{"id":2546,"date":"2011-05-20T08:06:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T15:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2011-06-05T11:29:26","modified_gmt":"2011-06-05T18:29:26","slug":"guide-to-marvel-comics-presents-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/guide-to-marvel-comics-presents-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Marvel Comics Presents #9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marvel Comics Presents <\/em> 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!<\/font><\/p>\n


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\nCover Date<\/strong>: Late December 1988 | Cover Price<\/strong>: $1.25 | Cover Artist<\/strong>: Brian Murray<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\nWolverine <\/strong>in “Save the Tiger<\/em>” part 9
\nwritten by Chris Claremont
\nart by John Buscema with Klaus Janson
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\nIn this penultimate chapter, Wolverine <\/strong>and Razorfist <\/strong>battle to the death! (Death? heh heh … this is comics, people – so you can be assured that Razorfist eventually pops up alive somewhere.) And, while that’s going on, the Tyger <\/strong>(Jessan Hoan) takes on the Inquisitor <\/strong>and Sapphire Styx<\/strong>. Next up? Roche!\n<\/td>\n
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\nMan-Thing <\/strong>in “Elements of Terror<\/em>” part 9
\nwritten by Steve Gerber
\nart by Tom Sutton
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\nThe raid on the cultist base in Florida continues and the Man-Thing <\/strong>takes a missile – right to the chest! And now, all that’s left is his head. In Northern California, the mutated Senator Wycombe (who I guess we’re now calling Railsback<\/strong>) is raging against the prison he’s in. And, finally, Colonel Jody Choate <\/strong>prepares to be injected with the same defective Super Soldier Serum that has infected Wycombe.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nCloak <\/strong> in “In The Dark<\/em>“
\nwritten by Marc McLaurin
\nart by Tony Salmons
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\nCloak <\/strong>volunteers to save a girl that’s fallen down a well. But, when he gets there, he discovers she’s surrounded by the Molemen<\/strong>! He immediately attacks them only to later learn that they were trying to help her, as well. Moments later, a flash flood threatens to kill them all but Cloak envelopes them all and transports them to safety. The experience leaves him with a lot to ponder about what makes a “monster”.\n<\/td>\n
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\nel Aguila<\/strong> in “Piece of Cake!<\/em>”
\nwritten by Scott Lobdell
\nart by Larry Alexander
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\nEl Aguila <\/strong>returns to his home village in Spain to free it from the evil influence of el Conquistador<\/strong>. But, he quickly discovers that he’s outmatched in brute strength. He’ll have to utilize his intellect and bio-blast powers to free his town.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The two single-issue features included here are a great representation of how they can be done right … and wrong. El Aguila’s story is all action-oriented and does little else but spotlight a lesser-exposed Marvel hero. Cloak’s story, on the other hand, is all about creating a character moment – allowing for character (and reader) introspection.<\/p>\n

On Ebay<\/u>: Marvel Comics Presents<\/a> | Wolverine<\/a> | Man-Thing<\/a> | Cloak and Dagger<\/a> | el Aguila<\/a>
\nOn AtomicAvenue<\/span>: Marvel Comics Presents<\/a> | Wolverine<\/a> | Man-Thing<\/a> | Cloak<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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