Make Mine Marvel Age: July 2025

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

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.