Marvel Comics Presents
#4
[Direct]
(Early October 1988)
Marvel,
1988 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.50 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-weekly
- On-sale Date
- 1988-06-16
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Editing
- Terry Kavanagh (editor); Mike Rockwitz (credited as Michael Rockwitz) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On sale date from Amazing Heroes #141.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Wolverine / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Al Milgrom (signed as AM)
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell (signed as PCR)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Razor-Fist [Douglas Scott]; Wolverine [Logan]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
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Save the Tiger Part 4: The Ordeal
Wolverine / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Chris Claremont
- Pencils
- John Buscema
- Inks
- Klaus Janson
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've seen better places, better days.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Inquisitor [Vestry] (first appearance); O'Donnell; Razor-Fist [Douglas Scott]; Roche; Sapphire Styx; Tyger Tiger [Jessán Hoan]; Wolverine [Logan]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Wolverine has been captured by Roche and is tortured for information. Escaping from the Inquisitor, Wolverine battles Razorfist but jumps over a waterfall to get away from his captors.
- Reprints
-
in Un Récit Complet Marvel (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #28 - Les Mystères de Madripoor ([novembre] 1990) -
in Wolverine: Save the Tiger (Marvel, 1992 series) #1 (May 1992) - in Marvel Comics Presents: Wolverine (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
- in Wolverine Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
-
in Marvel Série I (Levoir, 2012 series) #9 - Wolverine - Madripoor - in Wolverine Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - Madripoor Nights (2014)
-
Elements of Terror Part 4: Rage and Design
Man-Thing / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. Bressack; Colonel Jody Choate; Debbi Choate; Demon [Marea]; Mickey Ditillio; Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]; Monteiro; Senator Wycombe; Lloyd Zahner; Nurse Goren
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
- Keywords
- monsters; occult
in Crossing Lines Part 4: Water
Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- martial arts
- Characters
- Brian Argus (first appearance); Cat [Shen Kuei]; Clive Reston; Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Leiko Wu
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Shang-Chi asks Shen Kuei to help him look for Leiko. Shang-Chi and his comrades also begin to track down terrorists.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- kung fu
Silent Thunder!
Thor / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Back, vile miscreants, back I say!
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Balder; Beta Ray Bill (cameo flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo flashback); The Captain [Steve Rogers] (cameo flashback); Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Fandral (cameo); The Fear Eater; Hela (cameo flashback); Hercules (cameo flashback); Hogun (cameo); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo flashback); Loki; Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor] (cameo flashback); Odin (cameo flashback); Sif (cameo flashback); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] (cameo flashback); Surtur (cameo flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo flashback); Thor [Thor Odinson]; Ulik (cameo flashback); Volstagg
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Fear Eater tries to feed off of Thor.
- Reprints
in In Two Weeks...
Daredevil; Man-Thing; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Wolverine / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense; martial arts; superhero
- Characters
- Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]; Shang-Chi; Wolverine [Logan]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Keywords
- kung fu; monsters
Indexer Notes
Presents cover art for next issue.
[Back Cover]
Man-Thing; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Thor / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense; martial arts; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]; Shang-Chi; Thor [Thor Odinson]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
- Keywords
- kung fu; monsters
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Wolverine -
1.
Marvel Comics Presents
-
2.
Save the Tiger Part 4: The Ordeal
Wolverine -
3.
Elements of Terror Part 4: Rage and Design
Man-Thing -
4.
Crossing Lines Part 4: Water
Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi -
5.
Silent Thunder!
Thor -
6.
In Two Weeks...
Daredevil; Man-Thing; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Wolverine -
7.
[Back Cover]
Man-Thing; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Thor
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- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike Verhart
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