Friday, March 7, 2025

 

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





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