Marvel Super-Heroes #1 [Direct]
(May 1990)

Marvel, 1990 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.95 USD; 3.95 CAD
Pages
84
Indicia Frequency
annually
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Cover says "Spring" but indicia reads "May".
This issue has variants:

Spring Special (Table of Contents)

Moon Knight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Lee (signed as LEE)
Inks
Jim Lee (signed as LEE)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa] (inset); Brother Voodoo [Jericho Drumm] (inset); Brother Voodoo [Daniel Drumm's Spirit] (inset); Hercules (inset); Magik [Illyana Rasputina] (inset); Moon Knight [Marc Spector]; Speedball [Robbie Baldwin] (inset)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Old Business (Table of Contents: 1)

Moon Knight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Ingersoll (credited as Robert M. Ingersoll)
Pencils
Mike Gustovich (credited) (artist)
Inks
Mike Gustovich (credited) (artist)
Colors
Steve White (credited)
Letters
Bill Oakley (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Galleria Center, Westheimer Road in Houston.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Gena Landers; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]; The Raptor [Paul Hazlett] (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

I Shot an Arrow into the Sky! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hercules / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Chichester (credited as D. G. Chichester); Margaret Clark (credited)
Pencils
Keith Pollard (credited) (artist)
Inks
Kim DeMulder ? (credited) (artist); Aubrey Bradford (see notes)
Colors
Alfred Ramirez (credited as Ramirez)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited as Starkings)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Cerberus (villain); Hercules
Universe
Marvel : mainstream

Indexer Notes

Aubrey Bradford notes he inked either part or all of this story which is credited completely to Kim DeMulder. Information per Jason Schachter.

The Sacrifice (Table of Contents: 3)

Hellcat / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell (credited)
Pencils
Dennis Jensen (credited) (artist)
Inks
Dennis Jensen (credited) (artist)
Colors
Connie Guitelman (credited)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited as Starkings)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Hilary Garret (dies); Officer Collins; Zreate'th (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Hellcat must battle an earthbound demon.

Don't Do That Voodoo You Do Do So Well (Table of Contents: 4)

Brother Voodoo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell (credited)
Pencils
Fred Hembeck (credited)
Inks
Dell Barras (credited)
Colors
Mike Rockwitz (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was never my intention to become Brother Voodoo.
Genre
superhero; horror-suspense
Characters
Bambu (flashback, corpse); Brother Voodoo [Jericho Drumm]; Brother Voodoo [Daniel Drumm's Spirit] (possesses Loralee Tate); Loralee Tate
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Pulitzer Patty (Table of Contents: 5)

Speedball / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Fabian Nicieza (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Chris Ivy (credited)
Colors
Tom Vincent (credited)
Letters
Diana Albers (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Teri Cooper; Officer LaGuardia; Pulitzer Patty; Speedball [Robbie Baldwin]; Dave Bealer; Officer Phipps; Louie Perlongetti (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Who Wants to Live Forever? (Table of Contents: 6)

Magik / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Sue Flaxman (credited)
Pencils
Rodney Ramos (credited)
Inks
Pat Redding (credited)
Colors
Linda Ryan (credited)
Letters
Pete Ciccone (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Magik [Illyana Rasputina] (featured)
Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]; S'ym (villain); Maire O'Connell (dies)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Magik goes to Limbo to free someone from a curse.
Reprints

Conflagration (Table of Contents: 7)

Black Panther / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Bensam (credited)
Pencils
Ron Lim (credited)
Inks
Jim Sanders III (credited)
Colors
Jim Sanders III (credited)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The palace of T'Challa...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Taku; Mubaru (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Spring Special
    Moon Knight
  2. 1. Old Business
    Moon Knight
  3. 2. I Shot an Arrow into the Sky!
    Hercules
  4. 3. The Sacrifice
    Hellcat
  5. 4. Don't Do That Voodoo You Do Do So Well
    Brother Voodoo
  6. 5. Pulitzer Patty
    Speedball
  7. 6. Who Wants to Live Forever?
    Magik
  8. 7. Conflagration
    Black Panther
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Morbus Iff
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore