The Silver Surfer soared once more in Marvel Age #52, with three -- count 'em, three! -- separate articles about good old Norris Radd. All written by Bill Slavicsek, the articles look at the Surfer's history, and the new monthly series by writer Steve Englehart and artist Marshall Rogers, and (best of all) an article on a movie that was then in development, which was slated to star Richard Here. The article also mentions a new Silver Surfer graphic novel by the team of writer Stan Lee and artist Keith Pollard, which I believe was never published.
Even Stan himself gets in on excitement in this issue, with a Stan's Soapbox column about the Surfer that retells the story of how Jack Kirby added the Silver Surfer to the Galactus Trilogy in the Fantastic Four.
And let's not leave Fred Hembeck out of the picture!
Marvel Age #52
Price: $0.50 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: April 7, 1987
Cover date: July, 1987
Copyright © 1987 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
• Jim Shooter: Editor in Chief
• Jim Salicrup: Editor and Design Director
• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Assistant Editor
• Barbara Johnston: 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, Rodney Ramos, and Bruce N. Solotoff: 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, Janet Jackson, and George Roussos: Colorists
• Marshall Rogers: Cover art
• Paul Becton, Pat Brosseau, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Rich DuFour, Dawn Geiger, Ken Lopez, Susan Marks, Michael Maier, and Bill Oakley: 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
• Character: Silver Surfer
Inside front cover
• Salicrup's Section
• Marvel Agenda (contents)
• Masthead
• Indicia
Pages 1 - 5
Marvel Coming Attractions
Titles on sale April 28
- The New Mutants #54
- Hugga Bunch #6
- Thundercats #14
- Nightmask #10
- Psi Force #10
- Strikeforce: Morituri #9
- Daredevil #245
- G.I. Joe Special Missions #6
- West Coast Avengers #23
- Web of Spider-Man #29
Titles on sale May 5
- Alpha Flight #49
- Captain America #332
- Fallen Angels #5
- Kickers, Inc. #10
- The Merc #10
- Groo the Wanderer #30
- Heathcliff #17
- Power Pack #31
- Star Comics Magazine #5
- The Amazing Spider-Man #291
- Strange Tales #5
- Savage Sword of Conan #138
Titles on sale May 12
- Marvel Age Magazine #53
- The Avengers #282
- Marvel Tales #202
- Marvel Saga #21
- The Incredible Hulk #334
- Silver Surfer #2
- The Uncanny X-Men #220
- Conan the Barbarian #197
- Flintstone Kids #1
- Foofur #1
- G.I. Joe #62
- Justice #10
- D.P. 7 #10
- Silverhawks #1
Titles on sale May 19
- Iron Man #221
- The 'Nam #9
- Codename: Spitfire #11
- Fantastic Four #305
- Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #129
- Conan Saga #1
- X-Factor #19
- The Punisher #2
- Elfquest #25
- Madballs #5
- The Transformers #31
- Thor #382
- G.I. Joe Comics Magazine #5
- The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #17
- Alien Legion #20
- The Official Marvel Comics Index to the Avengers #2
- Classic X-Men #12
Pages 6 - 7
More Coming Attractions
Titles shipping May
Titles shipping June
Page 8
Newswatch
- Item: A shakeup in the membership of the Fantastic Four is on the way
- Item: Look for new posters from Marvel Press including Captain America by Mike Zeck, Scarlet Witch by P. Craig Russell, and Elektra by Bill Sienkiewicz
- Item: First Team Press is creating limited edition lithographs of characters including Wolverine, Doctor Strange, the Hulk, Captain America, and the Dazzler by artists including Gary (sic) Morrow, Tom Palmer, Graham Knowlan (sic), and Sandy Plunkett.
- Item: John Severin returns to the world of barbarians as artist on the new original graphic novel Conan the Reaver, written by Don Kraar.
- Item: Glenn Herdling has joined staff as an assistant editor, while Hector Collazo has moved up to become a new production assistant.
The Top Ten
December 1986
- X-Men #216
- Avengers Vs. the X-Men #1
- X-Factor #15
- Fantastic Four Vs. the X-men #3
- G.I. Joe #58
- Fallen Angels #1
- Mephisto Vs. the Fantastic Four #1
- G.I. Joe Special Missions #4
- Classic X-Men #8
- G.I. Joe Vs. the Transformers #4
Pages 9 - 13
Article: "The History of the Silver Surfer," by Bill Slavicsek
Page 14
Marvel Trivia Quiz
Page 15
Stan's Soapbox
Pages 16 - 17
Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age
Pages 18 - 21
Article: "Silver Surfer - New Projects," by Bill Slavicsek
Pages 22 - 24
Article: "The New Silver Surfer Series," by Bill Slavicsek
Page 25
Article: "Marvel 25th Anniversary Parties"
Page 26
Star Spotlight: "Foofur," by Ken Hart
Pages 27 - 29
"The Marvel Age: 1974 Part III," by Sholly Fisch
Pages 30 - 32
Letters column: "The Marvel Mail Massacre," suggested by Adam Grabinski of Vernon, CT
Inside back cover
Ad for Captain America #332
Back cover
The 1987 Marvel Age Calendar for April
Mike Carlin - Writer
Ron Zalme - Artist
Paul Becton - Colorist
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