Marvel Comics Presents #169 [Newsstand]

(Early December 1994)

[Credits, Introduction, and Indicia] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Richard Ashford (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Half page inside both covers. Includes Hands of Mandarin crossover info.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Richard Ashford (credited); Michael Kraiger (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Half page inside both covers. Letters from Allen Klingelhoets, Joey Marchese, and Ben "Continuity Cop" Herman.

[In the Hands of the Mandarin Part 1 of 2] The Past Is Prologue (Table of Contents: 3)

Mandarin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Len Kaminski (credited); Scott Benson (credited)

Pencils

Patrick Rolo (credited)

Inks

Reggie Jones (credited)

Colors

Frank Lopez (credited)

Letters

Madonna Limcaco (credited as Madonna)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark] (flashback) (cameo); Mandarin [Gene Kahn]; The Yellow Claw [Plan Chu] (flashback) (cameo)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #20 - In the Hands of Evil (2021)

Indexer Notes

Part of the Hands of Mandarin crossover; Continued from Iron Man #307.

Century (Table of Contents: 4)

Force Works / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Abnett

Pencils

Lawrence Brown (credited)

Inks

Lawrence Brown (credited)

Colors

Frank Lopez (credited)

Letters

Madonna Limcaco (credited as Madonna)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Force Works: Century; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; U.S.Agent [Johnny Walker]
Recorder; Avatars [Q'Wake; Lich]; Scatter

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #20 - In the Hands of Evil (2021)

Fallen Idols [Part 3 of 3] (Table of Contents: 5)

Vengeance / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Cooper (credited)

Pencils

Reggie Jones (credited) (breakdowns); Fred Harper (credited) (finishes)

Inks

Fred Harper (credited)

Colors

Ashley Posella (credited)

Letters

Michael Higgins (credited as Ul Higgins)

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Vengeance; War Machine [Jim Rhodes]; Revengers Gang; Sam Buchanan; Reverend Nice

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Keywords

occult

Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots! (Table of Contents: 6)

It, the Living Colossus / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Barry Dutter (credited)

Pencils

Rafael Fonteriz (credited as José Fonteriz)

Inks

Rafael Fonteriz (credited as José Fonteriz)

Colors

Steve Whitaker (credited)

Letters

Diana Albers (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

It the Living Colossus; Bob O'Bryan; Diane Cummings; Karrg; Otto Ranetti

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Keywords

monsters

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Vengeance / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Reggie Jones (credited)

Inks

Reggie Jones (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Vengeance

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Keywords

occult