Wednesday, January 19, 2022

 

Summer arrived with Marvel Age #53, and with it the annual list of Annuals, including Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 (the wedding of Peter and Mary Jane!), and Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #3, which picks up from Spectacular Spider-Man #2 magazine from 1968. 

Stan Lee celebrated the long-awaited nuptials of Peter and MJ in his Soapbox column as well.

Marvel Age #53

Price: $0.50 US 
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: May 12, 1987
Cover date: August, 1987 
Copyright © 1987 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

• Jim Shooter: Editor in Chief
• Jim Salicrup: Editor and Design Director
• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Assistant Editor
• Dawn Geiger: Designer
• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age
• Craig Anderson, Adam Blaustein, Steve Buccellato, Bob Budiansky, Bobbie Chase, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, Tom DeFalco, Daryl Edelman, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Larry Hama, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Michael Higgins, Laura Hitchcock, Sid Jacobson, Terry Kavanagh, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Rosemary McCormick-Lowy, Al Milgrom, John Morelli, Ann Nocenti, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, Mike Rockwitz, Joanne Spaldo, and Greg Wright: Consulting Editors
• John Romita: Art Director
• Mark Alexander, Jose Marzan, and Rodney Ramos: Romita's Raiders
• Jim Novak: Art/Production Coordinator
• Hector Collazo and Doreen Frederick: Production Assistants 
• Brenda Mings: Typesetter
• Jack Abel: Proofreader
• Virginia Romita: Traffic Manager
• Paul Becton, Julianna Ferriter, Janet Jackson, George Roussos, and Nel YomtovColorists
• Kevin Maguire and Bob McLeod: Cover art
• Paul Becton, Pat Brosseau, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Rich DuFour, Barbara Johnston, Ken Lopez, Ed Magalong, Susan Marks, Alan Mintz, Bill Oakley, Dumuria Rumph, and Peter Watson: Production
• Lynn Cohen: Administrative Manager
• Christine Aurilia, Tom Fardy, Sue Flaxman, and Len Kaminsky: Friendly Assistance 
• Steve Sheffler: 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: Beach Boy


Front cover 
• Characters: Female Marvel heroes 

 Inside front cover
• Salicrup's Section 
• Marvel Agenda (contents) 
• Masthead 
• Indicia 

Pages 1 - 5
Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles on sale May 26
  • Daredevil #246
  • Strikeforce: Morituri #10
  • The New Mutants #55
  • Nightmask #11
  • Psi Force #11
  • Web of Spider-Man #30
  • West Coast Avengers #24
  • Defenders of the Earth #5
  • Masters of the Universe #9
  • Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #17
  • Thundercats #15
  • Conan the King #42
  • The Uncanny X-Men Annual #11
Titles on sale June 2
  • The Punisher #3
  • Captain America #333
  • Fallen Angels #6
  • The Amazing Spider-Man #292
  • Kickers Inc. #11
  • The Merc #11
  • Strange Tales #6
  • Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos #5
  • Ewoks #15
  • Groo the Wanderer #31
  • Headmasters #2
  • Heathcliff Funhouse #3
  • Alpha Flight #50
  • West Coast Avengers Annual #2
  • Spider-Man Comics Magazine #5
  • Savage Sword of Conan #139
Titles on sale June 9
  • Marvel Age Magazine #54
  • The Avengers #283
  • The Incredible Hulk #335
  • Marvel Tales #203
  • Silver Surfer #3
  • The Uncanny X-Men #221
  • D.P. 7 #11
  • Justice #11
  • Conan the Barbarian #198
  • G.I. Joe #63
  • The Marvel Saga #22
  • Muppet Babies #15
  • Fantastic Four Annual #20
  • The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21
  • Marvel Fanfare #34
  • The 'Nam trade paperback
Titles on sale June 16
  • Fantastic Four #306
  • Iron Man #222
  • The 'Nam #10
  • Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #130
  • Codename: Spitfire #12
  • Star Brand #9
  • Thor #383
  • X-Factor #20
  • Care Bears #12
  • Classic X-Men #13
  • Elfquest #26
  • The Inhumanoids #5
  • The Transformers #32
  • The Transformers Comics Magazine #5
  • Conan Saga #2
  • The Official Marvel Comics Index to the X-Men #3
  • The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe Trade Paperback #5
Pages 6 - 7 
More Coming Attractions

Titles shipping June

Titles shipping July 

Page 8
Newswatch
Item: A 16-year old from the Make-A-Wish Foundation visited the Marvel Offices 
Item: Carl Potts is teaching a summer course at Parsons School of Design
Item: Ann Eagan has joined staff as Direct Sales Manager for the West Coast
Item: Steve Rogers is leaving his identity as Captain America behind. You'll find out who the new Captain America will be in issue #332. 

The Top Ten 
January, 1987
  1. X-Men #217
  2. The Avengers Vs. the X-Men #2
  3. X-Factor #16
  4. Fantastic Four Vs. the X-Men #4
  5. G.I. Joe #59
  6. Classic X-Men #9
  7. Mephisto Vs. X-Factor #2
  8. The New Mutants #51
  9. Fallen Angels #2
  10. The Amazing Spider-Man #288
Pages 9 - 13
Article: "An Annual Tradition," by Sholly Fisch

Page 14
Marvel Trivia Quiz

Page 15
Stan's Soapbox 

Pages 16 - 17
Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age

Pages 18 - 19
Article: "The Transformers: Headmasters," by Ken Hart 

Pages 20 - 21
Article: "Emperor Doom," by Bill Slavicsek

Pages 22 - 24
Epic Spotlight: Video Jack, by Bill Slavicsek

Pages 25 - 26
Star Spotlight: Silverhawks, by Ken Hart


Pages 27 - 29
The Marvel Age: 1974 Part IV, by Sholly Fisch

Pages 30 - 32
Letters column: "Desperately Seeking Something!," suggested by Kirk Allen


Inside back cover
Ad for the Fantastic Four

Back cover
The 1987 Marvel Age Calendar: May
Mike Carlin - Writer
Ron Zalme - Artist
Paul Becton - Colorist





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