In 1992, Marvel was in the midst of a Hulk renaissance, courtesy of writer Peter David and a multitude of artists, including Marvel Age #118 cover artist George Pérez, who teamed up with David for the "Future Imperfect" epic. 

Also in this issue, writer/artist Alan Davis talks about his work on Excalibur, and painted art is spotlighted in articles on Dinosaurs: A Celebration and the Marvel Masterpieces trading card set. Plus, Mark Gruenwald critiques a script by writer Jean-Jacques Dzialowski from Paris, France. 

Marvel Age #118

Price: $1.00 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: September 15, 1992

Cover date: November 1992 

Copyright © 1992 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

Inside front cover 

Masthead

• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief

• Mark Gruenwald: Senior Executive Editor

• Carl Potts: Epic Executive Editor

• Bob Budiansky, Executive Editor, Special Projects

• Steve Saffel: Editor

• Joe Caponsacco and Michael Kraiger: Designers

• George Pérez: Cover artist

• Joe Caponsacco: Cover colorist

• Renée Witterstaeter: Colorist

• 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, Sholly Fisch, Suzanne Gaffney, Pat Garrahy, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Marie Javins, Terry Kavanagh, Kevin Kobasic, Mike Lackey, John Lewandowski, Marc McLaurin, Hildy Mesnick, Al Milgrom, Matthew Morra, Sarra Mossoff, Mindy Newell, Fabian Nicieza, Lisa Patrick, Mark Powers, Michael Rockwitz, Evan Skolnick, Rob Tokar, Tim Tuohy, 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

• Joe Kaufman: Book Designer

• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager

• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager/Designer

• Daniel Carr, Maria Parwulski: Typesetters

• Jack Abel: World's Toughest Proofreader

• Cindy Emmert: Designer

• Paul Becton: Color Corrections

• George Roussos: Cover Colorist

• Steve Alexandrov, Ariane Lenshoek, and Kevin Tinsley: Cover Coordinators

• Rob Carosella and Jesus Gonzalez: Camera Technicians

• Darren Auck, Jon Babcock, Steve Dutro, Ed Lazellari and Davide Sharpe: Letterers

• Steve Bunche, Johnny R. Greene, Jim Hoston, Jerry Kalinowsky, and Edward Murr: Mechanical Artists

• Christine Slusarz: Manufacturing Coordinator

• Dahlia Aponte, Christine Aurilia, Al Bensew, Paul Curtis, Christopher Ebel, Alison Gill, Joe Kaufman, Josie McCain, Tony Matias, Anna Mazzarelli, Mary "Mac" McPherson, Rosa Rosario, Stu Schwartzberg, and Dan Slott: Friendly Assistance

• Karen Corbo, Vivian O'Brien, and Carol Platt: Rights and Permissions

• Lou Bank: Director of Sales / Direct Market

• Skip Dietz: Direct Sales Manager / Co-op Field Rep Coordinator

• Bruce G. Costa: Direct Sales Manager / Retailers Liaison

• Craig Kunaschk: Assistant Distributor Liaison

• Kevin Tang: Catalog Editor

• Mike Martin: West Coast Field Representative

• Jim Sokolowski: Director of Sales / Newsstand

• Bob Kerekes: Manager of Business Development

• Laurie Stecky: Assistant Marketing Manager Newsstand Sales

• Cynthia LeBron: Newsstand Sales Administrator

• Scott Donigian: Distribution Representative on the Road

• Matt Ragone: Director of Specialty Sales

• Jim Brennan: Advertising and Promotion Manager

• Sven Larsen: Marketing Manager

• Tammy Brown: Advertising Manager

• Dana Moreshead, Mariano Nicieza: Advertising Art Directors

• Heidi Balaban: She-Hulk

• Ralph Macchio: Is He Man or Is He Monster? 

Editorial

Contents

Pages 1 - 3

Up Front, by Matt Morra

Item: Coming soon, it's the Spider-Man 30th Anniversary Poster Magazine, with art by Steve Ditko, John Romita, Frank Miller, John Byrne, Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen and others.

Item: Coming soon, it's Fish Police.

Item: Coming soon, it's "Fear," a Ghost Rider one-shot by writer Howard Mackie and artist Lee Weeks. 

Item: Marvel Milestones is a new series that will reprint key titles starting with Amazing Spider-Man #1.

Item: The X-Tinction Agenda will be collected in trade paperback. 

Pages 4 - 6

Article: "Dinosaurs: A Celebration," by Steve White

Page 7 

Ad: Spider-Man Special Edition benefitting UNICEF. 

Pages 8 - 9

Tom Talks, by Tom DeFalco

Pages 10 - 13

Article: "This Man, This Writer: The Startling Truth," by Peter David

Pages 14 - 16

Hot Sheet, by Jerry A. Novick 

Page 17 

Marvel 2099 preview

Pages 18 - 20

Article: "Making Masterpieces Part Two," by Joseph Caponsacco

Page 21

Stan's Soapbox

Page 22

Epicenter 

Pages 23 - 25

Article: "The Once and Future Excalibur," by Alan Woollcombe

Pages 26 - 28

Mark's Remarks 

Page 28

The Bossmen, by Rick Parker 

Page 29 

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age 

Pages 30 - 31

Letters column: "Thwip! Snikt! Bamf!" 

Page 32 and inside back cover

Checklist

Back cover

October 1992 calendar

 

Marvel's 2099 universe gets its launch in Marvel Age #117, starting with a cover by Paul Ryan. The big overview article reveals the four launch titles with quotes from editor Joey Cavalieri, my old coworker from DC Comics. 

Also in this issue, there's an up close look at the Marvel Masterpieces trading card set with art by Joe Jusko. Plus a bunch of Marvel titles tie into a story that include calls for donations to UNICEF. 

And Marvel introduces another batch of characters with the supernatural series Nightstalkers. 

Marvel Age #117

Price: $1.00 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: August 18, 1992

Cover date: October 1992 

Copyright © 1992 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

Inside front cover 

Masthead

• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief

• Mark Gruenwald: Senior Executive Editor

• Carl Potts: Epic Executive Editor

• Bob Budiansky, Executive Editor, Special Projects

• Steve Saffel: Editor

• Joe Caponsacco and Michael Kraiger: Designers

• Paul Ryan: Cover artist

• Michael Kraiger: Cover colorist

• Renée Witterstaeter: Colorist

• Craig Anderson, Richard Ashford, Tom Brevoort, Karl Bollers, Joey Cavalieri, Bobbie Chase, Hector Collazo, Chris Cooper, Kelly Corvese, Dan Cuddy, Don Daley, Tom Daning, Barry Dutter, Eric Fein, Danny Fingeroth, Sholly Fisch, Paula Foye, Jaye Gardner, Suzanne Gaffney, Pat Garrahy, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Marie Javins, Terry Kavanagh, Kevin Kobasic, Mike Lackey, John Lewandowski, Marc McLaurin, Hildy Mesnick, Al Milgrom, Matthew Morra, Sarra Mossoff, Mindy Newell, Fabian Nicieza, Mark Powers, Michael Rockwitz, Evan Skolnick, Rob Tokar, Tim Touhy, 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

• Joe Kaufman: Book Designer

• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager

• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager/Designer

• Daniel Carr, Maria Parwulski: Typesetters

• Jack Abel: World's Toughest Proofreader

• Cindy Emmert: Designer

• Paul Becton: Color Corrections

• George Roussos: Cover Colorist

• Steve Alexandrov, Ariane Lenshoek, and Kevin Tinsley: Cover Coordinators

• Rob Carosella and Jesus Gonzalez: Camera Technicians

• Darren Auck, Jon Babcock, Steve Dutro, Ed Lazellari and Davide Sharpe: Letterers

• Steve Bunche, Johnny R. Greene, Jim Hoston, Jerry Kalinowsky, and Edward Murr: Mechanical Artists

• Christopher Ebel: Manufacturing Coordinator

• Dahlia Aponte, Christine Aurilia, Al Bensew, Dan Buckley, Paul Curtis, Alison Gill, Josie McCain, Tony Matias, Anna Mazzarelli, Mary "Mac" McPherson, Rosa Rosario, Stu Schwartzberg, Dan Slott, Christine Slusarz, and Sam Springle: Friendly Assistance

• Karen Corbo, Vivian O'Brien, and Carol Platt: Rights and Permissions

• Lou Bank: Director of Sales / Direct Market

• Skip Dietz: Direct Sales Manager / Co-op Field Rep Coordinator

• Bruce G. Costa: Direct Sales Manager / Retailers Liaison

• Craig Kunaschk: Assistant Distributor Liaison

• Kevin Tang: Catalog Editor

• Mike Martin: West Coast Field Representative

• Jim Sokolowski: Director of Sales / Newsstand

• Bob Kerekes: Manager of Business Development

• Laurie Stecky: Assistant Marketing Manager Newsstand Sales

• Cynthia LeBron: Newsstand Sales Administrator

• Scott Donigian: Distribution Representative on the Road

• Matt Ragone: Director of Specialty Sales

• Jim Brennan: Advertising and Promotion Manager

• Sven Larsen: Marketing Manager

• Tammy Brown: Advertising Manager

• Dana Moreshead, Mariano Nicieza: Advertising Art Directors

• Heidi Balaban: Cut-Up

• Ralph Macchio: Senior Corporate Raider

Editorial

Contents

Pages 1 - 3

Up Front, by Matt Morra

Item: Ren and Stimpy are getting their own Marvel Comics series by Dan Slott and Mike Kazaleh. 

Item: Here comes a new wave of Marvel UK titles, including Death's Head II, Battletide, Team Helix, and Digitek. 

Item: Marvel buys Fleer!

Item: New Marvel Masterworks coming starring Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and Doctor Strange. 

Item: Coming soon, it's the Soviet Super Soldiers special. 

Pages 4 - 5

Article: "Epicenter," by Nel Yomtov

Pages 6 - 8

Article: "Making Masterpieces Part One, by Joseph Caponsacco

Page 9

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age

Pages 10 - 14

Article: "2099: A Marvel Odyssey," by Peter Sanderson

Page 15 

Stan's Soapbox 

Pages 16 - 17

Article: "Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Venom United for Unicef," by Paula Foye 

Pages 18 - 20

Article: "Nightstalkers," by Tom Russo 

Page 21

Marvel 2099 preview

Pages 22 - 23

Mark's Remarks 

Pages 24 - 26

Hot Sheet, by Jerry Novick 

Pages 27 - 28 

Tom Talks

The Bossmen, by Rick Parker 

Pages 29 - 31

Letters Column: "What happened to the Inhuman who stepped on a rusty nail? He got Lockjaw!" 

Pages 32 - inside back cover 

Marvel checklist

Back cover

Calendar for September 1992 

 

Well, you can't go wrong with X-Men in the 1990s - and in this issue of Marvel Age, readers got to know what was coming in the "X-Cutioner's Song" event. 

There's lots more going on at Marvel, of course. The Airtight Garage universe, created by Moebius, gets extended with the new miniseries The Onyx Overlord, which carried over characters from the original Airtight Garage epic into new tales written by Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier with art by Jerry Bingham. 

Marvel Age also seems to have settled into a rotating series of articles that look at the creative processes behind action figures, animated series, trading cards, and holograms. In this issue, the spotlight shines on action figures. But in this issue, you also get an article on the X-Men's animated series. 

Plus, Tom DeFalco gets his own column about comics. Hey, who's gonna say no to the editor-in-chief? 

Marvel Age #116

Price: $1.00 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: July 21, 1992

Cover date: September 1992 

Copyright © 1992 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

Inside front cover 

Masthead

• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief

• Mark Gruenwald: Senior Executive Editor

• Carl Potts: Epic Executive Editor

• Bob Budiansky, Executive Editor, Special Projects

• Steve Saffel: Editor

• Joe Caponsacco and Michael Kraiger: Designers

• Andy Kubert and Bob Wiacek: Cover artists

• Mike Kraiger: Cover colorist

• Renée Witterstaeter: Colorist

• 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, Sholly Fisch, Suzanne Gaffney, Pat Garrahy, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Marie Javins, Terry Kavanagh, Kevin Kobasic, Mike Lackey, John Lewandowski, Marc McLaurin, Hildy Mesnick, Al Milgrom, Matthew Morra, Sarra Mossoff, Mindy Newell, Fabian Nicieza, Mark Powers, Michael Rockwitz, Evan Skolnick, Rob Tokar, Tim Touhy, 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

• Joe Kaufman: Book Designer

• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager

• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager/Designer

• Dan Carr, Maria Parwulski: Typesetters

• Jack Abel: World's Toughest Proofreader

• Cindy Emmert: Designer

• Paul Becton: Color Corrections

• George Roussos: Cover Colorist

• Steve Alexandrov and Ariane Lenshoek: Cover Coordinators

• Rob Carosella and Jesus Gonzalez: Camera Technicians

• Darren Auck, Jon Babcock, Steve Dutro, Ed Lazellari and Davide Sharpe: Letterers

• Steve Bunche, Johnny R. Greene, Jim Hoston, Jerry Kalinowsky, Edward Murr, and Kevin Tinsley: Mechanical Artists

• Christopher Ebel: Manufacturing Coordinator

• Dahlia Aponte, Christine Aurilia, Al Bensew, Paul Curtis, Alison Gill, Josie McCain, Tony Matias, Anna Mazzarelli, Mary "Mac" McPherson, Rosa Rosario, Stu Schwartzberg, Dan Slott, and Christine Slusarz: Friendly Assistance

• Karen Corbo and Vivian O'Brien: Rights and Permissions

• Lou Bank: Director of Sales / Direct Market

• Skip Dietz: Direct Sales Manager / Co-op Field Rep Coordinator

• Bruce G. Costa: Direct Sales Manager / Retailers Liaison

• Craig Kunaschk: Assistant Distributor Liaison

• Kevin Tang: Catalog Editor

• Mike Martin: West Coast Field Representative

• Jim Sokolowski: Director of Sales / Newsstand

• Bob Kerekes: Manager of Business Development

• Laurie Stecky: Assistant Marketing Manager Newsstand Sales

• Cynthia LeBron: Newsstand Sales Administrator

• Scott Donigian: Distribution Representative on the Road

• Matt Ragone: Director of Specialty Sales

• Sven Larsen: Marketing Manager

• Tammy Brown: Advertising Manager

• Dana Moreshead, Mariano Nicieza: Advertising Art Directors

• Heidi Balaban: Hellion

• Ralph Macchio: Senior Gifted Student

"Controlled Evolution" - editorial

Contents

Pages 1 - 2

Up Front, by Matt Morra

Item: Night Thrasher gets his own four-issue miniseries in August. 

Item: Punisher and Captain America team up in "Blood and Glory," a three-issue miniseries. 

Item: The sequel to "Kraven's Last Hunt," called "Soul of The Hunter," reunites creative team J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck. 

Item: The Moon Knight special coming in August guest-stars Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu. 

Item: The wacky new character Slapstick gets a four-issue miniseries in September. 

Page 3

Obituary: Anthony E. "Tony" Stark

Page 4

"Ted McKeever and the Terror of Technology," featuring Metropol A.D. 

"The Top Six Reasons to Fear the Future," featuring Alien Legion

Pages 5 - 6

Mark's Remarks

Page 5

The Bossmen, by Rick Parker

Page 7 

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age

Pages 8 - 12

Article: "X-Men: X-Cutioner's Song," by Steve Vrattos

Page 13

Stan's Soapbox

Pages 14 - 16

Article: "Creating an International Epic: The Onyx Overlord," by Jean-Marc Lofficier

Pages 17 - 20

Article: "Classic Action," by Robert J. Sodaro

Page 21

Article: "Paging Through the Book of Sins: The Darkhold Revealed"

Pages 22 - 23

Tom Talks 

Pages 24 - 26

Article: "Mutant Animation," by Suzanne Gaffney

Pages 27 - 29

Hot Sheet, by Jerry Novick

Pages 30 - 31

Letters column: "Print It or Die!" 

Pages 32 - inside back cover 

Checklist

Back cover

Marvel Calendar - August 1992

 

Marvel shines a light on the Midnight Sons event with a weird cover that combines photography and illustration and features three former Marvel staffers: Dan Chichester, Len Kaminsky, and Howard Mackie. 

Also, the delightful Rick Parker (writer/illustrator of the recent graphic novel "Drafted" - recommended reading!) makes his Marvel Age debut with "The Bossmen." 

This issue features a few additional items of note: On the one hand, it has the first new Marvel Age logo since the series began. On the other hand, there is no contribution by Fred Hembeck, no Stan's Soapbox, and no Willie Lumpkin. Sad. 

Marvel Age #115

Price: $1.00 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: June 16, 1992

Cover date: August 1992 

Copyright © 1992 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

Inside front cover 

Masthead

• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief

• Mark Gruenwald: Senior Executive Editor

• Carl Potts: Epic Executive Editor

• Bob Budiansky, Executive Editor, Special Projects

• Steve Saffel: Editor

• Joe Caponsacco and Michael Kraiger: Designers

• Jeanne Park: Assistant

• Eliot R. Brown: Cover photographer

• Ron Garney: Cover artist

• Joe Caponsacco: Cover colorist

• Renée Witterstaeter: Colorist

• 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, Sholly Fisch, Suzanne Gaffney, Pat Garrahy, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Marie Javins, Terry Kavanagh, Kevin Kobasic, Mike Lackey, John Lewandowski, Marc McLaurin, Hildy Mesnick, Al Milgrom, Matthew Morra, Sarra Mossoff, Mindy Newell, Fabian Nicieza, Mark Powers, Michael Rockwitz, Evan Skolnick, Rob Tokar, Tim Touhy, 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

• Joe Kaufman: Book Designer

• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager

• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager/Designer

• Dan Carr, Maria Parwulski: Typesetters

• Jack Abel: World's Toughest Proofreader

• Cindy Emmert: Designer

• Paul Becton: Color Corrections

• George Roussos: Cover Colorist

• Steve Alexandrov and Ariane Lenshoek: Cover Coordinators

• Rob Carosella and Jesus Gonzalez: Camera Technicians

• Darren Auck, Jon Babcock, Steve Dutro, Ed Lazellari and Davide Sharpe: Letterers

• Steve Bunche, Johnny R. Greene, Jim Hoston, Jerry Kalinowsky, Edward Murr, and Kevin Tinsley: Mechanical Artists

• Christopher Ebel: Manufacturing Coordinator

• Dahlia Aponte, Christine Aurilia, Al Bensew, Paul Curtis, Alison Gill, Josie McCain, Tony Matias, Anna Mazzarelli, Mary "Mac" McPherson, Rosa Rosario, Stu Schwartzberg, Dan Slott, Christine Slusarz, and Dwight Zimmerman: Friendly Assistance

• Karen Corbo and Vivian O'Brien: Rights and Permissions

• Lou Bank: Director of Sales / Direct Market

• Skip Dietz: Direct Sales Manager / Co-op Field Rep Coordinator

• Bruce G. Costa: Direct Sales Manager / Retailers Liaison

• Craig Kunaschk: Assistant Distributor Liaison

• Kevin Tang: Catalog Editor

• Dave Kosinski: Midwest Field Representative

• Mike Martin: West Coast Field Representative

• Jim Sokolowski: Director of Sales / Newsstand

• Bob Kerekes: Manager of Business Development

• Laurie Stecky: Assistant Marketing Manager Newsstand Sales

• Cynthia LeBron: Newsstand Sales Administrator

• Scott Donigian: Distribution Representative on the Road

• Matt Ragone: Director of Specialty Sales

• Sven Larsen: Marketing Manager

• Tammy Brown: Advertising Manager

• Dana Moreshead, Mariano Nicieza: Advertising Art Directors

• Heidi Balaban: Insanity

• Ralph Macchio: Senior Demon

"Tougher than Balancing the Budget" - editorial

Contents

Pages 1 - 3

Up Front

Item: No break for horror fans with the Hellraiser Summer Special coming soon. 

Item: "Citizen Kang" will run across this year's Captain America, Thor, Fantastic Four, and Avengers annuals. 

Item: Coming soon, it's the Sam & Max Special Color Collection. 

Item: Kid'n'Play's Kid visited the Marvel offices with cameras from MTV in tow. 

Pages 4 - 6

Article: "Digitek," by Alan Woollcombe

Page 7 

Stan's Soapbox 

Pages 8 - 11 and 27 - 28

Article: "Rise of the Midnight Sons," by Evan Skolnick

Pages 12 - 14

Article: "A Look at Toy Fair Marvel Style," by Paula Foye 

Pages 15 - 17

Hot Sheet, by Jerry Novick

Pages 18 - 20 

Article: "William Shatner's Tek World," by Doug Murray

Pages 21 - 22

Mark's Remarks

Page 22

The Bossmen, by Rick Parker

Pages 23 - 25

Article: "Marvel III Trading Cards," by Kristin M. Smith 

Page 26 

Article: "Guest Starring Clive Barker"

Page 29

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age

Pages 30 - 31

Letters column: "That Many Spiders Can't Be Wrong!" 

Page 32 and inside back cover

Checklist

Back cover 

July 1992 calendar