Marvel Comics Presents
#45
[Direct]
(March 1990)
Marvel,
1988 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.65 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-weekly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics
- Editing
- Terry Kavanagh (editor); Kelly Corvese (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Shadow Birth!
Hulk; Shooting Star; Wolverine; Wonder Man / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Kevin O'Neill (signed as O'Neill)
- Inks
- Kevin O'Neill (signed as O'Neill)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Joe Fixit [Bruce Banner]; Shooting Star [Victoria Star]; Wolverine [Logan]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams] - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Comics Presents: Wolverine (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2005) - in Hulk Visionaries: Peter David (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2007)
- in Incredible Hulk by Peter David Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019) [Only reprints the back half of the original wraparound cover.]
- in Wolverine Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2021)
- in Wonder Man: The Early Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2023 series) (2023) [back cover]
-
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
![Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Comics Presents (Marvel, 1988 series) #45 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/24/w200/24988.jpg?6134916035704165882)
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Title, credits, summary, indicia, on the inside front cover.
Black Shadow! White Shadow! Chapter VIII: Origins!
Wolverine / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He sat there like an unmovin' mountain of rolling flesh...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Shadow [Black Shadow/White Shadow] (also origin in flashback)); Ch'un (death); Mai; White Shadow [Black Shadow/White Shadow] (also origin in flashback); Wolverine [Logan]; Black Shadow/White Shadow (also origin in flashback)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Wolverine learns the origin of the mutant who creates the Shadows as he tries to save Mai and Ch'un from Black Shadow.
- Reprints
-
in X-Men (Semic S.A., 1992 series) #4 (juin 1993) - in Marvel Comics Presents: Wolverine (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2005)
- in Wolverine Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2021)
-
Stardust Miseries Part 8: Reach for the Stars
Wonder Man / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Behold the man!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Dr. Henry Pym; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Enchantress [Amora]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams] - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Enchantress uses the power of the Avengers to turn Wonder Man into a god, but his newfound powers restore his mind, and he fights her off to save his friends.
- Reprints
The Main Event
Hulk / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With me! The Incredible Hulk!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Fixit [Bruce Banner]; Hulk Hogan; Ron; Jen
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Hulk enters the wrestling ring to defend his name against the wrestler who has adopted it.
- Reprints
Bang Bang, Shoot Shoot
Shooting Star / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A county fair in the great state of Texas...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Shooting Star [Victoria Star]; Black Billy
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
[no title indexed]
Marvel Readers Present / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Lorenzo Napoland, Author unknown, Charles S. Novinskie, Victor Dupree and Deborah Meltzer. On the inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Shadow Birth!
Hulk; Shooting Star; Wolverine; Wonder Man -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Black Shadow! White Shadow! Chapter VIII: Origins!
Wolverine -
3.
Stardust Miseries Part 8: Reach for the Stars
Wonder Man -
4.
The Main Event
Hulk -
5.
Bang Bang, Shoot Shoot
Shooting Star -
6.
[no title indexed]
Marvel Readers Present
This issue was modified by, among others
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Hunter Johnson
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Darrel McCann
- Stéphane PETIT
- Derek Reinhard
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