It's been a while since Marvel had much to say about good ol' Conan the Barbarian, but rest assured the Cimmerian with a sword is still in action. His original Marvel series would continue to run through 1994, and here, in Marvel Age #135, we get a look at the new series Conan the Adventurer, by writer Roy Thomas and artist Rafael Kayanan. 

Plus, while the Punisher is locked up, several unlikely substitutes are jumping into his crime-killin' shoes in the storyline "Suicide Run," running through all three Punisher monthly series.

Marvel Age #135

Price: $1.25 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: February 15, 1994

Cover date: April 1994 

Copyright © 1994 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

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

• Joe Caponsacco: Designer

• John Buscema and Jim Hoston: Front cover artists

• Rafael Kayanan and Joe Caponsacco: Back cover artists

• Marc McLaurin: Colorist

• Craig Anderson, Joe Andreani, Richard Ashford, Marc Bernardo, Karl Bollers, Tom Brevoort, Lynaire Brust, Joey Cavalieri, Bobbie Chase, Chris Cooper, Kelly Corvese, Don Daley, Tom Daning, Eric Fein, James Felder, Danny Fingeroth, Sholly Fisch, Paula Foye, Jaye Gardner, Suzanne Gaffney, Pat Garrahy, Glenn Greenberg, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Marie Javins, Michael Kraiger, Mike Lackey, Spencer Lamm, John Lewandowski, Carlos Lopez, Scott Marshall, Mike Marts, 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, Michael Warlow, and Nel Yomtov: Consulting Editors

• John Romita: Art Director

• Steve Geiger: Managing Art Director

• Scott Elmer, Delayne Hawkins, and Yancey Labat: The Raiders

• Joe Kaufman: Book Designer

• Cindy Emmert: Designer

• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager

• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager/Designer

• Daniel Carr, Maria Parwulski: Typesetters

• Jack Abel, Claire Putsché, Flo Steinberg: Proofreaders

• 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, and Matt Maley: Letterers

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

• Millie Shuriff: Accounting 

• Judy Sottile: MIS Manager

• Christopher Ebel and Debra Brust: Manufacturing Coordinators

• Dahlia Aponte, Christine Aurilia, Bernadette Ayala-Thomas, Dan Buckley, Paul Curtis, Doby Daenger, Melisa Danon, Patricia Dazzo, Hirut Dejoya, Felisa Garrido, Stephanie Hallberg, Matt Idelson, Holly Joyner, Joe Kaufman, Suzy Lee, Sylvia Masa, Mary "Mac" McPherson, Pam Rutt, Stu Schwartzberg, Phil Sheehy, Marti Silber, Christina Slusarz, Sam Springle, John Taddeo, and Nerissa Tiglao: 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: Assistant Manager / Copywriter

• Seth Deitchman: Assistant Co-op Manager

• Georgiana White: Customer Service

• L. Dean Rohlfing: National Field Representative Coordinator

• Pennie Saadallah: Assistant Field Representative Coordinator

• Chris Folmar: Southwest Field Representative 

• Dan Lewis: Texas Field Representative 

• Andrea Goldberg: Mid-West Field Representative

• Mike Martin: West Coast Field Representative

• Ellen Jones: Mid-West Field Representative 

• Jim Sokolowski: Vice President / Specialty Sales

• 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

• Jim Brennan: Advertising and Promotions Director

• Vito Incorvaia: Associate Creative Director

• Jeffrey Simons: Associate Creative Director

• Gary Guzzo: Publicity Director

• Tammy Brown: Advertising Manager

• Mariano Nicieza and Scott Williams: Senior Advertising Art Directors

• Heidi Balaban-Pinnock: Advertising Art Director

• Matt Friedman, Jim Krueger and Amy Meyer: Copywriters

• Ralph Macchio: Senior Punisher

Editorial

Contents

Pages 1 - 3

Up Front

• Rick Jones will get married in Hulk #418, with a bachelor party in the issue before. 

• The Barbie team of writer Barbara Slate and artist Amanda Conner will do a signing at FAO Schwartz. 

• The truth about Silver Sable's background is revealed in issue #25 of her series. 

• Annex, the villain introduced in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #27, will get his own miniseries. 

• Coming soon, it's the miniseries Spider-Man and X-Factor: Shadow Games, by writer Kurt Busiek and artist Pat Broderick.

• Sebastian Bach, singer from the group Skid Row, recently visited the Marvel offices to discuss the upcoming Skid Row comic. 

Pages 4 - 5

Article: "It's a Mad, Mad Modern World," by Lia M. Pelosi

Pages 6 - 9

Article: "By Reason of Insanity: Filling in for The Punisher," by Randy Meredith 

Page 10

Article: "Writing the Tough Guys: Chuck Dixon on Hard-Boiled Comics," by Randy Meredith 

Page 11

Hembeck's Page

Pages 12 - 14

Article: "Fleer: New for '94," by Jerry A. Novick 

Page 15

Article: "Maximum Impact," by Benjamin Raab 

Pages 16 - 19

Article: "Strange, Suspenseful Tales to Astonish," by Anya Martin 

Pages 20 - 22

Article: "Conan the Adventurer," by Doug Murray

Page 23

Epicenter 

Pages 24 - 25

Article: "Ghost Rider 2099," by Charles Kim

Pages 26 - 27 

Mark's Remarks

Page 28

Stan's Soap Box

Pages 29 - 30

Letters Column: "Claws and Effect" 

Pages 31 - 32

Checklist

Inside back cover 

Calendar - March 1993

 

After the success of Marvel's Ren & Stimpy comic, based on the Nickelodeon series, it only made sense that the House of Ideas would look for more properties from the same source – in this case, Beavis and Butt-Head, stars on Nickelodeon's sister network, MTV. Readers learned all about it in Marvel Age #134. 

The comic-book adaptation tapped Rick Parker, longtime Marvel letterer and writer/artist of Marvel Age's own comic strip, "The Bossmen," as the series artist. The article in this issue showed Rick's layout for a scene with the Punisher, who John Romita Jr. then pencilled to look properly Marvel-esque. 

This issue also included an insert of Fleer Ultraprint cards, an article on the making of a "blue-skinned babe" – the model for the cover of New Warriors #44, the Fantastic Four's new look, and Marvel's comic adaptation of William Shatner's Tek. 

Marvel Age #134

Price: $1.00 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: January 18, 1994

Cover date: March 1994 

Copyright © 1994 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

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 Joe Caponsacco: Designers

• Rick Parker and Jim Hoston: Front cover artists

• Paul Ryan and Joe Caponsacco: Back cover artists

• Marc McLaurin: Colorist

• Craig Anderson, Joe Andreani, Richard Ashford, Marc Bernardo, Karl Bollers, Tom Brevoort, Lynaire Brust, Joey Cavalieri, Bobbie Chase, Chris Cooper, Kelly Corvese, Don Daley, Tom Daning, Eric Fein, James Felder, Danny Fingeroth, Sholly Fisch, Paula Foye, 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

• Scott Elmer, Delayne Hawkins, and Yancey Labat: The Raiders

• Joe Kaufman: Book Designer

• Cindy Emmert: Designer

• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager

• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager/Designer

• Daniel Carr, Maria Parwulski: Typesetters

• Jack Abel, Claire Putsché, Flo Steinberg: Proofreaders

• 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, Matt Maley, and David Sharpe: Letterers

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

• Millie Shuriff: Accounting 

• Judy Sottile: MIS Manager

• Christopher Ebel and Freddie Mendez: Manufacturing Coordinators

• Dahlia Aponte, Christine Aurilia, Bernadette Ayala-Thomas, Dan Buckley, Paul Curtis, Melisa Danon, Patricia Dazzo, Hirut Dejoya, Alison Gill, Stephanie Hallberg, Matt Idelson, Holly Joyner, Joe Kaufman, Sylvia Masa, 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: Assistant Manager / 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: Vice President / Specialty Sales

• 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

• Jim Brennan: Advertising and Promotions Director

• Vito Incorvaia: Associate Creative Director

• Jeffrey Simons: Associate Creative Director

• Gary Guzzo: Publicity Director

• Tammy Brown: Advertising Manager

• Mariano Nicieza and Scott Williams: Senior Advertising Art Directors

• Heidi Balaban-Pinnock: Advertising Art Director

• Matt Friedman and Jim Krueger: Copywriters

• Ralph Macchio: Heh, Heh, Heh, Heh

Editorial

Contents

Pages 1 - 3

Up Front, by Terry Hernon

• Marvel launches a partnership with Fleer with a 150-card set starring the X-Men. 

• Doctor Strange faces the new, evil Sorcerer Supreme in the storyline "Strangers Among Us" in Doctor Strange #64 - 66. 

• The winners of the "Hunt for Magneto" sweepstakes have been announced. 

• Spider-Man supporting characters Black Cat and Nightwatch will both get their own spinoff series. 

• The big wedding of Phoenix and Cyclops takes place in X-Men #30, followed by a ew three-issue miniseries. 

• The Punisher Invades the Nam is a special looking at Frank Castle's last mission as a special forces soldier. 

• The storyline "Crash and Burn" pits Iron Man against several foes determined to destroy his business. 

Pages 4 - 5

Article: "A Walk on the Vile Side," by Lia M. Pelosi

Pages 6 - 9

Article: "William Shatner's Tek Invades the Living Room," by Robert J. Sodaro

Pages 10 - 14

Article: "Burger World Weird Neighbors and John Romita, Jr. - Beavis and Butt-Head Come to Marvel Comics," by Anya Martin

Page 15

Hembeck's Page

Pages 16 - 19

Article: "A Day in the Life of a Blue-Skinned Babe," by Paula Foye 

Page 20 

Stan's Soapabox

Pages 21 - 24

Article: "You Can't Do That with the Fantastic Four (Can You?)" by Stephen Vrattos

Page 25

Article: "Zen and the Art of the Fantastic Four," by Stephen Vrattos

Pages 26 - 27

Article: "Darkhawk: The Amulet Quest," by Doug Murray 

Pages 28 - 30

Letters column: "Mr. Magneto? Is There a Mr. Magneto Present?" 

Page 30 

The Bossmen, by Rick Parker 

Pages 31 - 32

Checklist

Inside back cover

February calendar

 

Who could have imagined when James Rhodes made his debut in Iron Man #118 that he would appear in multiple big screen movies and TV series based on Marvel Comics? Here, 14 years after that comic-book debut, Rhodes got his own series as the armored hero called War Machine, as reported in Marvel Age #133. 

Also in this issue, Marvel tries to recreate the magic of Peter Parker's wedding to Mary Jane Watson with the nuptials of Scott "Cyclops" Summers and Jean "Marvel Girl or is it Phoenix?" Grey. While the newer wedding didn't generate quite the media frenzy that the earlier one did, there still was lots of excitement - not to mention a wedding gown designed by Nicole Miller. 

And the cosmic dance goes on in the new miniseries Cosmic powers, spinning out of the Silver Surfer's latest galaxy-spanning adventures. 

Marvel Age #133

Price: $1.00 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: December 21, 1993

Cover date: February 1994 

Copyright © 1993 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

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 Joe Caponsacco: Designers

• Gabriel Gecko, Bob Wiacek, and Jim Hoston: Front cover artists

• Andy Kubert, Mark Pennington, and Joe Caponsacco: Back cover artists

• Marc McLaurin: Colorist

• Craig Anderson, Joe Andreani, Richard Ashford, Marc Bernardo, Karl Bollers, Tom Brevoort, Lynaire Brust, Joey Cavalieri, Bobbie Chase, Chris Cooper, Kelly Corvese, Don Daley, Tom Daning, Eric Fein, James Felder, Danny Fingeroth, Sholly Fisch, Paula Foye, 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

• Scott Elmer, Delayne Hawkins, and Yancey Labat: The Raiders

• Joe Kaufman: Book Designer

• Cindy Emmert: Designer

• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager

• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager/Designer

• Daniel Carr, Maria Parwulski: Typesetters

• Jack Abel, Claire Putsché, Flo Steinberg: Proofreaders

• 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, and Matt Maley: Letterers

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

• Millie Shuriff: Accounting 

• Judy Sottile: MIS Manager

• Christopher Ebel and Freddie Mendez: Manufacturing Coordinators

• 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: Assistant Manager / 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: Vice President / Specialty Sales

• 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

• Jim Brennan: Advertising and Promotions Director

• 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: War Macchio

Editorial

Contents

Pages 1 - 3

Up Front, by Terry Hernon

• The comic Break the Chain has been delayed to allow more time to get it into record stores. 

• The Shroud will get his own four-issue miniseries by writer Mike Barr and penciller M.C. Wyman. 

• The metal group Entombed has an upcoming release called Wolverine Blues featuring a reprint of a Wolverine story in the packaging. 

• Berkley Systems has added Marvel imagery to their packages of desktop patterns. 

• The new storyline "Fighting Chance" will begin in Captain America #425. 

• Fresno, CA, resident Brandon Vietti has been selected as the first winner of Marvel's scholarship to The Joe Kubert School. 

• Alpha Flight will end its run with issue #128 in January, but will lead into a new miniseries starring Northstar. 

• Nelvana Studios is adapting the series Ectokid for animation. 

• Following the success of Marvel's Ren & Stimpy comic, Marvel will add a new Rocko's Modern Life comic to its lineup. 

Pages 4 - 5

Mark's Remarks

Page 5

The Bossmen by Rick Parker 

Pages 6 - 8

Article: "After the Fall, Can Daredevil Get Up?" by Bill Rosemann 

Page 9 

Article: "Hidden in the Folds," by Gary Guzzo

Page 10 

Article: "The Gown," by Lisa Patrick

Pages 11 - 13

Article: "Dearly Beloved," by Tom Russo 

Page 14 

Hembeck's Page

Page 15

Stan's Soapbox

Pages 16 - 19 

Article: "War Machine Doesn't Like to Be Called an Iron Man of a Different Color," by Anya Martin

Page 19

Sidebar: "Proposing a Spin-Off: War Machine," by Anya Martin 

Pages 20 - 21

Article: "Spawn of the Cosmic Powers," by Robert Sodaro

Pages 22 - 24

Hot Sheet, by Jerry A. Novick

Pages 25 - 28

"Before Marvels" part four of four

Pages 29 - 30

Letters column: "Revelations from the Dead Sea Skrulls" 

Pages 31 - 32

Checklist

Inside back cover

Calendar - January 1992 

 

Just eight more mighty issues of Marvel Age left, and Marvel showed no signs of letting up with new thrills, including the series Force Works and ClanDestine, as well as the big 2099 crossover! 

Marvel was just months away from buying my then-employer, kids magazine publisher Welsh Publishing Group, and this month they announced their own kid-friendly magazines – two of 'em, starring Spider-Man and Thomas the Tank Engine. 

In other magazine news, Marvel continued its partnership with the NFL, cross-pollinating sports and comics fandom with the NFL Pro Action magazine, which included a new X-Men tale by writer Ralph Macchio and artist Chris Marrinan. 

Marvel Age #132

Price: $1.00 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: November 16, 1993

Cover date: January 1994 

Copyright © 1993 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. 

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 Joe Caponsacco: Designers

• Thomas Tenney, Avon, and Jim Hoston: Front cover artists

• Alan Davis, Mark Farmer and Joe Caponsacco: Back cover artists

• Marc McLaurin: Colorist

• Craig Anderson, Joe Andreani, Richard Ashford, Marc Bernardo, Karl Bollers, Tom Brevoort, Lynaire Brust, Joey Cavalieri, Bobbie Chase, 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

• Scott Elmer, Delayne Hawkins, and Yancey Labat: 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

• 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, and Matt Maley: Letterers

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

• Millie Shuriff: Accounting 

• Judy Sottile: MIS Manager

• Christopher Ebel and Freddie Mendez: Manufacturing Coordinators

• 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

• Jim Brennan: Advertising and Promotions Director

• 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: Still an Avenger 

Editorial

Contents

Pages 1 - 3

Up Front, by Terry Hernon

• To close out 1993, Marvel presents the Marvel Year in Review 1993 special. 

• Marvel will appeal to younger readers with two new magazines starring Spider-Man and Thomas the Tank Engine. 

• X-Men Unlimited #4 will explore the possible connection between Nightcrawler and Mystique. 

• Coming in December, it's NFL-Pro Action, featuring trading cards, sporty articles, and a new X-Men story. 

• Thor moves in a new direction following the "Blood and Thunder" epic, with new artist Tom Grindberg. 

• Coming in December: The M.A.X. Yearbook, with a hologram cover, and X-Men Adventures Season II #1. And in January, look for the new miniseries Cosmic Powers.

Pages 4 - 7

Article: "Force Works: We're Not Going to Take It," by Randy Meredith

Pages 8 - 9

Article: "Spider-Man: The Mutant Agenda - The First Strip-to-Comic Crossover" 

Page 10

Stan's Soapbox

Pages 11 - 14

Article: "Avi Arad: Taking Movies, TV, and Toys Into the Marvel Age," by Gary Fishman

Pages 16 - 18

Article: "The ClanDestine," by Alan Woollcombe

Pages 19 - 21

"Hot Sheet," by Jerry Novick

Pages 22 - 23

Article: "It's Hammer Time: Inside the 2099 Crossover," by Steve Vrattos

Pages 24 - 27

"Before Marvels..." part three of four

Page 28

Hembeck's Page

Pages 29 - 30

Letters column: "Come to Papa"

Page 30 

The Bossmen, by Rick Parker 

Pages 31 - 32

Checklist

Inside Back Cover

December calendar