After 104 issues and four annuals, the editorial reins were handed off in this issue of Marvel Age from Jim Salicrup to Renée Witterstaeter. Reneé had been involved in the series for a few months as a writer and colorist, but she would only stick around for a handful of issues, and in that time would continue in the tradition of her predecessor.
Like Jim Lee in issue #104, another artist dominated this issue - this time, it was Sam Kieth, who would be an early Image Comics contributor with his series The Maxx, but not one of the founders.
This issue also includes one of the densest slabs of text I've ever seen in Marvel Age, as Mark's Remarks continues straight into the New Talent Department, which is a plot submission from Jean-Jacques Dzialowski and Louis DeRoys.
And Marvel would resurrect the title "Tomb of Dracula" for the third and final time with a new miniseries previewed here. This time around, the classic ToD team of writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan was joined by inker Al Williamson for fangs and fun.
Marvel Age #105
Price: $1.00 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: August 20, 1991
Cover date: October 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
• Ralph Macchio: Senior Editor
• Renée Witterstaeter: Editor
• Mike Lackey: Assistant Editor
• Steve Alexandrov: Designer
• 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, Pat Garrahy, 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, 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, Dahlia Aponte, Paul Becton, Steve Bunche, Rob Carosella, Cindy Emmert, Vince Evans, Jesus Gonzalez, Ed Lazellari, Ariane Lenshoek, Fung Ming Mă, Erica Moran, Edward Murr, George Roberts, Joe Rosas, George Roussos, and Davide Sharpe: Production
• Sam Kieth: Cover artist
• Renée Witterstaeter: Colorist
• Christopher Ebel: Manufacturing Coordinator
• Christine Aurilia, Al Bensew, Meg Brennan, Paula Butterworth, Paul Curtis, 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: Tool of Dracula
Renée's Witticisms
Pages 1 - 4
Mondo Marvel Comics
Item: Coming soon, it's Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
Item: Coming soon from Epic Comics, it's the Hellraiser/Night Breed crossover.
Item: Remo Williams, the Destroyer, returns in a new miniseries.
Item: Lots of X-Men action figures coming soon from Toybiz.
Item: There's still time to join WAM! (Wild Agents of Marvel) and get early news from Marvel.
Item: Spider-Man bites the dust in Spider-Man #17.
Item: Entertainment Weekly ran an article on writers' favorite bookstores, including Village Comics, with a photo showing Marvel Age.
Item: Renée Witterstaeter is back from the Berlin Wall - here's a photo!
Item: Marvel staffers are taking turns bringing in videotapes to watch during lunch, heavily favoring anime and wrestling.
Item: Nightcat appeared on ABC's Into the Night, hosted by Rick Dees.
Marvel Top 100 List
February 1991
- Spider-Man #12
- Infinity Gauntlet #1
- Ghost Rider #15
- Uncanny X-Men #278
- Deathlok #1
- Amazing Spider-Man #349
- Marvel Comics Presents #81
- Marvel Comics Presents #80
- X-Factor #68
- New Mutants Annual #11
Page 5
Marvel Trivia Quiz
Page 6
Article: "The Eternals: The Herod Factor," by Pat Garrahy
Page 7
Stan's Soapbox
Willie Lumpkin, by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo
Pages 8 - 12
The Mutant Report: Sam Kieth Interview, by Mike Lackey
Page 12
Sam Kieth Tour '91
Pages 13 - 15
Mark's Remarks
New Talent Department
Pages 16 - 17
Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age
Page 18
Article: "Marvel Licensing," by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Pages 19 - 20
Article: "The Tomb of Dracula," by Peter Sanderson
Pages 21 - 25
Preview: "The Tomb of Dracula"
Pages 26 - 27
The Marvel Age of Comics: 1984 Part Five, by Brian Nelson
Page 28
Article: "Weaveworld," by Tom Daning
Page 29
Article: "The Legion of Night," by Tony Matias
Pages 30 - 32
Letters column: "We Have Not Yet Begun To Write"
Inside back cover
Marvel Age Super Shopper Gallery
Back cover
The 1991 Marvel Age Calendar: September
Writer: Mike Lackey
Artist: Ron Zalme
Colorist: Renée Witterstaetter
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