The gang who would soon form Image comics continues to dominate the promotional efforts at Marvel Age this month, with Jim Valentino's revival of the Guardians of the Galaxy on the cover side-by-side with the promise of a dinner with Todd McFarlane.
But the real star of this issue may be Captain America, who was about to appear in his second movie, and his first full-length feature with a theatrical release. This one starred Matt Salinger and, well, you can check out the trailer here. Marvel plugged the movie in Stan's Soapbox and indirectly in "The Many Faces of Captain America" feature.
Marvel Age #88
Price: $1.00 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: March 20, 1990
Cover date: May 1990
Copyright © 1990 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief
• Mark Gruenwald: Executive Editor
• Carl Potts: Executive Editor, Epic
• Ralph Macchio: Senior Editor
• Jim Valentino and Terry Austin: Cover artists
• Jim Salicrup: Supreme Marvel Zombie
• Barry Dutter: Assistant Editor
• Chris Eliopolous and Dawn Geiger: Designers
• Ed Lazellari: Paste Up
• Sholly Fisch and Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Contributing Editors
• Craig Anderson, Gary Barnum, Tom Brevoort, Bob Budiansky, Bobbie Chase, Margaret Clark, Kelly Corvese, Dan Cuddy, Don Daley, Suzanne Dell Orto, Daryl Edelman, Eric Fein, Danny Fingeroth, Bob Harras, Sid Jacobson, Marie Javins, Len Kaminski, Terry Kavanagh, Howard Mackie, Dwayne McDuffie, Marc McLaurin, Al Milgrom, Mike Rockwitz, Evan Skolnick, Rob Tokar, 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
• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager
• Lynda Strunk: Typesetter
• Jack Abel: World's Toughest Proofreader
• Joe Albelo, Steve Alexandrov, Paul Becton, Janice Biondo, Rob Carosella, Cindy Emmert, Vince Evans, Jesus Gonzalez, Brad K. Joyce, Jade Moede, Edward Murr, Jared Osborn, Joyce Phus, Betty Ringmus, and George Roberts: Production
• Gregory Wright: Colorist
• Glenn Herdling: Manufacturing Coordinator
• Christine Aurilia, Paula Butterworth, Dwight Coye, Suzanne Gaffney, Arthur Parris Jackson, John Lewandowski, George Roussos, Stu Schwartzberg, and Christine Slusarz: Friendly Assistance
• Denise Bove: Vice President/Director of Newsstand Sales
• Jim Sokolowski: National Key Account Manager
• Cindy Marenda: Sales Administrator
• Carol Kalish: Vice President Direct Sales
• Kurt Busiek: Direct Sales Project Manager
• Lou Bank: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Customer Service
• Sven Larsen: Administrative Assistant
• Steve Saffel: Promotion Manager
• Fabian Nicieza: Advertising Manager
• Irving Forbush: Waiting for the CAP movie
Front cover
• Characters: The Guardians of the Galaxy
Inside front cover
• Salicrup's Section
• Marvel Agenda
Pages 1 - 7
Marvel Coming Attractions
Titles on sale April 24
- Avengers West Coast #59
- Camp Candy #2
- Captain America #371
- Daredevil #261
- Namor the Sub-Mariner #3
- Steeltown Rockets #3
- Web of Spider-Man #65
- The Uncanny X-Men #262
- Marvel Comics Presents #51
- Black Knight #1
- Stalkers #3
- The Punisher Annual #3
- The Punisher Magazine #11
- X-Men Spotlight: Starjammers #2
- Critical Mass #5
- Excalibur Annual #3
- Elsewhere Prince #2
- Open Space #3
- Captain American Movie Adaptation
Titles on sale May 1
- Alf #30
- Amazing Spider-Man #333
- Avengers Spotlight #33
- The New Mutants #90
- Heathcliff #48
- Groo the Wanderer #66
- The Nth Man #13
- Alpha Flight #55
- Ghost Rider #2
- The Saga of the Original Human Torch #3
- Power Pack #56
- Wolverine #25
- Interface #4
- Daredevil Annual #6
- Savage Sword of Conan #174
- Strip #7
- Plastic Forks #3
- Iron Man: Armor Wars trade paperback
Titles on sale May 8
- The Avengers #318
- Conan the Barbarian #233
- G.I. Joe #101
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1
- Marvel Age Magazine #89
- Marvel Tales #238
- The Punisher #34
- Nightbreed #3
- Silver Surfer #38
- Excalibur #23
- Hero #2
- Robocop #4
- Shield #12
- The Incredible Hulk Annual #16
- Doctor Who #160
- Alf #1 collection
- Marvel Comics Presents #52
- What If...? #14
- Fantasy Zone #9
- The Incredible Hulk #370
- The Destroyer 39
- Street Poet Ray #2
Titles on sale May 15
- X-Factor #55
- Fantastic Four #341
- Iron Man #257
- Cloak and Dagger #12
- Conan Saga #39
- Marvel Requirer #3
- Silver Surfer Annual #3
- Classic X-Men #48
- Alien Legion #17
- Akira #20
- Moon Knight #15
- The 'Nam #45
- Thor #418
- The Transformers #67
- Strip #8
- The Punisher War Journal #9
- Marvel Fanfare #51
- Black Widow graphic novel
Pages 8 - 9
Newswatch
Item: Look for the Captain America Movie Magazine, published by Starlog.
Item: Moon Knight reaches a turning point with issue #15 and the start of the story "The Trial of Marc Spector."
Item: Look for the new miniseries Plastic Forks, by writer / artist Ted McKeever. It's the weirdest thing since Stray Toasters!
Item: When editor Howard Mackie had to stay home on a day visitors were coming to the Marvel offices, assistant editor Len Kaminski acted fast and set up a Howard-like dummy, fooling everyone who didn't look too close.
Item: For the second year running, artist Josef Rubinstein's work will be featured in the Society of Illustrators show.
Item: Peter David sent in this photo of Groo's Family Shoe Center. Is Sergio Aragonés not telling us something?
Marvel Trivia Quiz
Page 11
Marvel Top Ten
- X-Men #258
- Wolverine Special #1
- Excalibur Special #2
- Wolverine #21
- Punisher War Journal #15
- Amazing Spider-Man #329
- Excalibur #19
- What If #10
- X-Factor #51
- Punisher #30
Pro File: Gary Barnum
Page 11
Mark's Remarks
Pages 12 - 13
The Mutant Report: "The Chris Wozniak Interview," by John A. Salerno
Mutant Madness, by Chris Eliopoulos and Barry Dutter
Page 14
The Many Faces of Captain America
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: "Guardians of the Galaxy," by Sholly Fisch
Page 20
Heroes for the '90s "Say What?!" Sweepstakes
Pages 21 - 25
Guardians of the Galaxy preview
Pages 26 - 27
Article: "Black Knight," by Peter Sanderson
Pages 28 - 29
The Marvel Age of Comics: 1981 Part three, by Brian Nelson
Pages 30 - 32
Letters column: "Keep Your Letters, Just Send Money!", suggested by Tom White
Inside back cover
Marvel Age Super Shopper Gallery
Back cover
The 1990 Marvel Age Calendar: April
Writers: Chris Eliopoulos and Barry Dutter
Artist: Ron Zalme
Colorist: Gregory Wright
