Marvel Comics Presents #42 [Direct]
([January] 1990)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.65 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
biweekly
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); Kelly Corvese (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Alone against the Black Shadow! (Table of Contents)

Wonder Man; Union Jack; Daughters of the Dragon; Wolverine / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Bob Layton
Inks
Bob Layton
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine; Wonder Man; Union Jack; Misty Knight; Colleen Wing
Reprints

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Black Shadow! White Shadow! Part 5: Village of Blood (Table of Contents: 1)

Wolverine / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
Nel Yomtov
Letters
Phil Felix
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine; Mai; H'siao (death); Ch'un; Black Shadow; White Shadow
Synopsis
Wolvie and his allies once again encounter Black Shadow and H'saio gives his life trying to destroy the monster.
Reprints

Stardust Miseries Part 5: She Belongs to Me (Table of Contents: 2)

Wonder Man [Marvel] / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Higgins
Pencils
Javier Saltares
Inks
José Marzán Jr.
Colors
Tom Vincent
Letters
Ken Lopez
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Man [also as Hank Pym]; Enchantress; Iron Man; Beast; Wasp
Synopsis
Enchantress disguises Wondy as Hank Pym so he can get close enough to the Wasp to capture her.

The Establishment (Table of Contents: 3)

Union Jack / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fabian Nicieza
Pencils
Kieron Dwyer
Inks
Kieron Dwyer
Colors
Kieron Dwyer
Letters
Diana Albers
Genre
superhero
Characters
Union Jack [Joey Chapman]; Captain America (cameo flashback); Human Torch I (cameo flashback); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo flashback); Spitfire [Jacqueline Falsworth Crichton] (cameo flashback); Baron Blood (cameo flashback); Kenneth Crichton (cameo flashback)

Armed and Dangerous (Table of Contents: 4)

Daughters of the Dragon / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jo Duffy
Pencils
Chris Tsuda
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
Tom Vincent
Letters
Lois Buhalis
Genre
martial arts
Characters
Colleen Wing; Misty Knight
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Alone against the Black Shadow!
    Wonder Man; Union Jack; Daughters of the Dragon; Wolverine
  2. 1. Black Shadow! White Shadow! Part 5: Village of Blood
    Wolverine
  3. 2. Stardust Miseries Part 5: She Belongs to Me
    Wonder Man [Marvel]
  4. 3. The Establishment
    Union Jack
  5. 4. Armed and Dangerous
    Daughters of the Dragon
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