Just a couple of years after wrapping his epic run on Thor, Walter Simonson returned to write and draw another Marvel staple, the Fantastic Four. This run would turn the FF upside down, with issues that added heroes to the team that seemed wildly out of place, like Ghost Rider and Wolverine.
Speaking of Wolverine (and when was Marvel not speaking about Wolverine in 1989?), this issue of Marvel Age touts a six-issue run of the clawed curmudgeon's own series to be written by one of Simonson's greatest collaborators, Archie Goodwin, with art by John Byrne and Klaus Janson.
And, just for fun, this issue's Coming Attractions section ran the cover to Hulk #362 by Kevin Nowlan in its original version (left), and with changes -- and I've posted them below with the printed cover (right).
Marvel Age #80
Price: $0.75 US
Pages: 36 (32 interior plus four covers)
On sale: July 18, 1989
Cover date: November 1989
Copyright © 1989 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
• Tom DeFalco: Editor in Chief
• Mark Gruenwald: Executive Editor
• Ralph Macchio: Senior Editor
• Jim Salicrup: Supreme Marvel Zombie
• Dwight Jon Zimmerman: Managing Editor
• Dawn Geiger: Designer / Assistant Production Manager
• Sholly Fisch: Contributing Editor
• Fred Hembeck: Sage of Marvel Age
• Craig Anderson, Steve Buccellato, Bob Budiansky, Bobbie Chase, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark, Kelly Corvese, Don Daley, James DiGiovanna, Daryl Edelman, Archie Goodwin, Larry Hama, Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Sid Jacobson, Marie Javins, Terry Kavanagh, Howard Mackie, Dwayne McDuffie, Marc McLaurin, Al Milgrom, Carl Potts, Mike Rockwitz, Evan Skolnick, Rob Tokar, Lisa Trusiani, Sara Tuchinsky, Renée Witterstaeter, 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
• Lynda Strunk: Typesetter
• Jack Abel: World's Toughest Proofreader
• Joe Albelo, Steve Alexander, Paul Becton, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Harry Eisenstein, Cindy Emmert, Vince Evans, Dawn Geiger, Jesus Gonzalez, Brad K. Joyce, Ed Lazellari, Ken Lopez, Jade Moede, Joyce Phus, George Roberts, and Rodney S. Timmons: Production
• Walter Simonson: Cover
• Gregory Wright: Colorist
• Adam Blaustein: Manufacturing Coordinator
• Don Alcindor, Christine Aurilia, Dwight Coye, Dan Cuddy, Suzanne Gaffney, Arthur Parris Jackson, John Lewandowski, George Roussos, Stu Schwartzberg, and Mark Silverman: Friendly Assistance
• Carol Kalish: Vice President Direct Sales
• Kurt Busiek: Direct Sales Project Manager
• Lou Bank: Assistant Direct Sales Manager Customer Service
• Mike Ruffino: Administrative Assistant
• Steve Saffel: Promotion Manager
• Fabian Nicieza: Advertising Manager
• Irving Forbush: Who Watches the Watcher
Front cover
• Characters: The Fantastic Four
Inside front cover
• Salicrup's Section
• Marvel Agenda (contents)
• Masthead
• Indicia
Pages 1 - 7
Marvel Coming Attractions
Titles on sale August 22
- Web of Spider-Man #57
- Avengers West Coast #51
- Light and Darkness War #6
- Roger Rabbit graphic novel #2
- The Uncanny X-Men #253
- The Sensational She-Hulk #8
- Nightmare on Elm Street #2
- The Punisher Magazine #3
- Wolverine Saga #3
- G.I. Joe Special Missions #28
- Daredevil #273
- Captain America #363
Titles on sale August 29
- Alf #22
- The Amazing Spider-Man #325
- Avengers Spotlight #25
- Groo the Wanderer #58
- Heathcliff #40
- The New Mutants #82
- Quasar #3
- Marvel Comics Presents #34
- The Nth Man #5
- G.I. Joe European Missions #15
- Sleeze Brothers #2
- Savage Sword of Conan #166
- The Punisher: Intruder graphic novel
- Groo Chronicles #4
- Alpha Flight 377
- The Marvel Universe Update #6
- Wolverine #17
Titles on sale September 5
- What If...? #6
- The Incredible Hulk #362
- The Punisher #26
- Silver Surfer #30
- The Uncanny X-Men #254
- Excalibur #15
- Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD #4
- Marvel Fanfare #47
- The Destroyer #1
- The Shadowmasters #3
- Neuromancer graphic novel
- Marvel Age Magazine #81
- The Avengers #310
- Conan the Barbarian #225
- G.I. Joe #93
- Marvel Tales #230
- Police Academy #2
Titles on sale September 12
- Fantastic Four #333
- Alien Legion #13
- Cloak and Dagger #8
- Thor #410
- Death's Head #10
- Conan Saga #31
- Akira #12
- The Transformers #59
- X-Factor #47
- Marvel Comics Presents #35
Titles on sale September 15
- Iron Man #249
- The Spectacular Spider-Man #157
- Classic X-Men #40
- Marvel Masterworks #8: The Incredible Hulk
- Doctor Strange #10
- Moon Knight #7
- The 'Nam #37
- The Punisher War Journal #11
- Classic Punisher #1
Page 8
Newswatch
Item: Don't miss the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update!
Item: Marvel will be releasing a new line of t-shirts, collectible pins, and more.
Marvel Top Ten
March 1989
- X-Men #246
- Punisher War Journal #7
- X-Factor #42
- Excalibur #10
- Wolverine #9
- Amazing Spider-Man #317
- She-Hulk #3
- Avengers West Coast #46
- Punisher #21
- New Mutants #77
Page 9
Mark's Remarks
Page 10
Marvel Trivia Quiz
Pages 11 - 13
The Mutant Report: "Goodwin, Byrne, and Jason Do Wolverine Epic," by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Pages 14 - 15
Article: "The Destroyer," by Barry Dutter
Pages 16 - 17
Hembeck's Page in Marvel Age
Page 18
Stan's Soapbox
Willie Lumpkin, by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo
Pages 19 - 21
Article: "Walter Simonson: Taking the Fantastic Four into the 1990s," by Peter Sanderson
Pages 22 - 23
Article: "The Punisher: Intruder Graphic Novel," by Barry Dutter
Pages 24 - 25
Article: "Neuromancer," by Renée Witterstaetter
Pages 26 - 27
Article: "Snake-Eyes' Origin Revealed (At Last!) in G.I. Joe," by Barry Dutter
Pages 28 - 29
The Marvel Age of Comics: 1979 (Part V), by Brian Nelson
Pages 30 - 32
Letters column: "Hey, Kids, What Time Is It?", suggested by Tim Roddick
Inside Back cover
Marvel Age Super Shopper Gallery
Back cover
Ad for A Nightmare on Elm Street
