It's the Silver Surfer's time to shine on the cover of Marvel Age #71. Good old Norrin Radd was, at this point, 21 issues into his solo series, and was about to soar into a new, very mini miniseries by Stan Lee and Moebius. Two graphic novels were in development as well: Judgment Day, written by Lee and Tom DeFalco with art by John Buscema, and The Enslavers, written by Lee with art by Keith Pollard.
Editor Mark Gruenwald expands his "Mark's Remark's" ramblings, previously seen in the letters columns of books he edited, to a regular column in Marvel Age. And red-hot artist Arthur Adams is interviewed in the Mutant Report.
This is also the point where Marvel UK started introducing new series — in this case, it was Death's Head, written by Simon Furman and pencilled by a 17 year old Bryan Hitch.
Marvel Age #71
Price: $0.50 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: October 18, 1988
Cover date: February, 1989
Copyright © 1988 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief
• Jim Salicrup: Supreme Marvel Zombie
• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Managing Editor
• Sholly Fisch: Coming Attractions
• Cindy Kruhn: Designer
• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age
• Craig Anderson, Steve Buccellato, Bob Budiansky, Bobbie Chase, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark, Don Daley, James DiGiovanna, Daryl Edelman, Sue Flaxman, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Larry Hama, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Sid Jacobson, Terry Kavanagh, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Dwayne McDuffie, Marc McLaurin, Al Milgrom, A.A. Perry, Carl Potts, Pat Redding, Mike Rockwitz, Marc Siry, Sara Tuchinsky, David Wohl, and Gregory Wright: Consulting Editors
• John Romita: Art Director
• Don Perlin: Managing Art Director
• James Brock Jr., Gavin Curtis, and Vince Mielcarek: The Raiders
• Virginia Romita: Traffic/Production Manager
• Len Kaminsky: Assistant Traffic/Production Manager
• Adam Blaustein: Manufacturing Coordinator
• Lynda Strunk: Typesetter
• Jack Abel: World's Toughest Proofreader
• Gregory Wright: Colorist
• Hector Collazzo: Varmint
• Moebius: Cover art
• Joe Albelo, Paul Becton, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Harry Eisenstein, Vince Evans, Dawn Geiger, Michael Heisler, Brad K. Joyce, Ken Lopez, Ed Magalong, Eddie Marcaro, Rob Naylor, Joyce Phua, and Michel Yee: Production
• Barbara Arnstein, Christine Aurilia, Robyn Bowman, Mark Chiarello, Kelly Corvese, Dwight Coye, Dan Cuddy, Tom Fardy, Jesus Gonzalez, Marie Javins, John Lewandowski, George Roussos, Stu Schwartzberg, Mark Silverman, and Rodney S. Timmons: Friendly Assistance
• Steve Sheffler: Rights and Permissions Editor
• Carol Kalish: Vice President Direct Sales
• Dale Kanzler: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Administrative
• Lou Bank: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Customer Service
• Steve Saffel: Promotion Manager
• Fabian Nicieza: Advertising Manager
• Irving Forbush: Celestial Sean Penn
Front cover
• Character: Silver Surfer
Inside front cover
• Salicrup's Section
• Marvel Agenda (contents)
• Masthead
• Indicia
Pages 1 - 7
Marvel Coming Attractions
Titles on sale November 22
- Wolfpack #8
- Daredevil #254
- Semper Fi #4
- Marvel Masterworks Vol. 1: Spider-Man
- Marvel Comics Presents #14
- Conan the King #51
- Excalibur #6
- West Coast Avengers #42
- G.I. Joe Special Missions #19
- Psi-Force #29
- Web of Spider-Man #48
- Strikeforce: Morituri #27
- Tales of G.I. Joe #15
- G.I. Joe European Missions #6
- Stray Toasters #3
Titles on sale November 29
- Captain America #351
- Solo Avengers #351
- D.P. 7 #29
- Alf #13
- The Amazing Spider-Man #313
- Groo the Wanderer #49
- Heathcliff #31
- Alpha Flight #68
- The New Mutants #73
- Powerline #5
- Power Pack #44
- Wolverine #5
- Marvel Masterworks Vol 7: The X-Men
- The 'Nam Magazine #8
- Savage Sword of Conan #157
- Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown #1
Titles on sale December 6
- Marvel Age Magazine #72
- The Incredible Hulk #353
- Conan the Barbarian #216
- G.I. Joe #84
- Marvel Tales #221
- The Avengers #301
- Muppet Babies #24
- The Punisher #17
- The Light and Darkness War #4
- The Sub-Mariner #5
- The Uncanny X-Men #242
- Justice #29
- Marvel Comics Presents #15
- Marvel Masterworks Vol. 3: The X-Men
- Dragon's Claws #6
- The Punisher War Journal #4
- Bullwinkle and Rocky #9
- Silver Surfer #21
Titles on sale December 13
- Fantastic Four #234
- Speedball #7
- Thor #401
- Count Duckula #3
- Transformers #50
- The Star Brand #18
- X-Factor #38
- Conan Saga #22
- Akira #6
- The Dreamweaver graphic novel
Titles on sale December 20
- The Spectacular Spider-Man #148
- Classic X-Men #31
- Marvel Comics Presents #16
- Iron Man #240
- Doctor Strange #3
- The 'Nam #28
- Marvel Press Posters: Wolverine by Kent Williams, Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragonés, Power Pack by June Brigman and P. Craig Russell, and Silver Surfer by Moebius
- The Silver Surfer graphic novel by Stan Lee and Moebius (really a collected edition)
Page 8
Newswatch
Item: The classic Conan team of Roy Thomas and John Buscema are reuniting for the graphic novel Conan of the Isles.
Item: The Marvel Universe Poster is a 50 by 50 inch image by Ed Hannigan and Joe Rubinstein of pretty much every character in the Marvel Universe — order yours today!
Item: Longtime Marvel staffer and jack of all trades Hector Collazzo is leaving staff, but has already lined up several freelance art assignments.
The Top Ten
July 1988
- Wolverine #1
- Excalibur #2
- X-Men #237
- X-Men #238
- The Punisher War Journal #1
- X-Terminators #2
- X-Factor #34
- Marvel Comics Presents #6
- Marvel Comics Presents #7
- The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #8
Page 9
Marvel Trivia Quiz
Pages 10 - 11
Mark's Remarks
Pages 12 - 15
The Mutant Report: Art Adams Interview, by Peter Sanderson
Pages 16 - 17
Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age
Pages 18
Stan's Soapbox
Willie Lumpkin, by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo
Pages 19 - 21
Article: "Silver Surfing' USA," by Brian Nelson
Article: "Dream Weaver Graphic Novel," by Sholly Fisch
Pages 24 - 25
Article: "We Who Are About to Die: Strikeforce: Morituri," by Doug Murray
Pages 26 - 27
Article: "Death's Head," by Sandy Hausler
Pages 28 - 29
The Marvel Age of Comics 1978 Part II, by Brian Nelson
Pages 30 - 31
Letters Column: "V_NN_ WH_TE PRESENTS," suggested by Nelson Jimenez
Page 32
Ad for the Marvel Universe Poster
Inside Back Cover
Ad for Alpha Flight: Wrath of the Dreamqueen
Back cover
Ad for Marvel Jackets
