Mutant madness kept on rolling as Marvel unveiled the top-secret new series X-Factor in this issue of Marvel Age. The series was introduced in "The Mutant Report," in a series of heavily redacted interviews with editor Mike Carlin, writer/inker Bob Layton, penciller Jackson Guice, another writer Roger Stern, writer penciller John Byrne, and editor in chief Jim Shooter. The launch of X-Factor included story points from Avengers and Fantastic Four, which made it a debut to be remembered. 

In honor of X-Factor's debut, Fred Hembeck talked to Cyclops, a man of few words. 

Also in this issue, editor Jim Salicrup bids a fond farewell to assistant editor Kurt Busiek, who was moving on to bigger and better endeavors. 

This issue's New Talent Department looks at a penciling contest that took place at Comix Fair, where artists Steve Leialoha, John Romita Jr., and Ron Wilson judged entries based on The Official Marvel Comics Try-Out Book...and the winner is...Steve Erwin! Tied for second place were George Turney and Ben Dunn. 

And, for anyone wondering why Marvel Age and other titles had been looking so weird lately, there's an article on the new printing process known as flexography that gave us brighter, blotchier colors. 

Marvel Age #33

Price: $0.35 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: September 10, 1985

Cover date: December, 1985

Copyright © 1985 Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. 

• Jim Shooter: Editor in Chief

• Jim Salicrup: Editor and Design Director

• Kurt Busiek: Assistant Editor

• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Coming Attractions

• Craig Anderson, Adam Blaustein, Nancy Brown, Bob Budiansky, Mike Carlin, Bobbie Chase, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, Tom DeFalco, Jo Duffy, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Bob Harras, Larry Hama, Mike Higgins, Sid Jacobson, Terry Kavanagh, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Rosemary McCormick-Lowy, Al Milgrom, Margie Neville, Ann Nocenti, Denny O'Neil, Jim Owsley, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, Louise Simonson, and Keith Williams: Consulting Editors

• John Romita: Art Director

• James W. Fry, Mark McKenna, and Tom Morgan: Romita's Raiders

• Ron Zalme: Art/Production Coordinator

• Janet Jackson: Designer

• Phil Felix, Aggie Kelley, Kenny Lopez, Joe Macal, Bill Oakley, Bruce N. Solomon, and Bill Vallely: Production

• Brenda Mings: Typesetter

• Adam Philips and George Roussos: Colorists

• Virginia Romita: Traffic Manager

• Lynn Cohen: Friendly Assistance 

• Bob Layton and Jackson Guice: Cover 

• Sally Pomeroy: Rights and Permissions Editor

• Carol Kalish: Director of Specialty Sales

• Peter David: Direct Sales Manager Administrative

• Steve Saffel: Assistant Promotions Manager for Direct Sales

• Irving Forbush: X-pendable

Front cover 

• Characters: X-Factor

 Inside front cover

• Salicrup's Section

• Marvel Agenda (contents) 

• Masthead 

• Indicia 

Pages 1 - 5

Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles on sale September 24

• The Thing #31
• Daredevil #226
• The New Mutants #35
• Web of Spider-Man #10
• West Coast Avengers #4
• Planet Terry #10
• Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #5
• Cloak and Dagger #4 -- Secret Wars II tie-in 
• Squadron Supreme #5
• Conan the King #32
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #2
• Swords of the Swashbucklers #4
• Moonshadow #5
• Starstruck #5

Titles on sale October 1

• The Amazing Spider-Man #272
• Power Pack #18 -- Secret Wars II tie-in 
• The Micronauts #18 -- Secret Wars II tie-in 
• Captain America #313
• Alpha Flight #30
• Wally the Wizard #10
• Ewoks #5
• The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #33
• Dazzler #41
• Groo the Wanderer #11
• Longshot #5
• The Vision and Scarlet Witch #4
• X-Men Annual #9
• The Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four #2
• Savage Sword of Conan #119
• The One #3

Titles on sale October 6

• Marvel Age Magazine #34
• The Incredible Hulk #315
• The Avengers #263
• Conan #178
• Marvel Tales #183
• X-Men #201
• Rom #74
• Power Man and Iron Fist #121 -- Secret Wars II tie-in 
• Royal Roy #5
• Muppet Babies #5
• Get Along Gang #5
• Solomon Kane #3
• G.I. Joe #43
• Nightcrawler #3
• The Eternals #4
• Balder the Brave #2
• The Marvel Saga #2
• The Punisher #1
• The X-Men and Alpha Flight #2
• Marvel Fanfare #24

Titles on sale October 14

• Marvel Graphic Novel #20: Hooky 

Titles on sale October 15

• Fantastic Four #286
• Iron Man #202
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #110
• Care Bears #2
• The New Defenders #151
• Star Wars #103
• Thor #363  -- Secret Wars II tie-in 
• The Transformers #12
• Elfquest #6
• Secret Wars II #7
• The Sectaurs #4
• The Official Marvel Index to Marvel Team-Up #1
• The Handbook of the Conan Universe #1
• Doctor Who #16
• Coyote #15
• Savage Tales #2
• Timespirits #7
• Epic Illustrated #33

Pages 6 - 7

More Coming Attractions

Titles shipping in November

• The Thing #32
• Daredevil #227
• The New Mutants #36
• Web of Spider-Man #11
• West Coast Avengers #5
• Planet Terry #11
• Fraggle Rock #6
• Strawberry Shortcake #6
• Thundercats #2
• Misty #2
• Red Sonja #12
• Squadron Supreme #6
• Conan Annual #10
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #3
• Starstruck #6
• The Amazing Spider-Man #273
• Captain America #314
• Micronauts #17
• Alpha Flight #31
• Wally the Wizard #11
• Top Dog #6
• Heathcliff #6
• Doctor Strange #75
• Groo the Wanderer #12
• The Vision and Scarlet Witch #5
• The Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four #3
• Longshot #6
• Power Pack #20
• Savage Sword of Conan #120
• The Sisterhood of Steel #7
• Bozz Chronicles #1
• Marvel Age Magazine #35
• The Incredible Hulk #316
• The Avengers #264
• Conan #179
• Marvel Tales #184
• X-Men #202
• Rom #75
• G.I. Joe #44
• Nightcrawler #4
• The Eternals #5
• The Punisher #2
• Marvel Saga #3
• Dreadstar #22
• Fantastic Four #287
• Iron Man #203
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111
• Thor #364
• Transformers #13
• Elfquest #7
• Secret Wars II #8
• The Official Marvel Index to Marvel Team-Up #2
• X-Factor #1
• The New Defenders #152
• Doctor Who #17
• Marvel Graphic Novel #21: Greenberg the Vampire
• Six from Sirius II #1

Titles shipping in December 

• The Thing #33
• Daredevil #228
• The New Mutants #37
• Web of Spider-Man #12
• West Coast Avengers #6
• Planet Terry #12
• Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #6
• Cloak and Dagger #5
• Squadron Supreme #7
• Conan the King #33
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #4
• Swords of the Swashbucklers #5
• Moonshadow #6
• The Amazing Spider-Man #274
• Captain America #315
• Power Pack #20
• Micronauts #18
• Alpha Flight #32
• Wally the Wizard #12
• Ewoks #6
• The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #34
• Dazzler #42
• Groo the Wanderer #13
• The Vision and Scarlet Witch #6
• Firestar #1
• The Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four #4
• The Savage Sword of Conan #121
• The One #4
• Marvel Age Magazine #36
• The Incredible Hulk #317
• The Avengers #265
• Conan #180
• Marvel Tales #185
• X-Men #203
• Power Man and Iron Fist #122
• Care Bears #3
• Transformers #14
• Elfquest #8
• Secret Wars II #9
• The Sectaurs #5
• The Official Marvel Index to Marvel Team-Up #3
• Doctor Who #18
• Six from Sirius II #2
• Coyote #16
• Savage Tales #3
• Timespirits #8
• Epic Illustrated #34
• Royal Roy #6
• Muppet Babies #6
• Get Along Gang #6
• Solomon Kane #4
• G.I. Joe #45
• The Eternals #6
• The Punisher #3
• Balder the Brave #3
• Marvel Saga #4
• Marvel Fanfare #25
• Marvel Graphic Novel #22: Shamballa
• Fantastic Four #288
• Iron Man #204
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #112
• Star Wars #104
• Thor #365
• X-Factor #2

Page 8 

Newswatch 

Mini Mutant Report

The Top Ten

Page 9 

Newswatch Extra

Pages 10 - 13

Behind the Lines

Pages 14 - 15

Article: "The Punisher," by Sholly Fisch

Pages 16 - 17

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age 

Pages 18 - 25

The Mutant Report

Page 23

"It's Genetic," by Kyle Baker

Pages 26 - 27

New Talent Department, by Sholly Fisch 

Pages 28 - 29

Article: "The Marvel Age - 1969 (Part III)," by Adam Philips 

Pages 30 - 32

Letter column: "What Does Mark Evanier Do on Groo?", suggested by Ted "Crazyman" Condi

Inside back cover

Ad for Misty by Trina Robbins 

Back cover

The Marvel Age 1985 Calendar -- September 

The popularity of the X-Men and other mutants continued to grow throughout the 1980s, and that reality is reflected in Marvel Age #30 with the debut the feature "The Mutant Report," which focused exclusively on...yes, mutants. This debut column only ran one page, but it would quickly grow to multiple pages, with sub-features like the cartoon "It's Genetic." 

"The Mutant Report" appears over the logo on this issue's cover, which features the heroes of the Marvel Universe enjoying a picnic, with Doctor Doom about to ruin the afternoon, and...wait a minute, is that Conan the Barbarian helping himself to a chicken leg? What's he doing here? 

This issue's "New Talent Department" once again dives into the tricky business of trying to critique written material. In this case, it's a plot submission from a writer named Dave Hudak, who sent in a Captain America story for which editor Mike Carlin provides some broad strokes input on the story, including, "Captain America is out of character throughout. He does things that Captain America just would not do," and, "Basically, there's no conflict here. Cap does not have to make a choice." I wrote this article myself, with illustrations by artists James W. Fry and Phil Lord. 

Another article previews the 1985 slate of annuals, which were all set for summer release. The annuals also showed up on the inside front cover with the 1985 Marvel Age Summer Annuals Report Card, which is a great opportunity to involve readers, and demonstrate that Marvel cares about their opinions. There's also the promise of info on the upcoming Marvel Age Annual! 

Marvel Age #30

Price: $0.35 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: June 11, 1985

Cover date: September, 1985

Copyright © 1985 Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. 

• Jim Shooter: Editor in Chief

• Jim Salicrup: Editor and Design Director

• Kurt Busiek: Assistant Editor

• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Coming Attractions

• Craig Anderson, Pat Blevins, Nancy Brown, Bob Budiansky, Mike Carlin, Bobbie Chase, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, Tom DeFalco, Jo Duffy, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Bob Harras, Larry Hama, Mike Higgins, Sid Jacobson, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Rosemary McCormick-Lowy, Al Milgrom, Ann Nocenti, Denny O'Neil, Jim Owsley, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, Louise Simonson, Laurie Sutton, and Keith Williams: Consulting Editors

• John Romita: Art Director

• James W. Fry, Mark McKenna, and Tom Morgan: Romita's Raiders

• Dan Crespi: Art/Production Coordinator

• Ron Zalme: Assistant Art/Production Coordinator

• Janet Jackson: Designer

• Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Phil Felix, Lisa Herring, Jack Morelli, Miriam Larsson, and Barry Shapiro: Production

• Brenda Mings: Typesetter

• Adam Philips and George Roussos: Colorists

• Virginia Romita: Traffic Manager

• Lynn Cohen and Chantee Foster: Friendly Assistance 

• John Byrne: Cover 

• Sally Pomeroy: Rights and Permissions Editor

• Carol Kalish: Director of Specialty Sales

• Peter David: Direct Sales Manager Administrative

• Steve Saffel: Assistant Promotions Manager for Direct Sales

• Irving Forbush: Sun Worshipper

Front cover 

• Characters: Lots of Marvel heroes

 Inside front cover

• Marvel Agenda (contents) 

• Masthead 

• Indicia 

Editorial: "Summer Fun," by Jim Salicrup 

1985 Marvel Age Summer Annuals Report Card 

Pages 1 - 5

Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles on sale June 25 

• The Thing #28
• Daredevil #223 - Secret Wars II tie-in
• New Mutants #32
• The Web of Spider-Man #7
• Planet Terry #7
• Fraggle Rock #4
• Strawberry Shortcake #4
• Dreadstar and Company #4
• Rawhide Kid #3
• The Squadron Supreme #2
• The Sectaurs #3
• The West Coast Avengers #1 
• Starstruck #4
• The Life of Captain Marvel #3

Titles on sale July 2

• The Amazing Spider-Man #269
• Captain America #310
• Power Pack #15
• Micronauts #13
• Alpha Flight #27
• Wally the Wizard #7
• Top Dog #4
• Heathcliff #4
• Doctor Strange #73
• Groo the Wanderer #8
• The Fantastic Four Index #1
• Longshot #2
• The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1
• The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #5
• Savage Sword of Conan #116
• The Black Dragon #4
• The Sisterhood of Steel #5

Titles on sale July 9

• Marvel Age Magazine #31
• The Incredible Hulk #312 - Secret Wars II tie-in
• The Avengers #260 - Secret Wars II tie-in
• Conan #175
• Marvel Tales #180
• X-Men #198
• Rom #71
• Moon Knight #5
• G.I. Joe #40
• Eternals #1
• Dreadstar #20

Titles on sale July 15 

• Marvel Graphic Novel #17: Revenge of the Living Monolith

Titles on sale July 16 

• The Fantastic Four #283
• Iron Man #199
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #107
• Thor #360
• The New Defenders #148
• Elfquest #3
• Secret Wars II #4
• Transformers #9
• Star Wars #100
• Spider-Man Index #7
• Doctor Who #13
• Alien Legion #9 

Pages 6 - 7

More Coming Attractions

Titles shipping in July

• The Thing #29
• Daredevil #224
• The New Mutants #33
• Web of Spider-Man #8
• West Coast Avengers #2
• Planet Terry #8
• Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #4
• Cloak and Dagger #3
• Red Sonja #11
• Dreadstar and Company #5
• Rawhide Kid #4
• Squadron Supreme #3
• Conan the King #31
• Moonshadow #4
• Swords of the Swashbucklers #3
• Life of Captain Marvel #4
• Amazing Spider-Man #270
• Captain America #311
• Power Pack #16
• Micronauts #14
• Alpha Flight #28
• Wally the Wizard #8
• The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #32
• Dazzler #40
• Ewoks #4
• Groo the Wanderer #9
• Longshot #3
• The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #2
• The Fantastic Four Index #2
• The Avengers Annual #14
• The Fantastic Four Annual #19
• The Savage Sword of Conan #117
• Black Dragon #5
• Time Spirits #6
• The One #2
• Marvel Age Magazine #32
• The Incredible Hulk #313 
• The Avengers #161
• Conan #176
• Marvel Tales #181
• Rom #72
• X-Men #199
• Moon Knight #6
• Power Man and Iron Fist #120
• Royal Roy #4
• Muppet Babies #4
• Get Along Gang #4
• The Sword of Solomon Kane #2
• G.I. Joe #41
• Eternals #2
• Marvel Fanfare #23
• Fantastic Four #284
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #108
• Star Wars #101
• Thor #361
• Transformers #10
• Elfquest #4
• Secret Wars II #5
• Iron Man #200
• Spider-Man Index #8
• Doctor Who #14
• Coyote #14
• Savage Tales #1
• Epic Illustrated #32
• Marvel Graphic Novel #18: The She-Hulk 

Titles shipping in August 

• The Thing #30
• Daredevil #225
• The New Mutants #34
• Web of Spider-Man #9
• West Coast Avengers #3
• Planet Terry #9
• Fraggle Rock #5
• Strawberry Shortcake #5
• Thundercats #1
• Dreadstar and Company #6
• Squadron Supreme #4
• Sectaurs #4
• The Incredible Hulk Annual #14
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #1
• Starstruck #5
• The Bozz Chronicles #1
• The Life of Captain Marvel #5
• The Amazing Spider-Man #271
• Captain America #312
• Power Pack #17
• Micronauts #15
• Alpha Flight #29
• Wally the Wizard #9
• Top Dog #5
• Heathcliff #5
• Doctor Strange #74
• Groo the Wanderer #10
• Longshot #4
• The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #3
• Rom Annual #4
• The Fantastic Four Index #3
• The Savage Sword of Conan #118
• The Black Dragon #6
• The Sisterhood of Steel #6
• Marvel Age Magazine #33
• The Incredible Hulk #314
• The Avengers #262
• Conan #177
• Marvel Tales #182
• The Avengers #262
• Rom #73
• Moon Knight #7
• G.I. Joe #42
• Eternals #3
• X-Men #200
• Thor Annual #13
• Dreadstar #21
• Fantastic Four #201
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #109
• Star Wars #102
• Thor #362
• Transformers #11
• Elfquest #5
• Secret Wars II #6
• The New Defenders #150
• Spider-Man Index #9
• Doctor Who #15
• The New Mutant Special #1
• Six from Sirius #1
• Alien Legion #10
• Marvel Graphic Novel #19: The Witch Queen of Acheron 

Page 8

Newswatch

Item: New graphic novels coming soon include...

• The Aladdin Effect, on sale next week

• Revenge of the Living Monolith, on sale next month

Shipping in July: 

• She-Hulk by John Byrne and Kim DeMulder

• The Witch Queen of Acheron, starring Conan, by Don Kraar, Gary Kwapisz and Armando Gill

Shipping in September: 

• Greenberg the Vampire, by J.M. DeMatteis and Mark Badger

Shipping in October: 

• The Hills Are Alive, starring the New Mutants, by Chris Claremont and Berni Wrightson

Shipping in November:

• Elektra, by Frank Miller

Shipping in December:

• Mirror Mirror, starring Doctor Strange, by J.M. DeMatteis and Dan Green 

Item: The Amazing Spider-Man Index was so popular that it's being followed by The Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four and The Official Marvel Index to Marvel Team-Up. 

Item: Newswatch is shorter than usual because some items will now be featured in the new column The Mutant Report. 

Marvel Top Ten 

Titles on sale March 1985

1. Secret Wars II #1
2. X-Men #195
3. Cloak and Dagger #1
4. Web of Spider-Man #4
5. Alpha Flight #24
6. New Mutants #29
7. Fantastic Four #280
8. Amazing Spider-Man #266
9. Thor #357
10. Avengers #257

Page 9

The Mutant Report

• New 'Factor' in Mutant Teams -- announces the new series X-Factor

• Mutants for Africa -- announces The X-Men Benefit Special for Ethiopia

• New Art for New Mutants -- Bill Sienkiewicz will be leaving the New Mutants. New artists on the series include Steve Leialoha and Mary Wilshire

Pages 10 - 12

Article: "An Epic of Love and War...Balder and Karnilla," by Dwight Jon Zimmerman 

Pages 13 - 15

The New Talent Department, by Adam Philips 

Pages 16 - 17

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age

Pages 18 - 21

Article: "Marvel Super Heroes Summer Fun: A Preview of 1985's Annuals," by Ken Hart

Pages 22 - 24

Article: "The Eternals," by Bill Slavicsek 

Pages 25 - 

Article: "The Marvel Age -- 1968 (Part III)," by Adam Philips

Page 27

Ad for Longshot

Page 28

Article: "Revenge of the Living Monolith," by Bill Slavicsek

Page 29

Ad for The One

Pages 30 - 32

Letters column: "The Write Stuff," suggested by Greg Bowers 

Inside back cover 

Ad for The Sword of Solomon Kane

Back cover

The Marvel Age 1985 Calendar -- June 

Jim Salicrup: Writer

Ron Zalme: Artist

Andy Yanchus: Colorist 

 

Marvel Age gained 26 new contributors with issue #28 -- consulting editors who worked down the hall and provided story details, behind the scenes art, and other vital information for every issue of what was now touted on the cover as "The Official Marvel News Magazine." There were other publications around that provided fans with inside info on upcoming comics, but none that with mastheads including industry legends like Archie Goodwin or Denny O'Neil. 

This issue went on sale April 9, and in keeping with the fun atmosphere at Marvel at the time, it opened with a section called "Not the Marvel Coming Attractions, which mixed fanciful descriptions for regular upcoming issues (Captain America #309 -- "Steve Rogers fails the Famous Artists's art talent test!") with titles that...no, they can't really be planning a Jarvis the Butler miniseries, right? But some are convincing, too, like new miniseries for Ariel, Havok and Polaris, the Sentinels, or Silver Surfer. Like, why not, right? 

This section also feature the famous Barry Windsor-Smith Daredevil cover guest-starring Spiny Norman of Monty Python fame. 

Also in this issue, I interview editor Mike Carlin and writer Archie Goodwin about Dazzler...an article I have no memory of writing! Plus, the Rawhide Kid returns, Elfquest comes to Marvel for a reprint series (with Cutter scaring Irving Forbush on the cover), and more. 

Oh, and fans learned why Spider-Man makes a great urban hero, but isn't as successful in the 'burbs. No tall buildings around to thwipp to! 

Marvel Age #28

Price: $0.35 US 

Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)

On sale: April 9, 1985

Cover date: July, 1985

Copyright © 1985 Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. 

• Jim Shooter: Editor in Chief

• Jim Salicrup: Editor and Design Director

• Kurt Busiek: Assistant Editor

• Craig Anderson, Pat Blevins, Nancy Brown, Bob Budiansky, Mike Carlin, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, Tom DeFalco, Jo Duffy, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Bob Harras, Larry Hama, Mike Higgins, Sid Jacobson, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Al Milgrom, Ann Nocenti, Denny O'Neil, Jim Owsley, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, Louise Simonson, Laurie Sutton, and Keith Williams: Consulting Editors

• Janet Jackson: Designer

• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Coming Attractions

• Dan Crespi: Art/Production Coordinator

• Ron Zalme: Assistant Art/Production Coordinator

• Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Phil Felix, Morrie Kuramoto, John Morelli, Miriam Larsson, and Barry Shapiro: Production

• Brenda Mings: Typesetter

• Adam Philips and George Roussos: Colorists

• Lynn Cohen and Chantee Foster: Friendly Assistance 

• Bill Sienkiewicz: Cover 

• Carol Kalish: Director of Specialty Sales

• Peter David: Direct Sales Manager Administrative

• Steve Saffel: Assistant Promotions Manager for Direct Sales

• Irving Forbush: Dim Bulb

Front cover 

• Character: The Dazzler

 Inside front cover

• Marvel Agenda (contents) 

• Masthead 

• Indicia 

Editorial: "It All Started..." by Jim Salicrup 

 

Pages 1 - 3

Not the Marvel Coming Attractions

Titles not shipping now or ever

• Daredevil #222
• New Mutants #31
• The Mutant Muppets #1
• The Thing #27
• Dial "D" for Dead Hero #1
• Marvel Super Special #40: Friday the 13th Part Six 
• Captain America #309
• Silver Smurfer #1
• The Amazing Spider-Man #268
• Alpha Flight #25

Titles not shipping now or ever

• Dennis the Menace #1
• Two Wild and Crazy Mutants #1
• Friday the 13th Part Six #1
• The Mighty Thor #359
• Avengers #259
• Professor X #1
• Colossus #4
• Not Brand Echh Special Edition #1
• MTV #1
• X-Men and the A-Team #1

Titles not shipping now or ever

• The Micronauts #10
• The Incredible Hulk #311
• Conan the Barbarian #174
• Storm #3
• Rom #68
• Ariel #1
• X-Men #197
• Skull the Slayer Special Edition #2
• Havok and Polaris #1
• Marvel Super Special #41: Odin the Movie
• The New Defenders #147
• Jarvis the Butler #2

Titles not shipping now or ever

• X-Men and Michael Jackson #1
• Iron Man #198
• Odin the Movie #1
• Fantastic Four #282
• The Web of Spider-Man #7
• Sentinels #1
• Old Mutants #1
• Silver Surfer #1
• Aunt May #1

Pages 4 - 8

Marvel Comics Coming Attractions

Titles on sale April 23

• The Thing #26
• Daredevil #221
• New Mutants #30 - Secret Wars II tie-in
• Web of Spider-Man #5
• Planet Terry #5
• Fraggle Rock #3
• Strawberry Shortcake #3
• Red Sonja #10
• Dreadstar and Company #2
• The Gargoyle #3
• Rawhide Kid #1
• The Sectaurs #2
• Starstruck #3
• The Life of Captain Marvel #1

Titles on sale April 30 

• The Amazing Spider-Man #267
• Captain America #308 - Secret Wars II tie-in
• Power Pack #13
• The Micronauts #11
• Alpha Flight #25
• Wally the Wizard #5
• Top Dog #3
• Heathcliff #3
• Doctor Strange #72
• Groo the Wanderer #6
• Savage Sword of Conan #114
• Black Dragon #2
• The Sisterhood of Steel #4

Titles on sale May 7

• Marvel Age Magazine #29
• The Incredible Hulk #310
• The Avengers #258
• Conan #173
• Marvel Tales #178
• X-Men #196 - Secret Wars II tie-in
• Rom #69
• Moon Knight #3
• G.I. Joe #38
• Dreadstar #19

Titles on sale May 14

• Fantastic Four #281 - Secret Wars II tie-in
• Iron Man #197 - Secret Wars II tie-in
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #105
• The New Defenders #146
• Star Wars #98
• Thor #358
• The Transformers #7
• Elfquest #1
• Secret Wars II #2
• Rocket Raccoon #2
• Spider-Man Index #5
• Doctor Who #11
• Alien Legion #8 

Pages 9 - 10

More Coming Attractions

• Titles shipping in May
• The Thing #27
• Daredevil #222
• New Mutants #31
• Web of Spider-Man #6
• Planet Terry #6
• Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #3
• Ewoks #3
• Cloak and Dagger #2
• Dreadstar and Company #3
• The Gargoyle #4
• Rawhide Kid #2
• Squadron Supreme #1
• Swords of the Swashbucklers #2
• Conan the King #30
• Moonshadow #3
• The Life of Captain Marvel #2
• Power Pack #14
• Micronauts #12
• Alpha Flight #26
• Wally the Wizard #6
• The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #31
• Dazzler #39
• Groo the Wanderer #7
• Longshot #1
• Savage Sword of Conan #115
• Black Dragon #3
• The One #1
• Timespirits #5
• Marvel Age #30
• The Incredible Hulk #311
• The Avengers #259
• Conan #174
• Marvel Tales #179
• X-Men #197
• Rom #70
• Moon Knight #4
• Power Man and Iron Fist #119
• Royal Roy #3
• Muppet Babies #3
• Get Along Gang #3
• Solomon Kane #1
• G.I. Joe #39
• Web of Spider-Man Annual #1
• Marvel Fanfare #22
• Fantastic Four #282
• Iron Man #198
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #106
• The New Defenders #147
• Star Wars #99
• Thor #359
• Elfquest #2
• Secret Wars II #3
• Transformers #8
• Spider-Man Index #6
• Doctor Who #12
• Coyote #13
• Epic Illustrated #31

Titles shipping in June 

• The Thing #28
• Daredevil #223
• New Mutants #32
• Web of Spider-Man #7
• Planet Terry #7
• Fraggle Rock #4
• Strawberry Shortcake #4
• Dreadstar and Company #4
• Rawhide Kid #3
• Squadron Supreme #2
• The Sectaurs #3
• Starstruck #4
• The Life of Captain Marvel #3
• The Amazing Spider-Man #269 
• Captain America #310
• Power Pack #15
• Micronauts #13
• Alpha Flight #27
• Wally the Wizard #7
• Top Dog #4
• Heathcliff #4
• Doctor Strange #73
• Groo the Wanderer #8
• Longshot #2
• The Specactular Spider-Man Annual (sic) #5
• The Fantastic Four Index #1
• Savage Sword of Conan #116
• Black Dragon #4
• The One #2
• Sisterhood of Steel #5
• Marvel Age Magazine #31
• The Incredible Hulk #312
• The Avengers #260
• Conan #175
• Marvel Tales #180
• X-Men #198
• Rom #71
• Moon Knight #5
• G.I. Joe #40
• The Eternals #1
• Dreadstar #20
• Fantastic Four #283
• Iron Man #199
• Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #107
• The New Defenders #148
• Thor #360
• Elfquest #3
• Secret Wars II #4
• Transformers #9
• Star Wars #100
• Marvel Team-Up Index #1
• Doctor Who #13
• Alien Legion #9

Page 11

Newswatch 

Item: Assistant Editor Peter Sanderson has left staff to do freelance work on the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and other projects; Assistant Editor Pat Blevins has moved to Editor Ann Nocenti's office; Editor Carl Potts has hired Rosemary McCormack-Lowy as his new Assistant Editor. 

Item: The editorial team of Mark Gruenwald and Howard Mackie has unveiled the official Marvel Comics Editorial Uniform, seen below in art by James Fry and Tom Morgan, with patented 1980s-style design by Janet Jackson: 

Item: Walter Simonson will write a Balder and Karnilla miniseries, with art by Sal Buscema. (This was published under the name Balder the Brave.) 

Marvel Top Ten 

Titles for February 1985 (direct sales rankings only)

1. X-Men #194
2. Cloak and Dagger #1
3. Web of Spider-Man #3
4. Alpha Flight #23
5. New Mutants #28
6. Amazing Spider-Man #265
7. Fantastic Four #279
8. Moon Knight #1
9. Iceman #4
10. Beauty and the Beast #4

Pages 12 - 14

Article: "Michael Carlin and Archie Goodwin Talk about Dazzler," by Adam Philips

Page 15

Article: "Star Spotlight on Ewoks," by Sandy Hausler 

Pages 16 - 17

Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age

Pages 18 - 19

Article: "The Rawhide Kid," by Sholly Fisch

Pages 20 - 22

Article: "The Marvel Age Interview: Bill Sienkiewicz," by Mark Lerer

Pages 23 - 25

Article: "Say Hello to Elfquest," by Peter Sanderson

Pages 26 - 27

Article: "The Life of Captain Marvel," by Dwight Jon Zimmerman

Pages 28 - 29

Article: "The Marvel Age -- 1968 (Part I)," by Adam Philips

Pages 30 - 31

Letters column: "Oh! Look at All This Mail!", suggested by Alex Wai

Inside back cover

Unused New Mutants art by Bill Sienkiewicz -- it got lost in the mail. 

Back cover 

The Marvel Age 1985 Calendar for April

Jim Salicrup - Writer

Ron Zalme - Artist

George Roussos - Colorist