Marvel Super-Heroes #6 [Direct]

(July 1991)

Third Time's the Charm (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited); Dann Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Rich Buckler (credited) (breakdowns)

Inks

Joe Rubinstein (uncredited) (pages 4, 8 panel 1); Jim Sanders III (credited as Jim Sanders)

Colors

Nel Yomtov (credited)

Letters

Jim Novak (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Abomination [Emil Blonsky] (villain); Angel [Warren Worthington III] (cameo flashback); Clint Barton (cameo flashback); Beast [Hank McCoy] (cameo flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo flashback); Cynthia Chalmers (first appearance); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo flashback); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (cameo flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo flashback); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (cameo flashback); Master Mold (cameo flashback); Polaris [Lorna Dane] (cameo flashback); Doc Samson [Leonard Samson]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (cameo flashback); Thor [Thor Odinson] (cameo flashback); Larry Trask (cameo flashback); Vision (cameo flashback); Sentinels (villains)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The X-Men investigate a group of Sentinels capturing gamma-irradiated super folk.

Indexer Notes

Story takes place during the time the X-Men were presumed dead and living in the Australian outback.

Natives in a Strange Land (Table of Contents: 2)

Power Pack / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Higgins (credited)

Pencils

Steve Buccellato (credited)

Inks

Don Hudson (credited)

Colors

Steve Buccellato (credited)

Letters

Clem Robins (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Once it was known as the Lost Lagoon.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Power Pack: Counterweight [Katie Power]; Destroyer [Jack Power]; Lightspeed [Julie Power]; Mass Master [Alex Power]; Tattle-Tale [Franklin Richards]
Monster from the Lost Lagoon; Monster's Mate

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Power Pack helps a pair of alien monsters save their new hatchlings from some probing scientists.

Reprints

• in Power Pack Classic Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 ([June] 2021)

Indexer Notes

This story is dedicated to the crew over at Power Lines! Live long and prosper!

Mercy St. (Table of Contents: 3)

Cloak and Dagger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Herman (credited) (plot); Barry Dutter (credited)

Pencils

Jim Reddington (credited)

Inks

Tim Dzon (credited as Tom Dzon)

Colors

Ken Feduniewicz (credited)

Letters

Rick Parker (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Cloak [Tyrone Johnson]; Dagger [Tandy Bowen]; Mary Gregory (death); Harvey Swank (villain)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Dagger investigates the death of a childhood friend turned porn star.

Fruits of the Wound (Table of Contents: 4)

Sabra / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Lobdell (credited as Lobdell)

Pencils

Paul Abrams (credited as Abrams)

Inks

Steve Buccellato (credited as Buccellato)

Colors

Phil Felix (credited as Felix)

Letters

Steve Karp (credited as Karp)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sabra [Ruth Bat-Seraph]; Windstorm (villain)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Sabra takes back the power she bestowed on the villainous Windstorm and gives it to a little deaf boy to save his life.

The Bouncer (Table of Contents: 5)

Speedball / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Ditko (credited) (plot); Jo Duffy (credited, signed) (script)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Dan Adkins (credited)

Colors

John Cebollero (credited)

Letters

Rick Parker (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Speedball [Robbie Baldwin]; Big Bouncer (villain)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Speedball takes down a fashion conscious villain.

Reprints

• in Speedball: The Masked Marvel (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Table of Contents: 6)

Nick Fury / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Butch Guice (signed as JG)

Inks

Butch Guice (signed as JG)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero; spy

Characters

Countess Valentina Allegra de Fontaine; Nick Fury

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Classic (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 (2015)

The Mighty Thor (Table of Contents: 7)

Thor / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Keith Pollard ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Loki; Thor [Thor Odinson]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Indexer Notes

Possible Pollard art per Nick Caputo, June 2012. Previous indexer credited Steve Ditko.

Fantastic Four (Table of Contents: 8)

The Thing / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

Al Milgrom

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Thing [Ben Grimm]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream