Marvel Comics Presents #28 [Direct]
(Late September 1989)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-weekly
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 (credited) (editor); Mike Rockwitz (credited as Michael Rockwitz) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

In the Lair of the Cult! (Table of Contents)

Havok / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marc Silvestri (credited) (signed as Silvestri)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited) (signed as JR)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Havok
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title, credits, summary, indicia, on the inside front cover.

Pharaoh's Legacy Part V: A Heart Determined! (Table of Contents: 2)

Havok / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Howard Mackie (credited)
Pencils
Rich Buckler (credited)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (credited)
Colors
Andy Yanchus (credited)
Letters
Bill Oakley (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You have defiled the temple of the great pharaoh,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Havok; Trackers; Leila O'Toole [Plasma]
Synopsis
Havok has to battle through the Pharaoh's Trackers to get to Leila but runs up against Queen Plasma instead.
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Panther's Quest Part XVI: Lost Promises (Table of Contents: 3)

Black Panther / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited)
Colors
Mike Rockwitz (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
'Though you would populate the Earth with sons,'
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Zanti Chikane; Theodore Olebogeng (death); Walter Olebogeng; Comrads (villains); the "Fathers" (villains)
Synopsis
While the Comrads and the "Fathers" continue their turf war, T'Challa and Zanti Chikane take the badly burnt Theodore Olebogeng to a whites-only clinic. The doctor on call does all he can, but Theodore dies from his injuries.
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Keywords
apartheid; hospitals; sonar gliders; South Africa

Rise and Shine Chapter III: The Complex! (Table of Contents: 4)

Coldblood / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Paul Gulacy (credited)
Inks
Paul Gulacy (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Tim Harkins (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Keep coming, Coldblood--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Coldblood

Giving Peace a Chance (Table of Contents: 5)

Triton / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Campanella (credited)
Pencils
Javier Saltares (credited)
Inks
José Marzán Jr.
Colors
John Wilcox (credited as John A. Wilcox)
Letters
Agustin Más (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
On the world of men he is called Triton!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Triton; Black Bolt (cameo flashback); Medusa (cameo flashback); Gorgon (cameo flashback); Karnak (cameo flashback)
Reprints

In Two Weeks... (Table of Contents: 6)

Black Panther; Coldblood; Havok; Quasar / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dennis Jensen
Inks
Dan Adkins
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Havok; Wolverine [Logan]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Coldblood; Quasar

Indexer Notes

Presents cover art for next issue.

[Back cover] (Table of Contents: 7)

Black Panther; Coldblood; Triton / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marc Silvestri
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Coldblood [Eric Savin]; Triton
Reprints
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. In the Lair of the Cult!
    Havok
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Pharaoh's Legacy Part V: A Heart Determined!
    Havok
  4. 3. Panther's Quest Part XVI: Lost Promises
    Black Panther
  5. 4. Rise and Shine Chapter III: The Complex!
    Coldblood
  6. 5. Giving Peace a Chance
    Triton
  7. 6. In Two Weeks...
    Black Panther; Coldblood; Havok; Quasar
  8. 7. [Back cover]
    Black Panther; Coldblood; Triton
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