It's another celebratory issue of Marvel Age as Iron Man hits his 30th anniversary – and aside from an article on The Hulk: Future Imperfect, this issue is pretty much wall-to-wall Iron Man.
Along the way, we hear from Stan Lee, current writer Len Kaminsky, and lots of others.
This issue also covers one of the weirder moments from the early days of the collected editions era, when it was discovered that Marvel had no line art to work from for the Marvel Masterworks featuring Tales of Suspense #39. The solution? Hire Don Heck to reproduce his art from that long-ago issue as close as possible to its original appearance. Don, always a good sport, was more than capable!
Marvel Age #119
Price: $1.00 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: October 20, 1992
Cover date: December 1992
Copyright © 1992 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
Inside front cover
Masthead
• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief
• Mark Gruenwald: Senior Executive Editor
• Carl Potts: Marvel Executive Editor, Epic
• Bob Budiansky, Marvel Executive Editor, Special Projects
• Steve Saffel: Editor
• Joe Caponsacco and Michael Kraiger: Designers
• John Romita Jr. and Dan Green: Cover artist
• Michael Kraiger: Cover colorist
• Renée Witterstaeter: Colorist
• Craig Anderson, Richard Ashford, Tom Brevoort, Karl Bollers, 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, Glen Greenberg, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Marie Javins, Terry Kavanagh, Kevin Kobasic, Mike Lackey, John Lewandowski, Marc McLaurin, Hildy Mesnick, Al Milgrom, Matt Morra, Sarra Mossoff, Mindy Newell, Fabian Nicieza, 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
• Frank Percy, Kris Renkewitz, and Bill Wilie: The Raiders
• Joe Kaufman: Book Designer
• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager
• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager/Designer
• Daniel Carr, Maria Parwulski: Typesetters
• Jack Abel: 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, Davide Sharpe, and Kevin Tinsley: 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, Matt Connor, Paul Curtis, Alison Gill, Joe Kaufman, Josie McCain, Tony Matias, Anna Mazzarelli, Mary "Mac" McPherson, Rosa Rosario, Stu Schwartzberg, Jeff Simons, Christina 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
• Sven Larsen: Marketing Manager
• Jim Brennan: Advertising and Promotion Manager
• Tammy Brown: Advertising Manager
• Dana Moreshead, Mariano Nicieza: Advertising Art Directors
• Heidi Balaban: Iron Man
• Ralph Macchio: Munitions Manufacturer
Editorial
Contents
Pages 1 - 3
Up Front, by Matt Morra
Item: Coming soon, it's the Sleepwalker Holiday Special.
Item: Coming soon, the new 2099 title is Doom 2099, by writer John Francis Moore and artist Pat Broderick.
Item: Coming soon, it's the Punisher Holiday Special with stories by Steven Grant, Dan Abnett, and Andy Lanning, with art by John Hebert, John Ridgway, Mike Harris, and others.
Item: Deathlok #19 will feature a new kind of foil cover, as part of the "Cyberwar" storyline.
Item: Marvel Comics Presents will feature a serialized story written and illustrated by Barry Windsor Smith starring Weapon X.
Pages 4 - 6
Article: "Future Imperfect," by Steve Vrattos
Page 7
Stan's Soapbox
No idea who drew this, but it's pretty cool.
Pages 8 - 11
Article: "Iron Man: The Future of the Man of the Future," by Evan Skolnick
Early cover image by artist Mark Chiarello.
Pages 12 - 13
Tom Talks
Page 13
The Bossmen, by Rick Parker
Page 14
Epicenter
Page 15
Marvel 2099 Preview
Pages 16 - 18
Article: "San Diego Summer '92," by Dana C. Hayward
Left to right: Tom DeFalco, Bobbie Chase, Howard Mackie, Danny Fingeroth,
Carl Potts, Ralph Macchio, and Mark Gruenwald.
Page 19
Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age
Pages 20 - 22
Article: "Remaking History: Secrets of the Iron Man Masterworks," by Terry Austin
Pages 23 - 26
Hot Sheet, by Jerry A. Novick
Page 27
The Mighty Marvel Battle Ballot
Pages 28 - 29
Mark's Remarks
Pages 30 - 31
Letters Column: "Keep Your Eye on the Spider"
Page 32 and Inside Back Cover
Checklist
Back Cover
Marvel Calendar for November 1992
