Kyle Baker returns to Marvel Age for his second cover (following his Howard the Duck cover, as well as his It's Genetic cartoons) — spotlighting Critical Mass, the shared storyline that expanded on and tied up events from the Shadowline Saga.
Marvel continued with experimental and possible not so commercial projects with Steeltown Rockers and Interface, while also mining great works of the past with a reprint of Fighting American, a new collection of pre-hero monster stories from titles like Strange Tales and Tales of Suspense, and a back cover ad for Marvel Masterworks.
Marvel Age #83
Price: $0.75 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: October 17, 1989
Cover date: Mid-December 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
• Barry Dutter: Assistant Editor
• Cindy Emmert nd Steve Alexandrov: Designers
• Sholly Fisch and Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Contributing Editors
• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age
• Craig Anderson, Bob Budiansky, Bobbie Chase, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark, Kelly Corvese, Don Daley, James DiGiovanna, Daryl Edelman, Danny Fingeroth, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Sid Jacobson, Marie Javins, Terry Kavanagh, Howard Mackie, Dwayne McDuffie, Marc McLaurin, Al Milgrom, Carl Potts, Mike Rockwitz, Evan Skolnick, Rob Tokar, Lisa Trusiani, Sara Tuchinsky, Renée Witterstaeter, and Gregory Wright: Consulting Editors
• John Romita: Art Director
• Don Perlin: Managing Art Director
• Joe Rosas, Mickey Ritter, and Brad Vancata: The Raiders
• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager
• Len Kaminski: Assistant Traffic/Production Manager
• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager
• Lynda Strunk: Typesetter
• Jack Abel: World's Toughest Proofreader
• Joe Albelo, Paul Becton, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Harry Eisenstein, Vince Evans, Jesus Gonzalez, Brad K. Joyce, Ed Lazellari, Ken Lopez, Jade Moede, Edward Murr, Joyce Phus, and George Roberts: Production
• Kyle Baker: Cover
• Gregory Wright: Colorist
• Don Alcindor, Christine Aurilia, Paula Butterworth, Dwight Coye, Dan Cuddy, Suzanne Gaffney, Arthur Parris Jackson, John Lewandowski, George Roussos, Stu Schwartzberg, Mark Silverman, and Christine Slusarz: 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
• Ann Eagen: West Coast Sales Rep.
• Sven Larsen: Administrative Assistant
• Steve Saffel: Promotion Manager
• Fabian Nicieza: Advertising Manager
• Irving Forbush: Critical Mess
Front cover
• Characters: Critical Mass
Inside front cover
• Salicrup's Section
• Marvel Agenda (contents)
• Masthead
• Indicia
Pages 1 - 8
Marvel Coming Attractions
Titles on sale November 28
- Avengers West Coast #54
- What The—? #6
- The Punisher Magazine #6
- The Uncanny X-Men #257
- The Sensational She-Hulk #11
- Critical Mass #1
- Daredevil #276
- Web of Spider-Man #60
Titles on sale December 5
- Alf #25
- The Amazing Spider-Man #328
- Avengers Spotlight #28
- Heathcliff #43
- The New Mutants #85
- Alpha Flight #80
- Wolverine #20
- Sleeze Brothers #5
- Savage Sword of Conan #169
- Nth Man #8
- Quasar #6
- Groo the Wanderer #61
- Marvel Comics Presents #41
- Electric Undertow #3
- Cloak and Dagger and Power Pack graphic novel
Titles on sale December 12
- Marvel Age Magazine #84
- The Avenges #313
- Marvel Tales #233
- Conan the Barbarian #228
- The Punisher #29
- G.I. Joe #96
- The Incredible Hulk #365
- Silver Surfer #33
- What If—? #9
- Excalibur #18
- Shield #7
- Police Academy #5
- The Destroyer 34
- Crime and Punishment: Marshall Law Takes Manhattan #1
- Lieutenant Blueberry: Angel Face graphic novel
- Fighting America hardcover
Titles on sale December 19
- Count Duckula #9
- Damage Control II #3
- Fantastic Four #336
- Thor #413
- The Transformers #62
- X-Factor #50
- The 'Nam #40
- Power Pack #53
- Punisher War Journal #14
- Iron Man #252
- The Spectacular Spider-Man #160
- Marvel Universe Presents #42
- Dr. Strange #13
- Moon Knight #10
- Classic X-Men #43
- Conan Saga #34
- Akira #15
- Marvel Masterworks #11 - The Uncanny X-Men hardcover
Page 8
Newswatch
Item: Peter David has written many novels in addition to his comics, including the upcoming Howling Mad.
Item: The Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards results are in, including:
- Favorite Writer - Chris Claremont
- Favorite Penciller - Todd McFarlane
- Favorite Cover Artist - Todd McFarlane
- Favorite Inker - Terry Austin
- Favorite Letterer - Tom Orzechowski
- Favorite Colorist - Glynis Oliver
- Favorite Editor - Dennis O'Neil
Marvel Top Ten
August 1989
- The Uncanny X-Men #254
- The Uncanny X-Men #253
- Wolverine #17
- Excalibur #15
- The Amazing Spider-Man #325
- X-Factor #47
- Punisher War Journal #11
- Punisher #26
- What If #6
- Avengers West Coast #51
Page 9
Mark's Remarks
Page 10
The Mutant Report: "Cloak and Dagger & Power Pack Graphic Novel," by Barry Dutter
Page 11
Article: "Interface," by Renée Witterstaetter
Pages 12 - 13
Article: "Steeltown Rockers," by Peter Sanderson
Page 14
Article: "Blast from the Past," by Sandy Hausler
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: "Critical Mass: A Shadowline Saga," by Barry Dutter
Pages 20 - 25
- Article: "Marvel A - Z"
- Elsewhere Prince
- Excalibur
- Fallen Angels
- Fantastic Four
- G.I. Joe
- Ghost Rider
- Groo
- Hearts and Minds graphic novel
- Heathcliff
- Hellraiser
- Hellrider (If this was published it was under another name)
- Hero
- Hulk
- Interface
- Iron Man
- Kazar: Guns of the Savage Land graphic novel
- The Last American
- The Life of Groo graphic novel
- Marvel Comics Presents
- Marvel Fanfare
- Marvel Masterworks
- The Marvel Universe Update
- Moon Knight
- The 'Nam
- Namor: The Sub-Mariner
- New Mutants
- Nightbreed
- Nth Man
Pages 26 - 27
Article: "The Incredible Hulk: Countdown 4 - 3 - 2 - 1," by Alex Chun
Pages 28 - 29
The Marvel Age of Comics - 1980 Part Three," by Brian Nelson
Pages 30 - 32
Letters Column: "Marvel Age, Rosemary, and Thyme," suggested by Adam Blaustein
Inside back cover
Marvel Age Super Shopper Gallery
Back cover
Ad for Marvel Masterworks
