Recap of the events which led to the start of this issue.
House Advertisement for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page).
Total of 9 one-page and 1 two-page advertisements for: Xenosaga (game, Namco), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (movie, WB), X-treme Jell-O Pudding Sticks (candy, KF Holdings), Play Campbell's Souper Star Mansion (soup, Campbell), Haircuts for Heroes (Haircutting Kits, Wahl Clipper Corporation), Final Fantasy XI (game, Square Enix, 2 pages), Blocks Construction System (toys, Popular Toys), Andy Griffith (books, Scholastic), milk (milk, America's Dairy Farmers), Audigy 2 ZS Gamer (sound blaster, Creative Technology).
Cardboard Insert with ads for NBC's two new toon series with two "Challenge Cards" each for new tv series "Kenny the Shark" and "Tutenstein".