Marvel Comics Presents launched in 1988 as an ad-free anthology showcasing four eight-page features, stuffed inside a wrap-around cover. This guide will tell you everything you wanted to know about the series – and more!
Cover Date: Early October 1988 | Cover Price: $1.25 | Cover Artist: Al Milgrom with PCR
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Wolverine in “Save the Tiger” part 4 written by Chris Claremont art by John Buscema with Klaus Janson Wolverine is now the captive of Mr. Roche, the main crimelord of Madripoor. Roche bids his servant, the Inquisitor, to torture Logan until he reveals all he knows about the Tiger – Roche’s newest competition. After hours of inflicted pain, Logan’s left alone and he soon manages to break free using his claws. However, his escape is cut short by Razorfist, when he’s met outside the compound. A seemingly lethal stab in the neck, followed by a lengthy drop from a waterfall leads Razorfist to conclude that Logan is now dead. |
Man-Thing in “Elements of Terror” part 4 written by Steve Gerber art by Tom Sutton Senator Wycombe continues to mutate from the experimental process he’s undergone. Meanwhile, on the edge of the Casagata swamp in Florida, the occultist, nicknamed Demon, advances her plans for the mutated Man-Thing. |
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Master of Kung Fu in “Crossing Lines” part 4 written by Doug Moench art by Tom Grindberg with Dave Cockrum Shang-Chi and Black Jack Tarr discover that the people who have kidnapped Leiko Wu are also the same people behind the Terror Alliance that they want to take down. To accomplish their goal, they enlist the aid of Shen Kuei, the Cat. |
Thor in “Silent Thunder” by Al Milgrom The latest target for the Fear-Eater is the Mighty Thor! In this final installment, the story takes much the same steps as the previous three did. The Fear-Eater creates some mental images designed to induce fear but it only spurs our hero to summon even more courage to overcome the initial feeling of despair. Finally exhausted and near-starvation, the alien picks one more target. A target that needs to produce some fear for him to feast upon otherwise he’ll die of starvation. Too bad he doesn’t realize that his next target is Daredevil … “the Man Without Fear”. |
Note: the alien race of Fear-Eaters was again seen in Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #39 (published in 1992).
Note from the Format Dept: this issue’s cover is not in the single image wrap format established by the first issue.
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