Just when you thought you'd seen everything Marvel Age had to offer, a surprising new character makes the cover: Batman. Like Archie not long before him, the Dark Knight was going to meet the Punisher – but their team-up was played for drama more than laughs.
This is the second to last issue of Marvel Age, and in his editorial, editor Steve Saffel says it plainly: The reason is "falling sales...there's a lot of slick competition out there," undoubtedly a jab at Wizard Magazine, which was then a sensation. But, Steve promises, there's more to come.
Also in this issue, Stan reminisces about the original Marvel / DC crossover – Superman Vs. the Amazing Spider-Man. And readers caught up on the Maximum Carnage video game, the upcoming X-Men movie, the Fantastic Force series, and new X-Men action figures.
Marvel Age #139
Price: $1.25 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: June 28, 1994
Cover date: August 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, Joe Caponsacco, Peter Cooper, and Mark Mazz: Designers
• Jonathan Michael Baylis: Assistant Editor
• John Romita Jr., Klaus Janson, and Joe Caponsacco: Front cover artists
• Mike Gustovich and Jim Hoston: Back cover artists
• Marc McLaurin: Colorist
• Terry Hernon, Jerry Novick, Tom Russo, and Jeffrey Simons: Beat Reporters
• Joey Cavalieri, Bobbie Chase, Danny Fingeroth, Bob Harras, and Nel Yomtov: Group Editors
• Craig Anderson, Joe Andreani, Richard Ashford, Marc Bernardo, Tom Brevoort, Karl Bollers, Lynaire Brust, Chris Cooper, Kelly Corvese, Don Daley, Tom Daning, Eric Fein, James Felder, Paula Foye, Jaye Gardner, Suzanne Gaffney, Glenn Greenberg, Glenn Herdling, Matt Idelson, Marie Javins, Michael Kraiger, Mike Lackey, Spencer Lamm, John Lewandowski, Scott Marshall, Mike Marts, Marc McLaurin, Freddy Mendez, Hildy Mesnick, Matthew Morra, Sarra Mossoff, Mindy Newell, Fabian Nicieza, Mariano Nicieza, Lisa Patrick, Lia Pelosi, Mark Powers, Ben Raab, Michael Rockwitz, Evan Skolnick, Kevin Somers, Mort Todd, Rob Tokar, Tim Tuohy, and Michael Warlow: Consulting Editors
• John Romita: Art Director
• Steve Geiger: Managing Art Director
• Scott Elmer, Yancey Labat, and Richard Perrotta: The Raiders
• Joe Kaufman: Book Designer
• Cindy Emmert: Designer
• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager
• Dawn Geiger: Assistant Production Manager/Designer
• Daniel Carr: Typesetters
• Jack Abel, Claire Putsché, Flo Steinberg: Proofreaders
• Paul Becton: Color Corrections
• George Roussos: Cover Colorist
• Peter Cooper, Ericka T. Moran, Johnny Greene, and Kevin Tinsley: Cover Coordinators
• Rob Carosella and Jesus Gonzalez: Camera Technicians
• Jon Babcock, Susan Crespi, Loretta Krol, Matt Maley, and Wayne Murray: Letterers
• John Bligh, Steve Bunche, Holly Joyner, Jerry Kalinowski, Sylvia Masa, Jennifer O'Donnell, Thomas Velasquez, and Caroline B. Wells: Mechanical Artists
• Millie Shuriff: Accounting
• Ron Marc, Judy Sottile and Jeff Zonenshine: MIS Managers
• Christopher Ebel and Debra Brust: Manufacturing Coordinators
• Steve Alexandrov, Dahlia Aponte, Christine Aurilia, Bernadette Ayala-Thomas, Dan Buckley, Sylvia Cruz, Paul Curtis, Melisa Danon, Patricia Dazzo, Hirut Dejoya, Matt Edelman, Sholly Fisch, Felisa Garrido, Alison Gill, Linda Gilmore, Stephanie Hallberg, Dana Hayward, Suzy Lee, Mary "Mac" McPherson, Stephenie Ogozalek, Tom Rolston, Pam Rutt, Virginia Saraya, Stu Schwartzberg, Phil Sheehy, Marti Silber, Christina Slusarz, Sam Springle, 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
• John Dokes III: Distributor Liaison
• Kevin Tang: Catalog Editor
• Terry Hernon: Assistant Manager / Copywriter
• L. Dean Rohlfing: National Field Representative Coordinator
• Pennie Saadallah: Assistant Field Representative Coordinator
• Chris Folmar: Southwest Field Representative
• Andrea Goldberg: Mid-West Field Representative
• Sven Larsen: Marketing Director
• Jim Brennan: Advertising and Promotions Director
• Vito Incorvaia: Associate Creative Director
• Gary Guzzo: Publicity Director
• Tammy Brown: Advertising Manager
• Heidi Balaban-Pinnock: Advertising Art Director
• Matt Friedman, Jim Krueger and Amy Meyer: Copywriters
• Scott Williams: Corporate Marketing Art Director
• Mark Erickson: Vice-President/Corporate Marketing
• Maggie Trujillo: Director/Corporate Marketing
• Jeffrey Simons: Corporate Marketing Art Director
• Mike Martin: West Coast Field Representative
• Ellen Jones: Southeast Field Representative
• Mark Santeramo: Eastern 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
Editorial
Contents
Pages 1 - 3
Up Front
• Agamemnon returns in Incredible Hulk #421, with big changes coming for our hero.
• George Pérez will write a four-issue Giant Man miniseries, joined by artist Jeff Moore.
• This August, look for the new series Star Fighters, written by Mark Gruenwald with art by Scot Eaton.
• The Vision gets his own four-issue miniseries August, written by Bob Harras.
• Also in August, Code: Blue is a four-issue miniseries spinning out of Thunderstrike, written by Roy Thomas with art by Larry Alexander.
• Two one-shots are coming this summer: Hyperkind, written by Fred Burke with art by Fabio, and Ectokid, written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning with art by Hector Gomez.
• Gift company Oz is creating 56 greeting cards using Marvel characters and art.
Page 4
Stan's Soapbox
Page 5
Hembeck's Page
Pages 6 - 8
Article: "Maximum Carnage: Painting the Screen Red," by Brian David Marshall
Pages 9 - 11
Article: "Marvel Movie Roundup," by Tom Russo
Pages 12 - 14
Article: "A Force to Be Reckoned With," by Stephen Vrattos
Page 15
Sidebar: "Mike Gustovich: Characters from Scratch," by Stephen Vrattos
Pages 16 - 20
Article: "Batman/Punisher: Gotham Knights," by Anya Martin
Page 21
Marvel Age Sweepstakes entry form
Pages 22 - 24
Article: "The New X-Men Action Figures: Playing the Part," by Jerry A. Novick
Page 25
Article: "Countdown to Generation X," by Tom Daning
Pages 26 - 27
Mark's Remarks
Page 28
Article: "Fleer - Marvel Universe: The Next Generation," by Jerry A. Novick
Pages 29 - 30
Letters Column: "1) Call mom collect, 2) Wash hair, 3) Sort sock drawer, 4) Write a letter to Marvel Age"
Pages 31 - 32
Checklist
Inside back cover
Calendar for July 1994
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