Wednesday, March 9, 2022

 


Readers were promised that the New Universe was going back to its roots as "the world outside your window," with new creative teams and new directions on the monthly series. There would be a squarebound book called The Pitt, plus new looks for The Star Brand and other heroes. 


Also in this issue, Ralph Macchio gets the spotlight for an in depth interview, in which he discusses his love of both Jack Kirby and Jackie Gleason and much more. 

Marvel Age #59
Price: $0.50 US 
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: October 20, 1987
Cover date: February, 1988 
Copyright © 1987 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief
• Jim Salicrup: Editor and Design Director
• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Managing Editor
• Dawn Geiger: Designer
• Sholly Fisch: Coming Attractions 
• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age
• Craig Anderson, Adam Blaustein, Steve Buccellato, Bob Budiansky, Bobbie Chase, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, Daryl Edelman, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Michael Higgins, Laura Hitchcock, Sid Jacobson, Terry Kavanagh, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Dwayne McDuffie, Marc McLaurin, Al Milgrom, Ann Nocenti, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, Mike Rockwitz, Marc Siry, Joanne Spaldo, David Wohl, and Greg Wright: Consulting Editors
• John Romita: Art Director
• Don Perlin: Managing Art Director
• Donald C. Hudson, Christopher Ivy, and Rodney Ramos: The Raiders
• Jim Novak: Art/Production Coordinator
• Hector Collazo and Doreen Frederick: Production Assistants 
• Brenda Mings: Typesetter
• Jack Abel: Proofreader
• Paul Becton, Janet Jackson, George Roussos, and Greg WrightColorists
• Tom Palmer: Cover art
• Paul Becton, Pat Brosseau, Rob Carosella, Harry Eisenstein, Vince Evans, Michael Heisler, Ken Lopez, Ed Magalong, Michael Maier, Eddie Marcaro, and Bill Oakley, Dumuria Rumph: Production
• Lynn Cohen: Administrative Manager
• Virginia Romita: Traffic Manager
• Christine Aurilia, Tom Fardy, Sue Flaxman, Len Kaminsky, Michelle Tirado and Dan Raspler: Friendly Assistance 
• Steve Sheffler: Rights and Permissions Editor
• Carol Kalish: Director of Specialty Sales
• Dale Kanzler: Assistant Direct Sales Manager/Administrative
• Lou Bank: Assistant Direct Sales Manager/Customer Service
• Steve Saffel: Promotion Manager 
• Irving Forbush: Pitt Toy


Front cover 
• Characters: The New Universe

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

Pages 1 - 5
Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles on sale November 24
  • The New Mutants #61
  • Psi Force #17
  • Web of Spider-Man #36
  • West Coast Avengers #30
  • Master of the Universe #12
  • Heathcliff Funhouse #6
  • Strikeforce: Morituri #16 
  • Thundercats #21
  • Conan the King #45
  • Daredevil #252
  • Spellbound #4
  • Tales of G.I. Joe #3
Titles on sale December 1
  • Alf #1
  • Captain America #339
  • Solo Avengers #4
  • The Amazing Spider-Man #298
  • Alpha Flight #56
  • Groo the Wanderer #37
  • The Marvel Comics Try-Out Winners book #1
  • Video Jack #3
  • Spider-Man Comics Magazine #5
  • The Savage Sword of Conan #145
  • Moebius #4: The Long Tomorrow and Other Stories
Titles on sale December 8
  • Marvel Tales #209
  • Silver Surfer #9
  • The Uncanny X-Men #227
  • Conan the Barbarian #204
  • G.I. Joe #69
  • Marvel Age Magazine #60
  • The Avengers #289
  • D.P. 7 #17
  • Justice #17
  • The Incredible Hulk #341
  • Bullwinkle and Rocky #3
  • Muppet Babies #18
  • The Visionaries #3
  • Spellbound #5
  • The Official Marvel Comics Index to the X-Men #5
  • The Death of Groo Graphic Novel 
Titles on sale December 15
  • Fantastic Four #312
  • Iron Man #228
  • The 'Nam #16
  • The Spectacular Spider-Man #136
  • The Punisher #7
  • The Star Brand #12
  • Thor #389
  • X-Factor #26
  • Care Bears #15
  • Classic X-Men #19
  • Elfquest #32
  • Transformers #38
  • Transformers Comics Magazine #8
  • Conan Saga #10
  • Blood #3
  • The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe Trade Paperback #8
Pages 6 - 7 
More Coming Attractions

Titles shipping December 

Titles shipping January 

Page 8 
Newswatch
Item: Marvel has returned over 2,100 pages of original artwork to Jack Kirby. 
Item: "Armor War" begins in Iron Man #226. 
Item: On a recent trip to France, Dwight Jon Zimmerman got to visit with Marvel's French publishers

The Top Ten
July 1987 
  1. X-Men Annual #11
  2. X-Men #223
  3. The Punisher #4
  4. X-Factor #22
  5. Silver Surfer #5
  6. Amazing Spider-Man #294
  7. The 'Nam #12
  8. G.I. Joe #65
  9. The New Mutants #57
  10. Web of Spider-Man #32
Page 9 
The Mutant Report
Article: "A Trio of Triptychs"
Article: "Marvel Masterworks Starring the Original X-Men and Others" 

"It's Genetic," by Kyle Baker 


Pages 10 - 13
Article: "The Marvel Age Interview: It Came from New Jersey, Or The Life and Times of Ralph Macchio," by Peter Sanderson


Pages 14 - 15
Stan's Soapbox

Willie Lumpkin, by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo


Pages 16 - 17
Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age

Page 18 
Marvel Trivia Quiz

Pages 19 - 22
Article: "The New New Universe," by Dwight Jon Zimmerman


Pages 23 - 24
Star Spotlight: Visionaries, by Scott Lobdell

Pages 25 - 27
The Marvel Age: 1976 Part I

Pages 28 - 29
Article: "Wolfpack," by Jason R.L. Balgobin


Pages 30 - 32
Letters column: "I'm a Mutant, He's a Mutant, Wouldn't You Like to Be a Mutant Too?", suggested by Jolyon Silversmith

Inside back cover
Ad for Wolfpack

Back cover
The 1987 Marvel Age Calendar for November
Mike Carlin - writer
Ron Zalme - artist
Paul Becton - colorist 






No comments:

Post a Comment

  The gang who would soon form Image comics continues to dominate the promotional efforts at Marvel Age this month, with Jim Valentino's...