There's a great tradition in comics where artists draw themselves surrounded by their best known characters, but I don't think I've ever seen a better version of it than this fantastic cover by John Romita. Romita is pictured dozing at his desk, surrounded by (clockwise from top left) Crystal, one of the Femizons from Savage Tales #1, Medusa, Black Widow, Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy, Betty Brant, and Aunt May, plus a poster of the Dragon Lady from Terry and the Pirates on his door and Virginia Romita peeking into the doorway.
The interview with Romita is a treasure trove of rarely seen artwork, including the Spidey Kids cast and the first drawing of Mary Jane. Along with that, there's a new article on the Raiders that reveals art corrections like the Captain America cover seen below.
Meanwhile, Mark's Remarks continues to look at art and story submissions - a tough job that he takes on with grace.
Marvel Age #111
Price: $1.00 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: February 18, 1992
Cover date: April 1992
Copyright © 1992 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
• Renée Witterstaeter: Editor
• Mike Lackey: Associate Editor
• Steve Alexandrov: Designer
• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age
• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Contributing Editors
• Craig Anderson, Richard Ashford, Tom Brevoort, Joey Cavalieri, 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, Marc McLaurin, Al Milgrom, Sarra Mossoff, Mindy Newell, Fabian Nicieza, Mark Powers, Michael Rockwitz, Evan Skolnick, Rob Tokar, David Wohl, and Nel Yomtov: Consulting Editors
• John Romita: Art Director
• Steve Geiger: Managing Art Director
• John Kalisz, Scott Kolins and Frank Percy: The Raiders
• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager
• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager
• Daniel Carr, Maria Parwulski: Typesetter
• Jack Abel: World's Toughest Proofreader
• Dahlia Aponte, Darren Auck, John Babcock, Paul Becton, Steve Bunche, Joe Caponsacco, Rob Carosella, Steve Dutro, Cindy Emmert, Vince Evans, Jesus Gonzalez, Jim Hoston, Michael Kraiger, Ed Lazellari, Ariane Lenshoek, Gabrielle Macari, Edward Murr, Jared Osborn, George Roberts, Joe Rosas, George Roussos, and Davide Sharpe: Production
• John Romita: Cover artist
• Christopher Ebel: Manufacturing Coordinator
• Christine Aurilia, Al Bensew, Paul Curtis, Arthur Paris 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
• Skip Dietz: Co-op Field Rep Coordinator
• Victoria Schodowski: Administrative Assistant/Direct Market
• Lou Bank: Director of Sales/Direct Market
• Sven Larsen: Direct Sales Manager/Distributor Liaison
• Bruce G. Costa: Direct Sales Manager
• Craig Kunaschk: Publications Editor
• Kevin Tang: Publications Assistant Editor
• Steve Saffel: Promotion Manager
• Dana Moreshead: Advertising Manager
• Irving Forbush: Put Your Snide Comment Here
• Ralph Macchio: Senior Editor for Hire
Witterstaeter's Witticisms
Pages 1 - 3
Mondo Marvel Comics
Item: To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hulk, issue #393 will feature a green foil cover.
Item: Check out Arthur Adam's cover sketches for the upcoming Fantastic Four trade paperback.
Item: Media watch - Marvel mentions in Nintendo Power Magazine, Boys' Life, in the movie Cape Fear, and in a Hi and Lois comic strip.
Item: Marie Javins' latest cow is by Jim Lee.
Item: Mark Gruenwald played Santa at the Marvel Christmas party.
Item: Even though the winners of the Forbie Awards have been announced, we're still receiving ballots.
Item: As of next issue, Marvel Age has a new editor - Steve Saffel!
Page 4
"Great" Moments in Marvel History
Page 5
Marvel Trivia Quiz
Pages 6 - 11
Article: "John Romita Speaks," by Mike Lackey
Article: "Romita's Raiders," by Nel Yomtov
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: "Marvel Collector's Item Classics," by Brian Nelson
Page 20
Article: "A Behind the Scenes Look at Nomad," by Pat Garrahy
Pages 21 - 25
Preview of Nomad #1
Pages 26 - 30
Mark's Remarks
Letters Column: "I Heard It Through the Webline"
Page 32
Assistant Editor Cards: The Hot Collectible of the 90s
Inside back cover
The Marvel Checklist
Back cover
The 1992 Marvel Age Calendar: March
By Mike Lackey and Darren Auck
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