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.
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
- Excalibur #1
- X-Men Annual #12
- The X-Men #236
- The X-Men #235
- X-Terminators #1
- X-Factor #33
- Marvel Comics Presents #4
- The Punisher #12
- Marvel Comics Presents #5
- 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
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