Marvel Comics Presents
#40
[Newsstand]
(Mid-December 1989)
Marvel,
1988 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Biweekly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Barcode
- 071486022145 40
- Editing
- Terry Kavanagh; Kelly Corvese (Assistant); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Marvel Comics Presents (Marvel, 1988 series) #40 [Direct].
In a Hong Kong Horror!
Hercules; Overmind; Wolverine; Wonder Man / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Marshall Rogers (signed as Marshall)
- Inks
- Marshall Rogers (signed as Marshall)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hercules (Earth-829); Mai (mainstream); Overmind [Grom] (mainstream); Wolverine [Logan] (mainstream); Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (mainstream)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream; Marvel : Earth-829
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Comics Presents: Wolverine (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2005) - in Wolverine Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2021)
- in Wonder Man: The Early Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2023 series) (2023) [back cover]
-
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
![Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Comics Presents (Marvel, 1988 series) #40 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1014/w200/1014681.jpg?-1492569119873988770)
![Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Comics Presents (1988 series) #40 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/24/w100/24983.jpg?98662794011532660)
Black Shadow! White Shadow! Part III: Hong Kong Inferno!
Wolverine / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was fadin' in an' out while Black Shadow and White Shadow...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Shadow [Black Shadow/White Shadow]; Ch'un; Hsiao; Mai; Patch [Logan] (also in flashback); White Shadow [Black Shadow/White Shadow]; Linn Chow (flashback)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- After recovering from a battle between Black Shadow and White Shadow, Wolverine decides to stay and help Mai against the monsters.
- Reprints
-
in X-Marvel (Play Press, 1990 series) #14 (Maggio 1991) -
in X-Men (Semic S.A., 1992 series) #2 (février 1993) - in Marvel Comics Presents: Wolverine (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2005)
- in Wolverine Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2021)
-
Stardust Miseries Part 3: Some Enchanted Evening
Wonder Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Beast [Hank McCoy]; Johnny Carson; Enchantress [Amora]; Ed McMahon; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Beast battles Wonder Man on the set of the Tonight Show, and Simon brutally cuts down his old friend. Simon's new gal pal is revealed to be the Enchantress.
- Reprints
All in the Family Part 2: The Hit
Hercules / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Emperor Arimathes; Hercules; Recorder 417; Skyppi; Layana Sweetwater; Akooti [Earth-829]; Malicon [Earth-829]; Viperus [Earth-829]; 2 More Assassins
- Universe
- Marvel : Earth-829
- Synopsis
- Replacing her son with Skyppi the Skrull, Layana sends assassins to take down Herc and Arimathes.
- Reprints
... Anything
Overmind / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Scott Lobdell
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Jeff Albrecht
- Colors
- Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh (credited as Cheryl Van Valkenberg)
- Letters
- Diana Albers
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Overmind [Grom] (featured)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
In Two Weeks...
Freedom Force; Hercules; Wolverine; Wonder Man / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Freedom Force (mainstream): Avalanche [Dominikos Petrakis] (mainstream); Blob [Fred Dukes] (mainstream); Destiny [Irene Adler] (mainstream); Mystique [Raven Darkhölme] (mainstream); Pyro [St. John Allerdyce] (mainstream)
Hercules (Earth-829); Wolverine [Logan] (mainstream); Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (mainstream) - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream; Marvel : Earth-829
Indexer Notes
Presents cover art for next issue; The Wolverine "front cover" published on issue #41 is significantly different from the image that appears here.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
In a Hong Kong Horror!
Hercules; Overmind; Wolverine; Wonder Man -
1.
Black Shadow! White Shadow! Part III: Hong Kong Inferno!
Wolverine -
2.
Stardust Miseries Part 3: Some Enchanted Evening
Wonder Man -
3.
All in the Family Part 2: The Hit
Hercules -
4.
... Anything
Overmind -
5.
In Two Weeks...
Freedom Force; Hercules; Wolverine; Wonder Man
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- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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