Marvel Comics Presents #74 [Direct]
([April] 1991)

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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.65 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
biweekly
On-sale Date
1991-02-19
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

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #188.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wolverine / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors
Barry Windsor-Smith

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

Marvel Comics Presents (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Introductions, credits and indicia.

Weapon X: Chapter Two (Table of Contents: 2)

Wolverine / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Barry Windsor-Smith
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors
Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters
Jim Novak; Barry Windsor-Smith

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is I. It's safe, no one can hear. Yes, I know --
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Abraham Cornelius; The Professor; Wolverine [Logan]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Professor learns that his current test subject is a mutant. Logan wakes up in a berzerker rage and pops adamantium claws from his wrists.
Reprints

The Bush of Ghosts; (A Man of the People part 7) (Table of Contents: 3)

Shanna the She-Devil / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gerard Jones
Pencils
Paul Gulacy
Inks
Gary Martin
Colors
Steve Mattsson
Letters
Jade Moede

Genre
jungle
Characters
Sir Guy Cross-Wallace; Jeremy Mchele; Mlima; Shanna the She-Devil; Dubose Wilson
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

The "Freebie" (Table of Contents: 4)

The Constrictor / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell
Pencils
Scott McDaniel (credited as Scott McDaniels)
Inks
Randy Emberlin
Colors
Brad Vancata
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
superhero
Characters
Constrictor [Frank Payne]; Captain George Stacy; McAvey
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Constrictor tracks down his abusive father.

Absolute Zero (Table of Contents: 5)

Human Torch; Iceman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Mishkin
Pencils
Joe Staton
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
Marc Guggenheim
Letters
Jim Massara

Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Alicia Masters
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Torch and Iceman have ten seconds to save Alicia from a bomb.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
various
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Letters on Marvel Comics Presents #63 and 64.

[untitled] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Constrictor; Human Torch; Iceman; Shanna the She-Devil / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Kieth (signed)
Inks
Sam Kieth (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
Constrictor [Frank Payne]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Shanna the She-Devil
Universe
Marvel : mainstream

Indexer Notes

Outside back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Wolverine
  2. 1. Marvel Comics Presents
  3. 2. Weapon X: Chapter Two
    Wolverine
  4. 3. The Bush of Ghosts; (A Man of the People part 7)
    Shanna the She-Devil
  5. 4. The "Freebie"
    The Constrictor
  6. 5. Absolute Zero
    Human Torch; Iceman
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Readers Present
  8. 7. [untitled]
    The Constrictor; Human Torch; Iceman; Shanna the She-Devil
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Max Capp
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike Verhart