Marvel Comics Presents #18 [Direct]

(Early May 1989)

The Retribution Affair Part 2: Plague In the Night (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 (credited as Agustin Mas)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Cyclops; Banshee; Moira MacTaggert; Master Mold [Stephen Lang; cameo]

Synopsis

Cyclops and Banshee try to investigate Moira's mysterious bouts of sleep walking.

Reprints

• in Un Récit Complet Marvel (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #29 - Cyclope ([février] 1991)
• in Cyclops: Retribution (Marvel, 1994 series) (1994)

Panther's Quest [Part 6 of 25]: Naked Exposures (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

Magistrate of Communications Anton Pretorius has never been afraid...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Panther [T'Challa]; Zanti Chikane; Magistrate of Communications Anton Pretorius (introduction, villain); Corporal Percy Boraine

Synopsis

South African Magistrate of Communications, Anton Pretorius, finds out about T'Challa's attack on Percy Boraine. Pretorius sends more troops to the black township and tells the nation about T'Challa's illegal entry into the country. T'Challa and Zanti avoid the military patrols and make it to the solar glider in time to learn about Pretorius' televised speech.

Reprints

• in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #4 (Gennaio 1990)
• in Black Panther: Panther's Quest (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
• in Black Panther Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #3 - Panther's Prey (2021)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther (Marvel, 2010 series) #3

Keywords

sonar gliders; South Africa; television studios

Indexer Notes

Story part number is from the table of contents.

X-Mas Tease (Table of Contents: 3)

She-Hulk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

Bob Wiacek

Colors

George Roussos

Letters

Michael Heisler

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ignore the evidence of your senses. This is a blue lady.

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; The Thing; Dr. Doom; Magneto; Galactus

Synopsis

She-Hulk is bored on Christmas Eve and calls The Thing up to have a chat.

Reprints

• in Strange Spécial Origines (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #256 hors série (5 avril 1991)
• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #35 ([1992])
• in Sensational She-Hulk by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

Introduces the Sensational She-Hulk monthly comic.

A Christmas Card (Table of Contents: 4)

Willie Lumpkin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Glenn Herdling

Pencils

Richard Howell

Inks

Joe Sinnott

Colors

Richard Howell

Letters

Jack Morelli

Genre

superhero

Characters

Willie Lumpkin; The Thing; Ms. Marvel [Sharon Ventura]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Alicia Masters; Freddie Lumpkin; Mr. Magoo (cameo; on TV); Mr. Fantastic (cameo); Invisible Woman (cameo); Super Skrull (cameo); Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Gorgon; Karnak; Quicksilver; Crystal; Triton; Lockjaw] (cameo)

Synopsis

Due to an unfortunate mistake, Willie Lumpkin is visited by the ghosts of Christmas and put through a christmas carol wringer which was actually meant for miser J. Jonah Jameson.

Indexer Notes

Parody of Dicken's A Christmas Carol.

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

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

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Mark Vanderbrook, William Blevins, Hidalgo Nagashima. On the inside back cover.