Make Mine Marvel Age

Marvel Age #131 was a grab-bag of goodies and surprises, starting with the an interview with legendary artist Joe Kubert and his sons Adam and Andy, who were then rising stars themselves. The sketches and photos from the interview spilled over to this month's letters column, including a wacky Bazooka Joe take-off by Adam.

Also in this issue, the Groo the Wanderer team of artist / plotter / creator Sergio Aragonés and scripter Mark Evanier looked back at 150 Groo adventures (not just at Marvel), with a couple of new illustrations and commentary by Sergio.

And Stan Lee talked about Marvel's legacy and its commitment to more strong female characters. Oh, also – at the time no one knew the end was coming, but for me, this issue marks the countdown to the final issue of Marvel Age in issue #140.

Marvel Age #131

Price: $1.00 US

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: October 19, 1993

Cover date: December 1993

Inside front cover

Masthead

• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief

• Mark Gruenwald: Senior Executive Editor

• Carl Potts: Marvel Executive Editor, Marvel/Epic

• Bob Budiansky, Executive Editor, Special Projects

• Steve Saffel: Editor

• Jim Hoston and Al Bensew: Designers

• Justin Nisbet: Front cover photographer

• Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert and Joe Kubert: Front cover artists

• Ken Lashley, Cam Smith and Joe Caponsacco: Back cover artists

• Renée Witterstaeter: Colorist

• Craig Anderson, Joe Andreani, Richard Ashford, Marc Bernardo, Karl Bollers, Tom Brevoort, Lynaire Brust, Joey Cavalieri, Bobbie Chase, Hector Collazo, Chris Cooper, Kelly Corvese, Don Daley, Tom Daning, Eric Fein, James Felder, Danny Fingeroth, Sholly Fisch, Suzanne Gaffney, Pat Garrahy, Glenn Greenberg, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Marie Javins, Michael Kraiger, Mike Lackey, Spencer Lamm, John Lewandowski, Carlos Lopez, Marc McLaurin, Hildy Mesnick, Matthew Morra, Sarra Mossoff, Mindy Newell, Fabian Nicieza, Lisa Patrick, Lia Pelosi, Mark Powers, Michael Rockwitz, Evan Skolnick, Kevin Somers, Mort Todd, Rob Tokar, Tim Tuohy, and Nel Yomtov: Consulting Editors

• John Romita: Art Director

• Steve Geiger: Managing Art Director

• Yancey Labat, Delayne Hawkins, Scott Koblish: The Raiders

• Joe Kaufman: Book Designer

• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager

• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager/Designer

• Daniel Carr, Maria Parwulski: Typesetters

• Jack Abel, Flo Steinberg: Proofreaders

• Cindy Emmert: Designer

• Paul Becton: Color Corrections

• George Roussos: Cover Colorist

• Steve Alexandrov, Ericka T. Moran, Johnny Greene, and Kevin Tinsley: Cover Coordinators

• Rob Carosella and Jesus Gonzalez: Camera Technicians

• Jon Babcock, Sergio Cariello, Susan Crespi, Loretta Krol, Ed Lazellari, Matt Maley, and Davide Sharpe: Letterers

• John Bligh, Steve Bunche, Jerry Kalinowski, Jennifer O'Donnell, Thomas Velasquez, and Caroline Wells: Mechanical Artists

• Millie Shuriff: Accounting

• Judy Sottile: MIS Manager

• Christopher Ebel and Freddie Mendez: Manufacturing Coordinators

• Dahlia Aponte, Christine Aurilia, Bernadette Ayala, Dan Buckley, Paul Curtis, Melisa Danon, Patricia Dazzo, Hirut Dejoya, Alison Gill, Stephanie Hallberg, Matt Idelson, Holly Joyner, Barry Kaplan, Sylvia Masa, Josie McCain, Mary "Mac" McPherson, Pam Rutt, Stu Schwartzberg, Phil Sheehy, Marti Silber, Christina Slusarz, Sam Springle, and John Taddeo: Friendly Assistance

• Jackie Aguila, Karen Corbo, and Carol Platt: Rights and Permissions

• Matt Ragone: Director of Sales / Direct Market

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

• Craig Kunaschk: Assistant Distributor Liaison

• Kevin Tang: Catalog Editor

• Terry Hernon: Direct Sales Copywriter

• Seth Deitchman: Assistant Co-op Manager

• Georgiana White: Customer Service

• L. Dean Rohlfing: National Field Representative Coordinator

• Dan Lewis: Texas Field Representative

• Andrea Goldberg: Mid-West 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

• Scott Donigian: Distribution Representative on the Northern Road

• Craig McWilliams: Distribution Representative on the Southern Road

• Sven Larsen: Marketing Manager

• Vito Incorvaia: Associate Creative Director

• Jeffrey Simons: Associate Creative Director

• Gary Guzzo: Publicity Manager

• Tammy Brown: Advertising Manager

• Mariano Nicieza and Scott Williams: Senior Advertising Art Directors

• Heidi Balaban: Advertising Art Director

• Matt Friedman and Jim Krueger: Copywriters

• Ralph Macchio: Senior and Valedictorian

Editorial

Contents

Pages 1 - 3

Up Front, by Terry Hernon

• To accompany the Punisher's "Suicide Run" storyline, Marvel will publish the Punisher Anniversary Magazine in December.

• Venom gets a new miniseries starting in December by writer Bruce Jones and artist Bob McLeod.

• Avengers West Coast returns in a new miniseries, with Scarlet Witch getting a new costume.

• Marvel UK has a new Doctor Who miniseries coming called "Age of Chaos," by writer Colin Baker, who portrayed the sixth doctor, and artist John M. Burnes.

• Deaths Head II Gold will feature stories and art by Liam Sharp and others and will feature gold-foil embossed covers.

• Marvel is collaborating with Disney on upcoming projects including the adaptation of The Three Musketeers by writer Bobbi J.G. Weiss and artist Dan Spiegle.