Marvel Preview #16

(Fall 1978)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Buscema (signed as John Buscema)

Inks

John Buscema (signed as John Buscema)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Men at Work

Genre

crime

Reprints

• in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #459

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ralph Macchio ?

Pencils

Gene Colan (illustrations)

Inks

Tony DeZuniga (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Hodiah Twist; Lilith

Out of the Dark (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Rick Marschall (signed as Richard Marschall)

Letters

typeset

The Hero-Killer Principle! (Table of Contents: 4)

Hodiah Twist / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Don McGregor (incorrectly credited to Richard E. Marschall; see note)

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Tony DeZuniga

Letters

John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Randy was not sure when the tutoring began,

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Conrad Jeavons; Hodiah Twist; Randy (death); Jeffrey Winters; Gladys Jones; Col. Withers (death); Mildred Argot (death)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #439 (26. Februar 1985.)
• in Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)

Indexer Notes

After an editorial dispute over work-for-hire contracts, Don McGregor left Marvel and this story was falsely credited (McGregor 1981) to editor Richard Marschall instead (although Marschall does acknowledge McGregor as the story’s author on the introductory text page elsewhere in the issue).
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References:

McGregor, Don. 1981. “Investigating Detectives Inc.” in The Variable Syndrome. Clayton, Ga.: Fictioneer Books. Quoted in Don McGregor, “Investigating Detectives, Inc.” in Detectives Inc. #1 (April 1985), and in Don McGregor, “Investigating Detectives, Inc. part two” in Detectives Inc. #2 (April 1985).

Voices! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman (credited) (script)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited) (art)

Inks

Tom Palmer (credited) (art)

Letters

Jim Novak ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He knew he didn't want to answer the phone when it rang.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Captain York; Crimmins; Jeffrey Berger; Harry Tate (death); Debbie Tate; Gilroy

Reprints

• in 3ª Geração (RGE, 1981 series) #1 (Julho de 1981)
• in Marvel Horror: The Magazine Collection (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)

The Rise of The Private Eye (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ron Goulart (credited)

Letters

typeset

Death by Disco! (Table of Contents: 7)

Lilith / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Gerber (credited) (script)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited) (art)

Inks

Tony DeZuniga (credited) (art)

Letters

Jim Novak ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Night settles over Manhattan--friday night--the start of that 48-hour period...

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Martin Gold; Lilith; Angel O'Hara; John Erickson; Ernie (death); Bert (death); T.J. Novello (death); Della Fiorelli (death)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #432 (8. januar 1985.)
• in L'Eternauta (Comic Art, 1988 series) #99 (Luglio 1991)
• in Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)

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Blackmark / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Letters / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ralph Macchio ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Greg Lash, Ed O'Reilly, Eve Ackerman, Tom McCarthy, Brian Jordan, and Jon Green.