
The Vision and Scarlet Witch #10
The Official Marvel Comics Index to the Fantastic Four #8
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #8
Savage Sword of Conan #125
The One #6
Marvel Age Magazine #40
The Avengers #269
Conan #184
The Eternals #10
G.I. Joe #49
The Incredible Hulk #321
Marvel Tales #189
Muppet Babies #8
Power Man and Iron Fist #124
The Sword of Solomon Kane #6
X-Men #207
The Marvel Saga #8
Marvel Fanfare #27
Care Bears #5
Elfquest #12
Fantastic Four #292
Iron Man #208
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #116
Sectaurs #7
Star Wars #106
Thor #369
Transformers #18
X-Factor #6
Doctor Who #22
Savage Tales #5
Page 8
Newswatch
Item: Jo Duffy has been promoted to Managing Editor of the Epic line. Margaret Clark has been promoted to Associate Editor in the same office.
Item: New commercials for G.I. Joe products will feature covers for upcoming issues of the comic series.
Item: X-Factor #1 will be delayed one week due to the massive orders for this issue.
Item: Both Six from Sirius II #1 and the adaptation of Santa Claus: The Movie are delayed one week.
Item: Editor Bob Budiansky's course on comics art at Parsons School of Design was so popular that he's going to teach it again.
The Top Ten
October 1985
- X-Factor #1
- X-Men #202
- Secret Wars II #8
- The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #3
- Nightcrawler #4
- Amazing Spider-Man #273
- New Mutants #36
- Fantastic Four #287
- Web of Spider-Man #11
Pages 9 - 10
The Mutant Report
Article: "Life Isn't Easy for The Misfits," by Bill Slavicsek
"It's Genetic," by Kyle Baker
Pages 11 - 13
Article: "Marvel 25th Anniversary," by Kurt Busiek
Pages 14 - 15
Star Spotlight
Article: "Blast off with the Young Astronauts," by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Pages 16 - 17
Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age
Pages 18 - 21
Article: "The Greatest Story We Ever Told," by Kurt Busiek
Page 22
Ad for the Firestar miniseries
Page 23
Marvel Merchandise
Article: "Marvel Enters the Video Age," by Bill Slavicsek
Pages 24 - 25
Article: "Marvel Goes Down Under," by Sholly Fisch
Pages 26 - 27
Star Spotlight
Article: "Star Wars: Droids," by Sandy Hausler
Pages 28 - 29
The Marvel Age, by Sholly Fisch
Pages 30 - 32
Letters column: "It Is Written," by Anthony P. Anderson
Inside back cover
Ad for G.I. Joe Yearbook #2
Back cover
Ad for Elfquest and Groo the Wanderer
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