It's the Silver Surfer's time to shine on the cover of Marvel Age #71. Good old Norrin Radd was, at this point, 21 issues into his solo series, and was about to soar into a new, very mini miniseries by Stan Lee and Moebius. Two graphic novels were in development as well: Judgment Day, written by Lee and Tom DeFalco with art by John Buscema, and The Enslavers, written by Lee with art by Keith Pollard.

Editor Mark Gruenwald expands his "Mark's Remark's" ramblings, previously seen in the letters columns of books he edited, to a regular column in Marvel Age. And red-hot artist Arthur Adams is interviewed in the Mutant Report. 

This is also the point where Marvel UK started introducing new series — in this case, it was Death's Head, written by Simon Furman and pencilled by a 17 year old Bryan Hitch.  

Marvel Age #71

Price: $0.50 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: October 18, 1988

Cover date: February, 1989

Copyright © 1988 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief

• Jim Salicrup: Supreme Marvel Zombie

• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Managing Editor

• Sholly Fisch: Coming Attractions

• Cindy Kruhn: Designer

• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age

• Craig Anderson, Steve Buccellato, Bob Budiansky, Bobbie Chase, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, James DiGiovanna, Daryl Edelman, Sue Flaxman, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Larry Hama, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Sid Jacobson, Terry Kavanagh, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Dwayne McDuffie, Marc McLaurin, Al Milgrom, A.A. Perry, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, Mike Rockwitz, Marc Siry, Sara Tuchinsky, David Wohl, and Gregory Wright: Consulting Editors

• John Romita: Art Director

• Don Perlin: Managing Art Director

• James Brock Jr., Gavin Curtis, and Vince Mielcarek: The Raiders

• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager

• Len Kaminsky: Assistant Traffic/Production Manager

• Adam Blaustein: Manufacturing Coordinator

• Lynda Strunk: Typesetter

• Jack Abel: World's Toughest Proofreader

• Gregory Wright: Colorist

• Hector Collazzo: Varmint

• Moebius: Cover art

• Joe Albelo, Paul Becton, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Harry Eisenstein, Vince Evans, Dawn Geiger, Michael Heisler, Brad K. Joyce, Ken Lopez, Ed Magalong,  Eddie Marcaro, Rob Naylor, Joyce Phua, and Michel Yee: Production

• Barbara Arnstein, Christine Aurilia, Robyn Bowman, Mark Chiarello, Kelly Corvese, Dwight Coye, Dan Cuddy, Tom Fardy, Jesus Gonzalez, Marie Javins, John Lewandowski, George Roussos, Stu Schwartzberg, Mark Silverman, and Rodney S. Timmons: Friendly Assistance 

• Steve Sheffler: Rights and Permissions Editor

• Carol Kalish: Vice President Direct Sales

• Dale Kanzler: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Administrative

• Lou Bank: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Customer Service

• Steve Saffel: Promotion Manager 

• Fabian Nicieza: Advertising Manager

• Irving Forbush: Celestial Sean Penn

Front cover 

• Character: Silver Surfer

 Inside front cover

• Salicrup's Section 

• Marvel Agenda (contents) 

• Masthead 

• Indicia 

Pages 1 - 7

Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles on sale November 22

• Wolfpack #8 
• Daredevil #254
• Semper Fi #4
• Marvel Masterworks Vol. 1: Spider-Man
• Marvel Comics Presents #14
• Conan the King #51
• Excalibur #6
• West Coast Avengers #42
• G.I. Joe Special Missions #19
• Psi-Force #29
• Web of Spider-Man #48
• Strikeforce: Morituri #27
• Tales of G.I. Joe #15
• G.I. Joe European Missions #6
• Stray Toasters #3

Titles on sale November 29

• Captain America #351
• Solo Avengers #351
• D.P. 7 #29
• Alf #13
• The Amazing Spider-Man #313
• Groo the Wanderer #49
• Heathcliff #31
• Alpha Flight #68
• The New Mutants #73
• Powerline #5
• Power Pack #44
• Wolverine #5
• Marvel Masterworks Vol 7: The X-Men 
• The 'Nam Magazine #8
• Savage Sword of Conan #157
• Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown #1

Titles on sale December 6

• Marvel Age Magazine #72
• The Incredible Hulk #353
• Conan the Barbarian #216
• G.I. Joe #84
• Marvel Tales #221
• The Avengers #301
• Muppet Babies #24
• The Punisher #17
• The Light and Darkness War #4
• The Sub-Mariner #5
• The Uncanny X-Men #242
• Justice #29
• Marvel Comics Presents #15
• Marvel Masterworks Vol. 3: The X-Men
• Dragon's Claws #6
• The Punisher War Journal #4
• Bullwinkle and Rocky #9
• Silver Surfer #21

Titles on sale December 13

• Fantastic Four #234
• Speedball #7
• Thor #401
• Count Duckula #3
• Transformers #50
• The Star Brand #18
• X-Factor #38
• Conan Saga #22
• Akira #6
• The Dreamweaver graphic novel

Titles on sale December 20 

• The Spectacular Spider-Man #148
• Classic X-Men #31
• Marvel Comics Presents #16
• Iron Man #240
• Doctor Strange #3
• The 'Nam #28
• Marvel Press Posters: Wolverine by Kent Williams, Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragonés, Power Pack by June Brigman and P. Craig Russell, and Silver Surfer by Moebius
• The Silver Surfer graphic novel by Stan Lee and Moebius (really a collected edition) 

Page 8

Newswatch 

Item: The classic Conan team of Roy Thomas and John Buscema are reuniting for the graphic novel Conan of the Isles. 

Item: The Marvel Universe Poster is a 50 by 50 inch image by Ed Hannigan and Joe Rubinstein of pretty much every character in the Marvel Universe — order yours today!

Item: Longtime Marvel staffer and jack of all trades Hector Collazzo is leaving staff, but has already lined up several freelance art assignments. 

The Top Ten 

July 1988

1. Wolverine #1
2. Excalibur #2
3. X-Men #237
4. X-Men #238
5. The Punisher War Journal #1
6. X-Terminators #2
7. X-Factor #34
8. Marvel Comics Presents #6
9. Marvel Comics Presents #7
10. The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #8 

Page 9 

Marvel Trivia Quiz

Pages 10 - 11

Mark's Remarks 

Pages 12 - 15

The Mutant Report: Art Adams Interview, by Peter Sanderson 

Pages 16 - 17 

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age 

Pages 18 

Stan's Soapbox

Willie Lumpkin, by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo

Pages 19 - 21

Article: "Silver Surfing' USA," by Brian Nelson 

Pages 22 - 23

Article: "Dream Weaver Graphic Novel," by Sholly Fisch

Pages 24 - 25

Article: "We Who Are About to Die: Strikeforce: Morituri," by Doug Murray

Pages 26 - 27

Article: "Death's Head," by Sandy Hausler

Pages 28 - 29

The Marvel Age of Comics 1978 Part II, by Brian Nelson

Pages 30 - 31

Letters Column: "V_NN_ WH_TE PRESENTS," suggested by Nelson Jimenez

Page 32

Ad for the Marvel Universe Poster

Inside Back Cover

Ad for Alpha Flight: Wrath of the Dreamqueen

Back cover

Ad for Marvel Jackets

Hey, it's Marvel Age #70 — which means we're at the halfway point in the run of good old Marvel Age! And this issue has a really odd cover by John Byrne, who was then the writer/artist on She-Hulk and was about to take over the same chores on West Coast Avengers. 

What makes the cover weird? To me, at least, it's the WCA team sort of hanging out at the beach...which doesn't look like a beach. And She-Hulk just happens to be there, where she says "I just came to use the beach," a phrase that makes me say "wha...?" 

Inside, Marvel Coming Attractions shows us how quickly the market for collected editions was growing, as Marvel Masterworks get a special break-out treatment. 

This issue also introduces a new feature called "Newsreel" — and while that name is pretty well hidden in this debut article, it's framed in a filmstrip layout. And we also get to know Solarman, the Hero Who Could be You^TM! 

The Mutant Report gives readers a look at the new event, "Inferno," crossing over between not just the X-books but several mainline Marvel titles. 

Marvel Age #70

Price: $0.50 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: September 20, 1988

Cover date: January, 1989

Copyright © 1988 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief

• Jim Salicrup: Supreme Marvel Zombie

• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Managing Editor

• Sholly Fisch: Coming Attractions

• Dawn Geiger: Designer

• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age

• Craig Anderson, Steve Buccellato, Bob Budiansky, Bobbie Chase, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, James DiGiovanna, Daryl Edelman, Sue Flaxman, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Larry Hama, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Sid Jacobson, Terry Kavanagh, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Dwayne McDuffie, Marc McLaurin, Al Milgrom, A.A. Perry, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, Mike Rockwitz, Marc Siry, Sara Tuchinsky, David Wohl, and Gregory Wright: Consulting Editors

• John Romita: Art Director

• Don Perlin: Managing Art Director

• Gavin Curtis and Vince Mielcarek: The Raiders

• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager

• Len Kaminsky: Assistant Traffic/Production Manager

• Adam Blaustein: Manufacturing Coordinator

• Lynda Strunk: Typesetter

• Jack Abel: Proofreader

• Paul Becton and Gregory Wright: Colorists

• John Byrne: Cover art

• Joe Albelo, Paul Becton, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Hector Collazo, Harry Eisenstein, Vince Evans, Dawn Geiger, Michael Heisler, Brad K. Joyce, Ken Lopez, Ed Magalong,  Eddie Marcaro, Rob Naylor, Joyce Phua, and Michel Yee: Production

• Barbara Arnstein, Christine Aurilia, Mark Chiarello, Kelly Corvese, Dwight Coye, Dan Cuddy, Tom Fardy, Jesus Gonzalez, Marie Javins, John Lewandowski, George Roussos, Stu Schwartzberg, Mark Silverman, and Rodney S. Timmons: Friendly Assistance 

• Steve Sheffler: Rights and Permissions Editor

• Carol Kalish: Vice President Direct Sales

• Dale Kanzler: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Administrative

• Lou Bank: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Customer Service

• Steve Saffel: Promotion Manager 

• Fabian Nicieza: Advertising Manager

• Irving Forbush: He-Hunk

Front cover 

• Characters: West Coast Avengers and She-Hulk 

 Inside front cover

• Salicrup's Section 

• Marvel Agenda (contents) 

• Masthead 

• Indicia 

Pages 1 - 5

Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles on sale October 25

• West Coast Avengers #41
• Wolfpack #7
• Punisher War Journal #3
• Semper Fi #3
• Marvel Comics Presents #12
• Excalibur #5
• Stray Toasters #2
• Daredevil #263
• Strikeforce: Morituri #26
• Tales of G.I. Joe #14
• Psi-force #28
• G.I. Joe Special Missions #18
• Web of Spider-Man #47

Titles on sale November 1

• Solo Avengers #15
• Alf #12
• The Amazing Spider-Man #312
• The 'Nam Magazine #7
• D.P. 7 #28
• Machine Man trade paperback
• Wolverine #4
• Captain America #350
• Marvel Masterworks Vol. 5: Spider-Man 
• The New Mutants #72
• The Savage Sword of Conan #156
• St. George #4
• Heathcliff #30
• Groo the Wanderer #48
• Alpha Flight #67
• Wolverine and Havok: Meltdown #2

Titles on sale November 8

• Marvel Age Magazine #71
• The Incredible Hulk #352
• Marvel Tales #220
• Conan the Barbarian #215
• Flintstones Kids #10
• The Punisher #16
• Silver Surfer #20
• The Uncanny X-Men #241
• Marvel Comics Presents #13
• Doctor Zero #5
• Marvel Fanfare #42
• G.I. Joe #83
• Justice #28
• The Saga of the Sub-Mariner 34
• The Avengers #300
• The Light and Darkness War #3

Titles on sale November 15

• Tranformers #49
• X-Factor #37
• Speedball #6
• The Spectacular Spider-Man #147
• Classic X-Men #30
• Alien Legion #8
• Cloak and Dagger #3
• Fantastic Four #323
• Iron Man #239
• Dragon's Claws #5
• G.I. Joe Special Missions #5
• The 'Nam #27
• Thor #400
• Conan Saga #21
• Akira #6
• The Punisher: Assassin's Guild graphic novel
• Marvel Masterworks Vol. 6: The Fantastic Four

Page 8

Newswatch

Item: The Queens branch of the New York Public Library has added comics to their collection.

 

Item: Assistant Editor A.A. Perry has moved over to Sid Jacobson's office, while other Assistant Editor Sue Flaxman has moved to A.A. Perry's desk in Craig Anderson's office. 

Item: Assistant Traffic Production Manager Len Kaminsky was married in June to Carrie Barre. 

Item: Artist Alex Savior and his wife Jodi welcomed a new baby girl, Erica Marie. 

The Top Ten 

June 1988

1. Excalibur #1
2. X-Men Annual #12
3. The X-Men #236
4. The X-Men #235
5. X-Terminators #1
6. X-Factor #33
7. Marvel Comics Presents #4
8. The Punisher #12
9. Marvel Comics Presents #5
10. Amazing Spider-Man #306

Page 9 

Marvel Trivia Quiz

Pages 10 - 

The Mutant Report

Article: "Inferno," by Doug Murray

Pages 13 - 14

Article: "Triple Anniversary," by Peter Sanderson

Page 15

Stan's Soapbox

Willie Lumpkin, by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo

Pages 16 - 17 

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age 

Pages 18 - 19

Article: "Marvel Comics Presents" (no credit listed)

Pages 20 - 24

Article: "John Byrne Interview," by Peter Sanderson 

Pages 25 - 26

Article: "Solarman: The Hero Who Could Be You," by Sandy Hausler

Pages 27 - 29

The Marvel Age 1978 Part I

Pages 30 - 32

Letters column: "Don't Read This, You Don't Know Where It's Been," suggested by Robert Brown

Inside Back Cover

Ad for The Light and Darkness War

Back Cover 

Ad for The Punisher: Assassin's Guild graphic novel 

 

Marvel Age presents a diverse slate of thrills in this issue -- or, as the cover shows us, "Inhumans, Stray Toasters, Count Duckula!" (They didn't even have to mention the comics adaptation of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"!) 

Salicrup's Section talks about a student job expo, illustrated with art by Keith Haring. 

Marvel Age #69

Price: $0.50 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: August 16, 1988

Cover date: December, 1988

Copyright © 1988 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief

• Jim Salicrup: Supreme Marvel Zombie

• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Managing Editor

• Sholly Fisch: Coming Attractions

• Cindy Kruhm: Designer

• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age

• Craig Anderson, Steve Buccellato, Bob Budiansky, Bobbie Chase, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, James DiGiovanna, Daryl Edelman, Sue Flaxman, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Larry Hama, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Sid Jacobson, Terry Kavanagh, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Dwayne McDuffie, Marc McLaurin, Al Milgrom, A.A. Perry, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, Mike Rockwitz, Marc Siry, Sara Tuchinsky, David Wohl, and Gregory Wright: Consulting Editors

• John Romita: Art Director

• Don Perlin: Managing Art Director

• Gavin Curtis and Vince Mielcarek: The Raiders

• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager

• Len Kaminsky: Assistant Traffic/Production Manager

• Adam Blaustein: Manufacturing Coordinator

• Lynda Strunk: Typesetter

• Jack Abel: Proofreader

• Paul Becton and Gregory Wright: Colorists

• Bret Blevins: Cover art

• Joe Albelo, Paul Becton, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Hector Collazo, Vince Evans, Doreen Frederick, Dawn Geiger, Michael Heisler, Brad K. Joyce, Ken Lopez, Ed Magalong,  Eddie Marcaro, Rob Naylor, and Michel Yee: Production

• Barbara Arnstein, Christine Aurilia, Mark Chiarello, Kelly Corvese, Dwight Coye, Tom Fardy, Jesus Gonzalez, Marie Javins, John Lewandowski, George Roussos, Stu Schwartzberg, Mark Silverman, and Rodney S. Timmons: Friendly Assistance 

• Steve Sheffler: Rights and Permissions Editor

• Carol Kalish: Vice President Direct Sales

• Dale Kanzler: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Administrative

• Lou Bank: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Customer Service

• Steve Saffel: Promotion Manager 

• Fabian Nicieza: Advertising Manager

• Irving Forbush: Medusa's hairdresser

Front cover 

• Characters: Medusa and Black Bolt

 Inside front cover

• Salicrup's Section 

• Marvel Agenda (contents) 

• Masthead 

• Indicia 

Pages 1 - 5

Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles On Sale September 27

• Excalibur #4
• Semper Fi #2 
• West Coast Avengers #40
• Wolfpack #6
• G.I. Joe Special Missions #17
• Heathcliff's Funhouse #11
• Web of Spider-Man #46
• Marvel Comics Presents #10
• Conan the King #50
• Daredevil #262
• Psi-Force #27
• Strikeforce: Morituri #25
• Tales of G.I. Joe #13
• Stray Toasters #1

Titles On Sale October 4

• Spider-Man Comics Magazine #13
• D.P. 7 #27
• The New Mutants #71
• Solarman #1
• Alpha Flight #66
• Captain America #349
• Wolverine #3
• The Silver Surfer limited series #2
• Powerline #4
• Groo the Wanderer #47
• Solo Avengers #14
• The Amazing Spider-Man #131
• Alf Comics Magazine #2
• The 'Nam Magazine #6
• The Savage Sword of Conan #155
• Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown #1
• Nick Fury Vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #6
• G.I. Joe trade paperback

Titles On Sale October 10 

• Marvel Age Magazine #70
• Conan the Barbarian #214
• Justice #27
• Muppet Babies #23
• G.I. Joe #82
• The Incredible Hulk #351
• Marvel Tales #219
• Light and Darkness War #2
• Marvel Comics Presents #11
• Bullwinkle and Rocky #8
• The Avengers #299
• The Punisher #299
• The Uncanny X-Men #240
• Classic X-Men #29
• The Silver Surfer #19
• The Saga of the Sub-Mariner #3

Titles On Sale October 18 

• Iron Man #238
• X-Terminators #4
• Fantastic Four #322
• X-Factor #36
• The Incal graphic novel #3
• Alf #11
• Speedball #4
• Care Bears #20
• Power Pack #43
• The Spectacular Spider-Man #146
• The Transformers #48
• Doctor Strange #2
• Count Duckula #2
• G.I. Joe European Missions #5
• Akira #5
• The Star Brand #17
• Thor #399
• Conan Saga #20
• The 'Nam #26
• Dragon's Claws #5
• Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 1

Page 8

Newswatch

Item: Spider-man will be the safety chairperson for Unicef - art by John Romita. 

Item: A Punisher movie is in the works starring Dolph Lundgren. 

The Top Ten 

May 1988

1. Marvel Comics Presents #1
2. The Uncanny X-Men #234
3. The Uncanny X-Men #233
4. Marvel Comics Presents #2
5. Marvel Comics Presents #3
6. X-Factor #32
7. The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22
8. The New Mutants Annual #4
9. The Amazing Spider-Man #304
10. The Amazing Spider-Man #305

Page 9

Marvel Trivia Quiz

Pages 10 - 13

The Mutant Report

"Marc Silvestri Interview" by Peter Sanderson 

Pages 14 - 15

Article: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," by Sholly Fisch 

Pages 16 - 17

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age

Page 18

Stan's Soapbox

Willie Lumpkin, by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo

Pages 19 - 21

"Epic Spotlight: Stray Toasters," by Doug Murray 

Pages 22 - 24

Article: "The Inhumans," by "Maximus" 

Pages 25 - 26

"Star Comics Spotlight: Count Duckula," by Sandy Hausler

Pages 27 - 29

The Marvel Age 1977 Part V, by Brian Nelson 

Pages 30 - 32

Letters column: "Place Title Here," suggested by John Ballentine

Inside Back Cover

Ad for The Punisher trade paperback

Back cover

Ad for Inferno

In a decade when fans couldn't get enough of Wolverine, it was inevitable that there would be unlikely team-ups (hello, Havok!) and unlikely creative teams (hello, Jon J Muth and Kent Williams!) This team would go on to moodier fare that arguably better suited their talents, including Moonshadow and the graphic novel version of The Fountain. (How did Havok get top billing, anyway?) 

Behind this lovely cover, Marvel Age sported a new look for the late 1980s, with the long-running horizontal banners replaced by spiffy color-hold boxes like these: 

Also in this issue, Elvira made her comics debut with the film adaptation of her movie, which appeared in something called Marvel Spring Special #1 (go figure), and readers got to meet The Last American, an Epic comic that looked a whole lot like Marshal Law. 

Marvel Age #68

Price: $0.50 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: July 19, 1988

Cover date: November, 1988

Copyright © 1988 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief

• Jim Salicrup: Supreme Marvel Zombie

• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Managing Editor

• Sholly Fisch: Coming Attractions

• Dawn Geiger: Designer

• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age

• Craig Anderson, Steve Buccellato, Bob Budiansky, Bobbie Chase, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, James DiGiovanna, Daryl Edelman, Sue Flaxman, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Larry Hama, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Sid Jacobson, Terry Kavanagh, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Dwayne McDuffie, Marc McLaurin, Al Milgrom, A.A. Perry, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, Mike Rockwitz, Marc Siry, Sara Tuchinsky, David Wohl, and Gregory Wright: Consulting Editors

• John Romita: Art Director

• Don Perlin: Managing Art Director

• André Coates, Gavin Curtis, and Vince Mielcarek: The Raiders

• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager

• Len Kaminsky: Assistant Traffic/Production Manager

• Adam Blaustein: Manufacturing Coordinator

• Brenda Mings: Typesetter

• Jack Abel: Proofreader

• Paul Becton and Gregory Wright: Colorists

• Jon J Muth and Kent Williams: Cover art

• Joe Albelo, Paul Becton, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Hector Collazo, Vince Evans, Doreen Frederick, Michael Heisler, Brad K. Joyce, Cindy Kruhm, Ken Lopez, Ed Magalong,  Eddie Marcaro, and Rob Naylor: Production

• Barbara Arnstein, Christine Aurilia, Mark Chiarello, Kelly Corvese, Dwight Coye, Tom Fardy, Jesus Gonzalez, Marie Javins, John Lewandowski, George Roussos, Stu Schwartzberg, Mark Silverman, and Rodney S. Timmons: Friendly Assistance 

• Steve Sheffler: Rights and Permissions Editor

• Carol Kalish: Vice President Direct Sales

• Dale Kanzler: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Administrative

• Lou Bank: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Customer Service

• Steve Saffel: Promotion Manager 

• Fabian Nicieza: Advertising Manager

• Irving Forbush: Claw Sharpener

Front cover 

• Characters: Wolverine and Havoc 

 Inside front cover

• Salicrup's Section 

• Marvel Agenda (contents) 

• Masthead 

• Indicia 

Pages 1 - 5

Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles On Sale August 23

• Daredevil #261
• Semper Fi #1
• The West Coast Avengers #39
• Wolfpack #5
• G.I. Joe Special Missions #16
• Excalibur #3
• Tales of G.I. Joe #12
• Web of Spider-Man #45
• Psi-Force #26 
• The Last American #1
• Someplace Strange graphic novel
• Strikeforce: Morituri #24

Titles On Sale August 30 

• Captain America #348
• Solo Avenger #13
• Alf #10 
• The Amazing Spider-Man #310
• Groo the Wanderer #46
• Heathcliff #29
• The New Mutants #70 
• Alpha Flight #65
• D.P. 7 #26
• Marvel Comics Presents #8
• St. George #3
• Star Comics Magazine #3 
• Wolverine #2
• The 'Nam Magazine #5
• The Savage Sword of Conan #154
• Akira #4
• The Punisher trade paperback 

Titles On Sale September 6

• The Avengers #298
• Conan the Barbarian #213
• Count Duckula #1
• Flintstone Kids #9
• G.I. Joe #8
• Marvel Age Magazine #69
• Marvel Tales #219
• Doctor Zero #4
• The Sub-Mariner #2
• The Incredible Hulk #350
• The Light and Darkness War #1
• Nick Fury Vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #6
• Marvel Fanfare #41
• Justice #26
• Power Pack #42
• The Punisher #14
• The Silver Surfer #18
• The X-Men #239
• X-Terminators #3

Titles On Sale September 13

• Thor #398
• Transformers #47
• Alien Legion #7
• The Punisher War Journal #2
• The Inhumans graphic novel
• Conan Saga #19 
• Speedball #4
• Classic X-Men #28
• Marvel Comics Presents #9
• G.I. Joe Comics Magazine #13
• Fantastic Four #321
• Titles On Sale September 30 
• The Incal graphic novel
• Iron Man #237
• Spectacular Spider-Man #145
• X-Factor #35
• Cloak and Dagger #2
• The 'Nam #25
• Dragon's Claws #4
• G.I. Joe European Missions #4

Page 8

Newswatch 

Item: Look for upcoming trade paperback collections of The Punisher, G.I. Joe, Machine Man, the Black Dragon, and the Spider-Man black costume story. 

Item: Look for upcoming posters featuring She-Hulk, Excalibur, Wolverine and the Hulk, Nick Fury Vs. S.H.I.E.L.D., Wolverine and Captain America, Rogue, X-Factor, Power Pack, Wolverine, Elektra, Groo, and Captain America. 

The Top Ten 

April 1988

1. The Uncanny X-Men #232
2. X-Factor #31
3. X-Factor Annual #3
4. The Punisher Annual #1
5. The Amazing Spider-Man #303
6. The New Mutants #66
7. The Punisher #10
8. Silver Surfer Annual 1
9. The Spectacular Spider-Man #141
10. Iron Man #233

Page 9 - 12

The Mutant Report

Article: "Havoc and Wolverine: Meltdown," by Peter Sanderson 

Page 13

Marvel Trivia Quiz

Pages 14 - 15

Stan's Soapbox

Willie Lumpkin, by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo

Pages 16 - 17

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age

Pages 18 - 19

Epic Spotlight: "The Last American," by Glenn Herdling

Pages 20 - 22

Epic Spotlight: "The Light and Darkness War," by Glenn Herdling

Pages 23 - 24

Article: "Semper Fi," by Doug Murray 

Pages 25 - 26

Article: "Elvira," by Sandy Hausler

Pages 27 - 29

The Marvel Age 1977 Part IV, by Brian Nelson 

Pages 30 - 32

Letters Column: "Natural Selection," suggested by Tom Cunningham 

Inside Back Cover

Ad for The 'Nam #24

Back Cover

Ad for The Evolutionary War