Also in this issue, Stan Lee writes about his first use of the term "mutant," in a tale he wrote and Steve Ditko illustrated for Amazing Adult Fantasy #14 called "The Man in the Sky" – just one issue before the debut of Spider-Man.
This story also leads me to believe that it was Stan Lee, and (maybe) not Jack Kirby, who might have read the 1953 novel Mutant by Henry Kuttner, which seemed like a big influence on the original X-Men.
Marvel Age #104
Price: $1.00 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: July 16, 1991
Cover date: September 1991
Copyright © 1991 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
Inside front cover
Masthead
• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief
• Mark Gruenwald: Executive Editor
• Carl Potts: Epic Executive Editor
• Bob Budiansky, Executive Editor, Special Projects
• Jim Salicrup: Supreme Marvel Zombie
• Mike Lackey: Assistant Editor
• Cindy Emmett and Dawn Geiger: Designers
• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age
• Mindy Fisch, Sholly Fisch and Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Contributing Editors
• Craig Anderson, Richard Ashford, Tom Brevoort, Bobbie Chase, Chris Cooper, Kelly Corvese, Dan Cuddy, Don Daley, Tom Daning, Barry Dutter, Eric Fein, Danny Fingeroth, Suzanne Gaffney, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Marie Javins, Len Kaminski, Terry Kavanagh, Kevin Kobasic, John Lewandowski, Howard Mackie, Marc McLaurin, Al Milgrom, Sarra Mossoff, Fabian Nicieza, Mark Powers, Mike Rockwitz, Evan Skolnick, Rob Tokar, Renée Witterstaeter, and Nel Yomtov: Consulting Editors
• John Romita: Art Director
• Steve Geiger: Managing Art Director
• Bud LaRosa, Hope Perelman, Bob Petrecca, Kevin Tinsley, and Joel Zulueta: The Raiders
• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager
• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager
• Lynda Strunk: Typesetter
• Jack Abel: World's Toughest Proofreader
• Ron Aikens, Steve Alexandrov, Dahlia Aponte, Paul Becton, Steve Bunche, Rob Carosella, Vince Evans, Jesus Gonzalez, Ed Lazellari, Ariane Lenshoek, Gabrielle Macari, Edward Murr, Bettie Ringma, George Roberts, George Roussos, and Davide Sharpe: Production
• Jim Lee and Scott Williams: Cover artists
• Renée Witterstaeter: Colorist
• Christopher Ebel: Manufacturing Coordinator
• Christine Aurilia, Al Bensew, Meg Brennan, Paula Butterworth, Paul Curtis, Patrick Garrahy, Arthur Parris Jackson, Joe Kaufman, Josie McCain, Tony Matias, Anna Mazzarelli, Mary "Mac" McPherson, Stu Schwartzberg, Dan Slott, and Christine Slusarz: Friendly Assistance
• Karen Corbo, Carol Platt, and Vivian O'Brien: Rights and Permissions
• Carol Kalish: V.P./New Product Development
• Skip Dietz: Direct Sales Publications Editor
• Victoria Schodowski: Administrative Assistant
• Lou Bank: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Customer Service
• Sven Larsen: Director of Direct Sales/Direct Market
• Bruce G. Costa: Direct Sales Manager/Retail Liaison
• Steve Saffel: Promotion Manager
• Dana Moreshead: Advertising Manager
• Irving Forbush: X-traneous
• Ralph Macchio: X-change student
Salicup's Section
Pages 1 - 3
Mondo Marvel Comics
Item: More Marvel Masterworks coming soon, including new volumes of Amazing Spider-Man and Silver Surfer and debut volumes of Daredevil and The Mighty Thor.
Item: Conan the Barbarian #250 is coming soon, with a sequel to the classic story "Black Colossus.
Item: Writer Scott Lobdell will take over on Alpha Flight with issue #102.
Item: Full rosters of Marvel's two softball teams - they had to start a second team because so many people wanted to play.
Item: Coming soon from Epic, it's Captain Confederacy, an alternate history tale.
Item: For the 1990 Marvel Illustrated special, the editor needed a pair of puckered lips, so he auditioned lots of Marvel's female employees.
Marvel Top 100 List
February 1991
- Spider-Man #10
- Uncanny X-Men #276
- Deadly Foes of Spider-Man #1
- Amazing Spider-Man #347
- Ghost Rider #13
- Punisher War Journal #30
- X-Factor #66
- Marvel Comics Presents #76
- Darkhawk #3
- Marvel Comics Presents #75
Page 4 - 5
Andy Mangels' Reel Marvel
Page 6
Marvel Trivia Quiz
Pages 7 - 10
The Mutant Report: Jim Lee Interview, by Peter Sanderson
Pages 11 - 12
Pro File: Jim Lee
Pages 13 - 14
Article: "X-Men Preview," by Mike Lackey
Page 15
Article: "X-Men Action Figures," by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Pages 16 - 17
Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age
Page 18
Stan's Soapbox
Willie Lumpkin, by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo
Pages 19 - 23
Story: "The Man in the Sky," by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
Pages 24 - 25
Article: "The Pirates of Dark Water," by Barry Dutter
Pages 26 - 27
Article: "The New Marvel Editors Trading Cards," by Mike Lackey
Pages 28 - 29
The Marvel Age of Comics: 1984 Part Four
Pages 30 - 32
Letters column: "It's Your Dime - Start Talkin'!"
Inside back cover
Marvel Age Super Shopper Gallery
Back cover
The 1991 Marvel Age Calendar: August
Writer: Mike Lackey
Artist: Ron Zalme
Colorist: Renée Witterstaetter
