Marvel Comics Presents #43 [Direct]
(February 1990)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.65 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
biweekly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Terry Kavanagh (editor); Kelly Corvese (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Barcode on the back cover of Newsstand issues. Direct Market issues do not have a barcode.
This issue has variants:

Dark Shadows! (Table of Contents)

Wolverine / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Erik Larsen (signed as Erik Larsen [stacked name])
Inks
Al Gordon (signed as Al Gordon)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine [Logan]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Black Shadow! White Shadow! Part VI: Haven! (Table of Contents: 1)

Wolverine / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
Nel Yomtov
Letters
Phil Felix

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At night I dream of friends no longer near me, of loves beyond my touch.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Shadow [Black Shadow/White Shadow]; Ch'un; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (cameo flashback); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo flashback); Amiko Kobayashi (cameo flashback); Mai; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (cameo flashback); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (also in flashback); Mariko Yashida (cameo flashback); Linn Chow (cameo flashback)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Wolverine tracks Mai and Ch'un to the lair of Black Shadow.
Reprints

Stardust Miseries Part 6: Something in the Way She Moves (Table of Contents: 2)

Wonder Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Higgins
Pencils
Javier Saltares
Inks
José Marzán Jr.
Colors
Tom Vincent
Letters
Ken Lopez

Genre
superhero
Characters
Beast [Hank McCoy]; Enchantress [Amora]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Dr. Henry Pym; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Avengers try to rescue the captured Wasp from Wonder Man and the Enchantress.
Reprints

Donovan's Brains (Table of Contents: 3)

Iron Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Simmons
Pencils
Mark Bagley
Inks
Keith Williams
Colors
Mike Rockwitz
Letters
Diana Albers

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream

Hello Little Girl... Is Your Father Home? (Table of Contents: 4)

Siryn / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell
Pencils
Larry Stroman
Inks
Sam Grainger
Colors
Brad Vancata
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
superhero
Characters
Siryn [Theresa Cassidy]; The Kinsmen [Wee One; Boulder; Highlander; Dyke; Rapscallion; Teleplex] (introduction)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Siryn drives off super-powered Irish agents who come looking for Banshee.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Marvel Readers Present / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover page.
Letters from: David Galvan, David A. Zilkowski, Shane Hutchinson, Kenny Bova, Scott Jacobson, and Martin Simcox.

[Back Cover] (Table of Contents: 6)

Iron Man; Siryn; Wonder Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Erik Larsen
Inks
Al Gordon
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Beast [Hank McCoy]; Enchantress [Amora]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Dr. Henry Pym; Siryn [Theresa Cassidy]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Dark Shadows!
    Wolverine
  2. 1. Black Shadow! White Shadow! Part VI: Haven!
    Wolverine
  3. 2. Stardust Miseries Part 6: Something in the Way She Moves
    Wonder Man
  4. 3. Donovan's Brains
    Iron Man
  5. 4. Hello Little Girl... Is Your Father Home?
    Siryn
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Readers Present
  7. 6. [Back Cover]
    Iron Man; Siryn; Wonder Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Hunter Johnson
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson