Make Mine Marvel Age

 

Another year, another Marvel Age Annual -- and another chance to do something really fun and different! In this case, it's all about the Hembecks, as the original Sage of Marvel Age provides not only the wraparound cover but also serves as a sort of late night talk show host. Fred Hembeck welcomes guests from across the Marvel Universe and talks with them about their adventures, providing lots of gags along the way.

The talk show portion of the lead story is interspersed with preview pages by the teams from many of Marvel's biggest series, including pages drawn by future superstar artists like Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Arthur Adams and more. 

Marvel Age Annual #3

Price: $0.75 US 

Pages: 52 (48 interior plus four covers)

On sale: June 23, 1987

Cover date: 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

• Craig Anderson, Adam Blaustein, Steve Buccellato, Bob Budiansky, Bobbie Chase, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, 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, Marc Siri, Joanne Spaldo, and Greg Wright: Consulting Editors

• John Romita: Art Director

• Don Perlin: Managing Art Director

• Donald C. Hudson and Rodney Ramos: Romita's Raiders

• Jim Novak: Art/Production Coordinator

• Hector Collazo and Doreen Frederick: Production Assistants 

• Brenda Mings: Typesetter

• Jack Abel: Proofreader

• Paul Becton, Greg Wright, and George Roussos: Colorists

• Fred Hembeck: Cover art

• Paul Becton, Alan Bensew, Pat Brosseau, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Harry Eisenstein, Barbara Johnston, Cindy Kruhn, Veronica Lawlor-Carlin, Ken Lopez, Ed Magalong, Michael Maier, Eddie Marcaro, Susan Marks, Alan Mintz, Bill Oakley, Dumuria Rumph, and Peter Watson: Production

• Lynn Cohen: Administrative Manager

• Virginia Romita: Traffic 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: Substitute Host

Wraparound cover 

• Characters: Marvel super heroes with Fred Hembeck

Pages 1 - 35

Story: "When Titans Plug!"

Written, penciled and inked by Fred Hembeck except pages on specific comics series as noted below:

• Alpha Flight — writer: Joanne Spaldo, penciler: Jim Lee, inker: Whilce Portacio

• The Avengers — writer: Roger Stern, art: John Buscema and Tom Palmer

• West Coast Avengers — writer: Steve Englehart, penciler: Al Milgrom, inker: Mike Machlan
• Brother Voodoo — writer: Fred Hembeck, penciler: Richard Howell, inker: Jim Mooney 
• Captain America — writer: Mark Gruenwald, penciler: Tom Morgan, inker: Joe Sinnott
• Daredevil — writer: Ann Nocenti, penciler: Rick Leonardi, inker: Danny Bulanadi
• Silver Surfer — writer: Steve Englehart, penciler: Marshall Rogers, inker: Joe Rubinstein
• Fantastic Four — writer: Steve Englehart, penciler: John Buscema, inker: Joe Sinnott

• The Incredible Hulk — writer: Peter David, penciler: Todd McFarlane, inker: Bob Wiacek

• Iron Man — writer: David Michelinie, penciler and inker: Bob Layton

• Marvel Saga — writer: Adam Blaustein, artists: various
• Power Pack — writer: Louise Simonson, penciler and inker: Jon Bogdanove
• Amazing Spider-Man — writer: Jim Owsley, penciler: Steve Geiger, inker: Jack Abel
• Strange Tales / Doctor Strange — writer: Terry Austin, penciller and inker: Bret Blevins
• Strange Tales / Cloak and Dagger - writer: Peter B. Gillis, penciller and inker: Kevin Nowlan
• Strikeforce Morituri — writer: Peter B. Gillis, penciler: Brent Anderson, inker: Scott Williams
• The Mighty Thor — writer: Craig Anderson, penciler: Ron Frenz, inker: Brett Breeding
  
  
  

• X-Factor — writer: Louise Simonson, penciler: Sal Buscema, inker: Bob Wiacek
• X-Men/New Mutants — writer: Chris Claremont, penciler: Marc Silvestri, inker: Terry Austin

Pages 36 - 37 

Marvel Trivia Quiz by Brian Nelson

Pages 38 - 47

Article: "Marvel A to Z," by Dwight Jon Zimmerman

Includes coverage of:

• Air Raiders
• Alien Legion
• Alpha Flight
• Amazing Spider-Man
• Avengers 
• Blood: A Tale
• Bullwinkle and Rocky
• Captain America
• Care Bears
• Classic X-Men
• Conan Saga
• Conan the Barbarian
• Conan the King
• Daredevil
• The Death of Groo graphic novel
• Doctor Zero
• D.P. 7
• Elfquest
• Fantastic Four
• Flintstone Kids
• G.I. Joe
• G.I. Joe Comics Magazine
• G.I. Joe Special Missions
• Heathcliff and Heathcliff Funhouse
• Hellrider
• The Incredible Hulk
• Iron Man
• Crash — the Iron Man graphic novel
• Justice
• The Last America
• Longshot graphic novel
• Madballs
• Marshall Law
• The Marvel Saga
• Marvel Tales
• Masters of the Universe
• Moebius graphic novels
• The 'Nam
• The New Mutants
• The Nth Man
• The Official Handbook to the Transformers Universe
• The Official Marvel Index to the Avengers
• The Official Index to the X-Men
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man
• Power Line
• Power Pachyderms
• Power Pack 
• Psi-Force
• Punisher
• St. George
• Savage Sword of Conan
• The Scorpio Connection graphic novel
• Semper Fi
• Silverhawks
• Silver Surfer
• Solo Avengers
• Someplace Strange graphic novel
• Spider-Man: The Manhattan Project graphic novel
• Star Brand
• Strange Tales
• Strikeforce Morituri
• Thor
• Thundercats
• Transformers
• The Uncanny X-Men
• Video Jack
• Visionaries
• Web of Spider-Man
• West Coast Avengers
• Wolfpack
• X-Factor

Page 48

Marvel Trivia Quiz Answers

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