{"id":4460,"date":"2012-08-24T07:04:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T14:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=4460"},"modified":"2012-08-24T07:05:09","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T14:05:09","slug":"guide-to-marvel-comics-presents-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/guide-to-marvel-comics-presents-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Marvel Comics Presents #76"},"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>: 1991 | Cover Price<\/strong>: $1.25 | Cover Artist<\/strong>: Barry Windsor-Smith (front); Bryan Hitch (back)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\nWolverine<\/strong> in “Weapon X<\/em>” part 4
\nwritten by Barry Windsor-Smith
\nart by Barry Windsor-Smith
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\nDr. Abraham Cornelius <\/strong>gives the Professor <\/strong>a headset that gives him a direct link to Logan<\/strong>. To say that it allows him control over Mr. Logan <\/strong>would be a stretch – but it certainly allows for … suggestions. Logan <\/strong>regains consciousness and begins thrashing about the lab. The Professor <\/strong>is unable to control the raging beast so a squad comes in armed with tranquilizers. As the sedated Wolverine <\/strong>sleeps, the lab is able to see what is in his head through a complex hookup that projects images on to a screen. And, what does this man-beast dream of? The bloody death of the Professor<\/strong>.\n<\/td>\n
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\nShanna<\/strong> in “The Bush of Ghosts<\/em>” part 9
\nwritten by Gerard Jones
\nart by Paul Gulacy
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\nIn a tribute to the fallen jaguar that came to her aid, Shanna <\/strong>adorns her face with its blood. Back inside the complex, the captive Dubose Wilson <\/strong>attempts to persuade the tribe to unleash themselves from Sir Guy Cross-Wallace<\/strong>‘s control. Meanwhile, Shanna <\/strong>fights her way back to the complex to face Guy<\/strong>.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nDeath’s Head<\/strong> in “the Deadliest Game<\/em>“
\nwritten by Simon Furman
\nart by Bryan Hitch
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\nThe bounty-hunter, Death’s Head<\/strong>, has traveled to the planet Yel-Jek to find his target: Thaddeus Soul<\/strong>. But, to defeat this big-game hunter, he’ll need to enlist the aid of someone seeking revenge against Soul<\/strong>. Fighting for revenge? This is a strange concept to our “hero” – who’s only motivated by financial gain.\n<\/td>\n
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\nWoodgood<\/strong> in “Lonely At The Top<\/em>“
\nwritten by Robert Campanella
\nart by Dave Cockrum
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\nWoodgod<\/strong>‘s genetically-engineered kingdom of the Changelings <\/strong>is endangered! The jealous Leoninus <\/strong>has captured all of the females and brought them to Roxxon’s Dr. Malachi Oz<\/strong>. Oz intends to cross-breed the Changeling females with common animals and Leoninus has happily handed them over because they’ve all spurned his advances. Soon after, the Changelings alert their leader, Woodgod<\/strong>, of the missing females. Using their radioactive aura-trails, Woodgod <\/strong>tracks them to the Roxxon lab and frees them all – Leoninus <\/strong>realizes that he will no longer be welcome amongst his people and runs away. After these events, Woodgod <\/strong>asserts that he must remain aloof from his people because of what Leoninus’ jealousy has wrought.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The Professor’s character continues to develop as we see more and more how much of a compassion-less, control-freak he is. Shanna’s feature leads up to the final stretch with a possible setup of a rebellion of Cross-Wallace’s troops. Death’s Head’s story is quick but the character is just plain fun, engaging and likeable – despite being a bounty-hunter. Woodgod’s self-imposed distance from the rest of his people seems like a forced plot point – in order to make him a “tortured soul”.<\/p>\n

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