(August 1989)

Marvel, 1989 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Sid Jacobson (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Damage Control; Wolverine / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Colón
Pencils
Ernie Colón
Inks
Ernie Colón
Colors
Ernie Colón
Letters
Ernie Colón
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somebody dies!
Genre
humor; superhero; adventure
Characters
Damage Control [Robin Chapel; Albert Cleary; John Porter; Bart Rozum; Eugene Strausser]; Wolverine
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Damage Control (Marvel, 1989 series) #4 Cover Thumbnail for Damage Control (1989 series) #4 [Newsstand]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Ultragames / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

eXcessive Farce (Table of Contents: 2)

Damage Control / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Dwayne McDuffie
Pencils
Ernie Colón
Inks
Bob Wiacek
Colors
John Wellington
Letters
Rick Parker
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This lovely old house was once the site of Professor Xavier's School for Gifted and Talented Youngsters.
Genre
humor; superhero; adventure
Characters
Damage Control [Lenny Ballinger; Robin Chapel; Albert Cleary; John Porter; Bart Rozum; Eugene Strausser]; X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Wolverine [James Howlett]; Kitty Pryde; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Rogue [Anna Marie]]; Cypher [Douglas Ramsey]; Captain; the Commissioner; Groucho Marx (robot); George Fenneman (robot); Larry (robot, destroyed); Curly (robot, destroyed); Moe (robot, destroyed)
Synopsis
Damage Control fix up the X-Mansion.
Reprints
Keywords
Cornerstone (building supply company); Danger Room; Flatiron Building; NYPD; X-Mansion

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Taito Games / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Sears Video Arcade System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

John Elway's Quarterback / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Taito Games / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Hydlide Video Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Great Eastern Conventions / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Damage Report / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sid Jacobson; Lisa Trusiani
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Great job!

Indexer Notes

Letters from S.P.C. Patrick J. Ladwig, Christian O'Brien, David Peattie, Gorm Nykreim and Jason Lipscomb.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Tengen Games / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

TSR Hobbies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
This Issue is currently being edited by Darrel McCann (since 2023-11-26, last edit 2023-11-26)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Somebody dies!"]
    Damage Control; Wolverine
  2. 1. ["Turn your house into a sewer."]
    Ultragames
  3. 2. eXcessive Farce
    Damage Control
  4. 3. ["Bubble Bobble is dino-might! (For your Nintendo entertainment system)"]
    Taito Games
  5. 4. ["Sears catalog video games just got easier to order!"]
    Sears Video Arcade System
  6. 5. ["Serious?"]
    Columbia Bicycles
  7. 6. ["John Elway's Quaterback"]
    John Elway's Quarterback
  8. 7. ["Take no prisoners."]
    Taito Games
  9. 8. ["Get all fired up... for the adventure of a lifetime"]
    Hydlide Video Game
  10. 9. ["This is dedicated to Frank Giacoia, an illustrator superbly gifted as both a penciler and an inker."]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  11. 10. ["Comic book conventions!"]
    Great Eastern Conventions
  12. 11. ["The two greatest name in comics"]
  13. 12. ["Great job!"]
    Damage Report
  14. 13. ["Marvel Comics subscription"]
  15. 14. ["When you think of great hits... think Tengen"]
    Tengen Games
  16. 15. ["Your toughest opponent shouldn't be the rulebook."]
    TSR Hobbies
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