Friday, November 4, 2022


It was only a matter of time before the Squadron Supreme graduated to their own graphic novel, and Marvel Age #82 turned the spotlight in their direction. 

This issue also picks up the Marvel A-Z feature from the old Marvel Age Annuals, giving fans a look ahead to what's coming up in their favorite features.

And this issue, editor Jim Salicrup says goodbye to managing editor Dwight Jon Zimmerman, who was moving over to Marvel's licensing department. Whether he would continue to write for Marvel Age remains to be seen. 

Marvel Age #82

Price: $0.75 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: September 19, 1989
Cover date: 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
• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Managing Editor
• Alex Chun: Assistant Editor
• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager/Designer
• Janet Jackson: Designer
• Sholly Fisch, Peter Sanderson: 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, Larry Hama, 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, David Wohl, and Gregory Wright: Consulting Editors
• John Romita: Art Director
• Don Perlin: Managing Art Director
• Vince Mielcarek, Gavin Curtis, 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, Steve Alexandrov, Paul Becton, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Harry Eisenstein, Cindy Emmert, Vince Evans, Jesus Gonzalez, Brad K. Joyce, Ed Lazellari, Ken Lopez, Jade Moede, Edward Murr, Joyce Phus, and George Roberts: Production
• Paul Ryan and Al Williamson: Cover
• Gregory WrightColorist
• Adam Blaustein: Manufacturing Coordinator 
• Don Alcindor, Christine Aurilia, Dwight Coye, Dan Cuddy, Suzanne Gaffney, Arthur Parris Jackson, John Lewandowski, George Roussos, Stu Schwartzberg, and Mark Silverman: 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: Waiting for the Forbush-Man Graphic Novel


Front cover 
• Characters: Squadron Supreme

 Inside front cover
• Salicrup's Section 


• Marvel Agenda (contents) 
• Masthead 
• Indicia 

Pages 1 - 8
Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles on sale October 24
  • Web of Spider-Man #59
  • Open Space #1
  • Squadron Supreme graphic novel
  • The Uncanny X-Men #256
  • Marvel Comics Presents #38
  • The Sensational She-Hulk #10 
  • Avengers West Coast #53
  • Captain America #365
  • Daredevil #275
Titles on sale October 31
  • Alf #24
  • Amazing Spider-Man #327
  • Avengers Spotlight #27
  • Groo the Wanderer #60
  • Heathcliff #42
  • The New Mutants #84
  • The Nth Man #7
  • Quasar #5
  • Alpha Flight #79
  • Marvel Universe Update #8
  • Interface #1
  • Savage Sword of Conan #168
  • Groo Chronicles #6
  • Electric Undertow #2
  • Wolverine #19
  • Sleeze Brothers #4
Titles on sale November 7
  • G.I. Joe #95
  • The Incredible Hulk #364
  • Marvel Tales #232
  • The Avengers #312
  • Conan the Barbarian #227
  • Police Academy #4
  • The Punisher #28
  • What If...? #8
  • Excalibur #17
  • Power Pack #52
  • The Destroyer #3
  • Marvel Comics Presents #39
  • Hellraiser #1
  • Marvel Fanfare #48
  • Silver Surfer #32
  • Monster Masterworks trade paperback #1
  • Marvel Age Magazine #83
  • S.H.I.E.L.D. #6
Titles on sale November 14
  • Damage Control II #2
  • Fantastic Four #335
  • Iron Man #251
  • The Spectacular Spider-Man #159
  • Classic X-Men #42
  • Alien Legion 314
  • Thor #412
  • The Transformers #61
  • X-Factor #49
  • Moon Knight #9
  • Alf Holiday Special #2
  • Cloak and Dagger #9
Titles on sale November 21
  • The Punisher War Journal 313
  • Marvel Masterworks #10: The Amazing Spider-Man #21-30 and Annual #1
  • Yuppies from Hell graphic novel
  • Akira #14
  • Art of Moebius graphic novel 
  • Conan Saga #33
  • Marvel Comics Presents #40
  • Doctor Strange #12
  • The 'Nam #39 
Pages 9 - 10
Mark's Remarks


Page 10
Newswatch
Item: Look for new video games starring the Punisher, the X-Men, Spider-Man and X-Men from LJN, and bendy toys of Spider-Man, the Punisher, Wolverine and the Hulk from Just Toys. 

Marvel Top Ten
  1. The Uncanny X-Men #248
  2. Excalibur #12
  3. Wolverine #11
  4. X-Factor #44
  5. Wolverine #12
  6. The Amazing Spider-Man #320
  7. Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23
  8. The Punisher Annual #2
  9. S.H.I.E.L.D. #31
  10. The Amazing Spider-Man #319
Page 11
The Mutant Report
"Liefeld's New Mutant Sketchbook II" 


Pages 12 - 14
Article: "The Squadron Supreme: The End of the World," 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 - 20
New from Epic: Nightbreed, Hellraiser, Art of Moebius, by Barry Dutter

Pages 21 - 26
Marvel A-Z part 1, including:
The Agent graphic novel
Akira
Alf
Alien Legion 
Alpha Flight
Amazing Spider-Man 
The Avengers
Avengers Spotlight
Avengers West Coast
Black Knight limited series
Black Panther limited series
Captain America
Classic X-Men
Cloak and Dagger
Count Duckula
Conan Saga
Conan the Barbarian
Critical Mass limited series
Damage Control limited series
Daredevil 
Deathlok

The Destroyer
Doctor Strange 

Page 27
Article: "If you HATE Yuppies, You Must Buy Yuppies from Hell," by Reneé Witterstaetter


Pages 28 - 29
The Marvel Age of Comics: 1980 (Part II), by Brian Nelson 

Pages 30 - 32
Letters Column: "I Fought the Claw, and the Claw Won," suggested by Paul Hughes


Inside back cover
Marvel Age Super Shopper Gallery

Back cover
Ad for Quasar





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