At the start of 1989, the Incredible Hulk was on TV, and the Punisher was on his way to the silver screen. Stan Lee had written in his Marvel Age Soapbox column about movies starring Iron Man, the Silver Surfer and more. I'm going out on a limb to say that I don't think anyone would have put money on this month's cover hero, Moon Knight, ever starring in his own TV series one day — and yet, here we are!
John Byrne had returned to Marvel after his epic 1980s Superman makeover — the one that landed him a gig drawing a cover for Time Magazine less than a year earlier.
Byrne was very busy back at Marvel, where he wrote and pencilled She-Hulk and West Coast Avengers as well as writing Avengers every month.
And one of mainstream comics' funnest ideas, Damage Control, was featured in an inventive back cover ad this month as well.
Price: $0.50 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: January 17, 1989
Cover date: May, 1989
Copyright © 1989 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief
• Jim Salicrup: Supreme Marvel Zombie
• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Managing Editor
• Sholly Fisch: Contributing Editor
• 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, 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
• Sal Velluto: Cover
• Joe Albelo, Paul Becton, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Harry Eisenstein, Vince Evans, Brad K. Joyce, Cindy Kruhm, Ken Lopez, Ed Magalong, Jade Moede, Joyce Phus and Rodney S. Timmons: Production
• Christine Aurilia, Dwight Coye, Dan Cuddy, Tom Fardy, Suzanne Gaffney, Jesus Gonzalez, Marie Javins, John Lewandowski, George Roussos, Stu Schwartzberg, Mark Silverman, and Evan Skolnick: Friendly Assistance
• Steve Sheffler: Rights and Permissions Editor
• Carol Kalish: Vice President Direct Sales
• Kurt Busiek: Direct Sales Project Manager
• 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: Mooned
Front cover
• Character: Moon Knight
Inside front cover
• Salicrup's Section
• Marvel Agenda (contents)
• Masthead
• Indicia
Pages 1 - 7
Marvel Coming Attractions
Titles on sale February 28
- Semper Fi #7
- West Coast Avengers #45
- Marvel Comics Presents #21
- Excalibur #9
- Wolfpack #11
- G.I. Joe Special Missions #22
- Web of Spider-Man #51
- The Sensational She-Hulk #2
- Strikeforce: Morituri #30
- G.I. Joe European Missions #9
- Psi-Force #32
- The Punisher War Journal #6
- Daredevil #267
Titles on sale March 7
- St. George #6
- Wolverine #8
- The 'Nam Magazine #11
- The Savage Sword of Conan #160
- Groo the Wanderer #52
- Heathcliff #34
- The New Mutants #76
- Alpha Flight #71
- The War #1
- D.P.7 #32
- Alf #16
- The Amazing Spider-Man #316
- Wolverine and Havok: Meltdown #4
- Captain America #354
- Solo Avengers #19
- Spider-Man in Fearful Symmetry: Kraven's Last Hunt hardcover
Titles on sale March 14
- Marvel Age Magazine #75
- The Incredible Hulk #356
- Marvel Tales #224
- The Punisher #20
- Dragon's Claws #9
- Marvel Fanfare #44
- Death's Head #4
- Conan the Barbarian #219
- The Silver Surfer #24
- G.I. Joe #87
- Doctor Zero #7
- Damage Control #2
- The Uncanny X-Men #245
- The Saga of the Sub-Mariner #8
- Marvel Comics Presents #22
- Justice #32
Titles on sale March 21
Fantastic Four #327
Cloak and Dagger #5
Thor #404
Dino-Riders #4
The Spectacular Spider-Man #151
X-Factor #41
Page 8
Newswatch
Item: Following the made for TV movie "The Incredible Hulk Returns," NBC has announced that they want a series of Hulk TV movies with guest-heroes in each, starting with She-Hulk, Daredevil, and Iron Man.
Item: Bestselling author Tama Janowitz made an appearance in Spectacular Spider-Man #144.
Item: Former Marvel Age assistant editor Kurt Busiek has returned to staff as Direct Sales Project Manager, where he will be talking with distributors and retailers about new projects as well as editing comics, starting with the science fiction anthology series Ad Astra.
Top Ten
September 1988
- Wolverine #3
- X-Men #240
- Excalibur #4
- Havok and Wolverine #1
- X-Factor #36
- X-Terminators #4
- Amazing Spider-Man #311
- The New Mutants #71
- Silver Surfer limited series #2
- Marvel Comics Presents #10
32. Marvel Age Magazine #70
Pages 8 - 9
Mark's Remarks
Page 10
Marvel Trivia Quiz
Pages 11 - 12
The Mutant Report, by Sandy Hausler
Article: "John Byrne and Art Adams Update"
Article: "Wolverine Pin-Up Gallery to Continue"
Article: "Ax"
Pages 13 - 14
Article: "The War," by C.J. Henderson
Page 15
Stan's Soapbox
Willie Lumpkin, by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo
Pages 16 - 17
Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age
Page 18
Article: "Arena," by Doug Murray
Pages 19 - 20
Article: "Marc Spector: Moon Knight," by Sholly Fisch
Pages 21 - 25
"The Moon Knight Preview"
Pages 26 - 27
Article: "John Byrne Joins The Avengers," by Peter Sanderson
The Marvel Age of Comics — 1978 Part V
Pages 30 - 32
Letters Column: "Attack of the Killer Fan Mail," suggested by Josh Galloway
Inside back cover
Ad for The Asgardian Wars trade paperback
Back cover
Ad for Damage Control
