The big price hike arrived at last in Marvel Age #79, with the price increasing from $0.50 to $0.75 -- still far cheaper than a standard comic book at the time. Salicrup's Section explained that they managed to offset the original promised price increase, which would have made Marvel Age cost a whole buck, by adding the Marvel Age Super Shopper Gallery, seen in the back cover.
This would imply that retailers had to pay for the privilege of being listed on the inside back cover.
Plus, cigar smokers united in the new graphic novel Wolverine & Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection. At this point, Marvel could have paired off Wolverine with, well, Millie the Model, and it probably would have sold. But this epic was by two comics legends: writer Archie Goodwin and artist Howard Chaykin -- which meant fans were in for a treat.
And Marvel followed up its run of Moebius reprints, including tales of Arzach and other science fiction / fantasy fare, with reprints of Lieutenant Blueberry, now credited to Moebius rather than the artist's real name, Jean Giraud.
Marvel Age #79
Titles on sale August 8
Price: $0.75 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: June 20, 1989
Cover date: October 1989
Copyright © 1989 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief
• Mark Gruenwald: Executive Editor
• Ralph Macchio: Senior Editor
• Jim Salicrup: Supreme Marvel Zombie
• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Managing Editor
• Cindy Emmert Kruhm: Designer
• Sholly Fisch: Contributing Editor
• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age
• Craig Anderson, Steve Buccellato, Bob Budiansky, Bobbie Chase, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark, Kelly Corvese, Don Daley, James DiGiovanna, Daryl Edelman, Archie Goodwin, Larry Hama, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Sid Jacobson, Marie Javins, Terry Kavanagh, Howard Mackie, Dwayne McDuffie, Marc McLaurin, Al Milgrom, Carl Potts, Mike Rockwitz, Marc Siry, Lisa Trusiani, Sara Tuchinsky, Renée Witterstaeter, 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
• Lynda Strunk: Typesetter
• Jack Abel: World's Toughest Proofreader
• Joe Albelo, Paul Becton, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Harry Eisenstein, Chris "Spike" Eliopoulos, Vince Evans, Dawn Geiger, Jesus Gonzalez, Brad K. Joyce, Ed Lazellari, Ken Lopez, Jade Moede, Joyce Phus and George Roberts: Production
• Howard Chaykin: Cover
• Gregory Wright: Colorist
• Adam Blaustein: Manufacturing Coordinator
• Don Alcindor, Christine Aurilia, Dwight Coye, Dan Cuddy, Suzanne Gaffney, Arthur Parris Jackson, John Lewandowski, George Roussos, Stu Schwartzberg, Mark Silverman, and Evan Skolnick: Friendly Assistance
• Carol Kalish: Vice President Direct Sales
• Kurt Busiek: Direct Sales Project Manager
• Lou Bank: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Customer Service
• Mike Ruffino: Administrative Assistant
• Steve Saffel: Promotion Manager
• Fabian Nicieza: Advertising Manager
• Irving Forbush: Cutup
Front cover
• Characters: Wolverine and Nick Fury
Inside front cover
• Salicrup's Section
• Marvel Agenda (contents)
• Masthead
• Indicia
Pages 1 - 7
Marvel Coming Attractions
Titles on sale July 25
- Daredevil #272
- Avengers West Coast #50
- Amazing Spider-Man #323
- Captain America #361
- G.I. Joe Special Missions #27
- Indiana Jone and the Last Crusade #3
- The Uncanny X-Men #251
- Conan the King #55
- The Sensational She-Hulk #7
- Avengers West Coast Annual #4
- Nightmare on Elm Street #1
- The Punisher Magazine #2
- Wolverine Saga #3
Titles on sale August 1
- Web of Spider-Man #56
- Alf #21
- Avengers Spotlight #24
- Groo the Wanderer #57
- Heathcliff #39
- Nth Man #4
- The New Mutants #81
- Quasar #2
- Groo Chronicles #5
- Alpha Flight #76
- Wolverine #15
- G.I. Joe European Missions #14
- The Marvel Universe Update #5
- Wolverine and Nick Fury: The Scorpion Connection graphic novel
- Thor Annual #14
- Marvel Comics Presents #32
- Savage Sword of Conan #165
- Marvel Age Magazine #80
- Police Academy #1
- Captain America #362
- The Incredible Hulk #361
- Marvel Tales #229
- The Avengers #309
- SHIELD #3
- Shadowmasters #2
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade #4
- Conan the Barbarian #224
- The Punisher #25
- Silver Surfer #29
- The Amazing Spider-Man 3324
- The Uncanny X-Men #252
- Excalibur #14
- What If...? #5
- Power Pack #50
- Fantastic Four Annual #22
- G.I. Joe #92
Titles on sale August 15
- Fantastic Four #332
- Iron Man #248
- Thor #409
- Count Duckula #9
- Spectacular Spider-Man #156
- The Transformers #58
- X-Factor #46
- The 'Nam #36
- Marvel Comics Presents #33
- Doctor Strange #9
- Moon Knight #6
- Death's Head #9
- Akira #12
- Blueberry 1: Chihuahua Pearl
- Elektra Saga trade paperback
Page 8
Newswatch
Item: Marvel will publish the graphic novel Roger Rabbit: The Resurrection of Doom by Bob Foster and Dan Spiegle.
Item: Talking Tops is offering a new t-shirt featuring the MarvelComicsaurus, as well as a Wolverine porcelain bisque.
Item: Editor Carl Potts has married Cathleen Meloni in April.
Item: Steve Buccellato is leaving staff to go freelance. Sara Tuchinsky will take his place as assistant editor in the Epic offices, while Evan Skolnick takes her place as assistant editor working for Greg Wright.
Top Ten
February 1989
- The Uncanny X-men #245
- Punisher War Journal #6
- Excalibur #9
- X-Factor #41
- Wolverine #8
- Havok and Wolverine #4
- The Sensational She-Hulk #2
- The Amazing Spider-man #316
- The New Mutants #76
- The Punisher #20
29 - Marvel Age Magazine #75
Page 9
Mark's Remarks
Page 10
The Mutant Report
"Wolverine & Nick Fury Starring in The Scorpio Connection," by Sholly Fisch
Pages 11 - 15
Wolverine & Nick Fury graphic novel preview
Pages 16 - 17
Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age
Page 18
Stan's Soapbox
Willie Lumpkin by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo
Page 19
Marvel Trivia Quiz
Pages 20 - 21
Article: "Before Nick Fury, There Was...Lieutenant Blueberry," by R.J.M. L'officier
Pages 22 - 24
Article: "A Nightmare on Elm Street," by Peter Sanderson
Pages 25 - 26
Article: "Police Academy: The Comic Book," by Sandy Hausler
Pages 27 - 29
The Marvel Age of Comics: 1979 Part IV, by Brian Nelson
Pages 30 - 32
Letters Column: "Talk Is Cheap, Bub!", suggested by Michael Ewing-Chow
Inside Back Cover
Marvel Age Super Shopper Gallery
Back cover
Ad for twice monthly comics running May through July
