Marvel Comics Presents
#8
[Direct]
(Early December 1988)
Marvel,
1988 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.50 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-weekly
- On-sale Date
- 1988-08-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Printer
- Printed in Canada
- Editing
- Terry Kavanagh (editor); Mike Rockwitz (credited as Michael Rockwitz) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On sale date from Amazing Heroes #147.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Iron Man; Man-Thing; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Wolverine / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Charles Vess (signed as
C. Vess) - Inks
- Charles Vess (signed as C. Vess)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense; martial arts; superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]; Shang-Chi; Wolverine [Logan]; Leiko Wu; Zzzax
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Un Récit Complet Marvel (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #28 - Les Mystères de Madripoor ([novembre] 1990) [Front cover only. Slightly edited] -
in Marvel Comics Presents: Wolverine (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005) - in Wolverine Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
-
in Marvel Série I (Levoir, 2012 series) #9 - Wolverine - Madripoor - in Man-Thing by Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #3 (2021)
-
- Keywords
- kung fu; monsters
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
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Save the Tiger Part 8: The Fight!
Wolverine / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Chris Claremont
- Pencils
- John Buscema
- Inks
- Klaus Janson
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Roche's estate... ...on the heights overlooking the city of Maripoor...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Inquisitor [Vestry]; O'Donnell; Razor-Fist [Douglas Scott]; Roche; Sapphire Styx; Tyger Tiger [Jessán Hoan]; Wolverine [Logan]; Chen
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Wolverine and Tyger break into Roche's stronghold to rescue O'Donnell.
- Reprints
- in Un Récit Complet Marvel (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #28 - Les Mystères de Madripoor ([novembre] 1990)
- in Wolverine: Save the Tiger (Marvel, 1992 series) #1 (May 1992)
- in Wolverine Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
- in Marvel Série I (Levoir, 2012 series) #9 - Wolverine - Madripoor
- in Wolverine Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - Madripoor Nights (2014)
-
Elements of Terror Part 8: Prisoners
Man-Thing / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in I Nuovi Mutanti (Play Press, 1989 series) #8 (Novembre 1989) - in Man-Thing by Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #3 (2021)
-
- Keywords
- monsters; occult
Crossing Lines Part 8: Kills
Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- martial arts
- Characters
- Brian Argus; Clive Reston; Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Leiko Wu; Hashioka
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Shang-Chi and his allies save Leiko from Argus.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- kung fu
Indexer Notes
Storyline continues in Master of Kung Fu: Bleeding Black #1 (February 1990). Continuity updated by Henry Chin (June 25, 2004).
One Day at a Time
Iron Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Zzzax
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Tony tells an edited version of Iron Man's recent battle with Zzzax to his A.A. meeting.
In Two Weeks...
El Aguila; Cloak; Man-Thing; Wolverine / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- El Águila; Cloak [Tyrone Johnson]; Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]; Wolverine [Logan]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Presents cover art for next issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Iron Man; Man-Thing; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Wolverine -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Save the Tiger Part 8: The Fight!
Wolverine -
3.
Elements of Terror Part 8: Prisoners
Man-Thing -
4.
Crossing Lines Part 8: Kills
Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi -
5.
One Day at a Time
Iron Man -
6.
In Two Weeks...
El Aguila; Cloak; Man-Thing; Wolverine
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Max Capp
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Glenn MacKay
- Lou Mazzella
- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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