Marvel Comics Presents #20 [Newsstand]
(May 1989)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-weekly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
071486022145 20
Editing
Terry Kavanagh (editor); Michael Rockwitz (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Marvel Comics Presents (Marvel, 1988 series) #20 [Direct].

Invasion of Muir Island! (Table of Contents)

Black Panther; Clea; Cyclops; Doctor Strange / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Mike Mignola (signed as Mignola)
Inks
Mike Mignola (signed as Mignola)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Clea; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Master Mold
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover.

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The Retribution Affair Part 4: Conscience of the King (Table of Contents: 1)

Cyclops / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Harras
Pencils
Ron Lim
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Agustin Más
Genre
superhero
Characters
Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Callisto; Conscience; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Moira MacTaggert; Master Mold; Servitors
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
While Cyclops comes down with the deadly virus, Conscience and the Servitors attack Muir Isle.
Reprints

Panther's Quest Part VIII: Hatred under Tears (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Panther / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Theodore Olebogeng had been exploring the dirt...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Zanti Chikane; Theodore Olebogeng (introduction); Eugene van der Merwe (introduction, villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
T'Challa saves a young boy, Theodore Olebogeng, from being run over by the truck tear gassing the black township. He manages to disable the truck, but is shot by the soldier driving it, Eugene van der Merwe.
Reprints
Keywords
pick-up trucks Slade's African Artifacts; South Africa; tear gas

Nightmare in Suburbia Part 2: The Flawed Flesh (Table of Contents: 3)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fabian Nicieza
Pencils
Mark Badger
Inks
Mark Badger
Colors
Robbie Busch
Letters
Agustin Más
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Demons
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Doc Strange helps a woman drive demons from her family.

At the Bottom of My Garden (Table of Contents: 4)

Clea / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Gillis
Pencils
Ron Lim
Inks
Jim Sanders III
Colors
John Wilcox
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Clea; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (cameo); Sepulchrave; Shelmerdine
Universe
Marvel : mainstream

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Invasion of Muir Island!
    Black Panther; Clea; Cyclops; Doctor Strange
  2. 1. The Retribution Affair Part 4: Conscience of the King
    Cyclops
  3. 2. Panther's Quest Part VIII: Hatred under Tears
    Black Panther
  4. 3. Nightmare in Suburbia Part 2: The Flawed Flesh
    Doctor Strange
  5. 4. At the Bottom of My Garden
    Clea
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Readers Present
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