Marvel Comics Presents #54 [Direct]

(July 1990)

[Contents, Credits & Indicia] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

On the Road with Wolverine and the Hulk, Part 1: The Long and Winding Road (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk; Wolverine / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Higgins

Pencils

David Ross

Inks

Dan Day

Colors

Brad Vancata

Letters

Todd Klein

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nice weather...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wolverine; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Mimic [as Wolverine]

Synopsis

Wolverine saves a man from being mauled by a bear but doesn't recognize Bruce Banner in his daytime guise. He certainly recognizes him later when he encounters him as the Hulk.

Reprints

• in Thor (Play Press, 1991 series) #19 [Italy]
• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #35 ([1992])
• in Marvel Comics Presents: Wolverine (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2006)
• in Wolverine Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2021)

Keywords

Carolinas

Children of the Beast Chapter 1: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Table of Contents: 3)

Werewolf by Night / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Len Kaminski

Pencils

James Fry

Inks

Brad K. Joyce

Colors

Gregory Wright

Letters

Brad K. Joyce

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Werewolf by Night [Jack Russell]; Silver Dagger; Night Shift (flashback) [Shroud; Brothers Grimm; Digger; Tatterdemalio; Dansen Macabre]; Gregory Russoff (dream)

Synopsis

Jack locks himself into the howling room to ride out his stint as the Werewolf little knowing that he is being stalked by the Silver Dagger.

Reprints

• in Marvel Comics Presenta: Zona M (Play Press, 1993 series) #12 (Marzo 1994)

Keywords

occult

Family Matters, Part 2: Confrontation (Table of Contents: 4)

Stingray / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

Jim Fern

Inks

Mike DeCarlo

Colors

Brad Vancata

Letters

Tim Harkins

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The place: a privately-held island off the Florida Coast. Specifically the oceanographic institute owned and operated by Dr. Walter Newell.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Stingray [Walter Newell]; Tiger Shark; Diane Arliss-Newell; a Guardsman

Synopsis

Tiger Shark takes down Stingray and makes off with his wife.

Reprints

• in Namor (Play Press, 1990 series) #22

Keywords

Newell Oceonographic Institute

The Dark Light of Kali (Table of Contents: 5)

Shroud / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Ditko (plot); Hollis Bright (script)

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Bob Wiacek

Colors

Ed Lazellari

Letters

Michael Heisler

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This new exhibit features a Kali statue. I had to see if it is the statue of dark powers, or only a cheap imitation. Someone approaches... a Kali worshipper?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Shroud; Firefly; Krago [also as Mr. Ksang]; Cult of Kali

Keywords

California

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

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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Re: Marvel Comics Presents #45: Wolverine: I think this story is coming along quite nicely.

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Jeremy Lamb, Kenneth Quist, Jon Camp, Charles S. Novinskie, and David Coroland. Inside back cover.