Marvel Comics Presents #73 [Direct]
([March] 1991)

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 Comics
Editing
Terry Kavanagh (editor); Kelly Corvese (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Weapon X / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (signed)
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith (signed)
Colors
Barry Windsor-Smith
Genre
superhero
Characters
Logan
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Marvel Comics Presents (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Introductions, credits and indicia. The order of the Black Knight and Sub-Mariner stories is reversed in the introductions.

Weapon X; (chapter 1) (Table of Contents: 2)

Weapon X / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Barry Windsor-Smith
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors
Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters
Jim Novak; Barry Windsor-Smith
Genre
superhero
Characters
Carol Hines; Dr. Abraham Cornelius; Logan; Professor Thornton
Synopsis
Logan is captured and brought to Weapon X where The Professor and his colleagues begin his transformation. The experiment takes some unexpected turns as the subject begins leeching massive amounts of adamantium from the system.
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Dance of the Forest; (The Bush of Ghosts part 6) (Table of Contents: 3)

Shanna the She-Devil / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gerard Jones
Pencils
Paul Gulacy
Inks
Gary Martin
Colors
Steve Mattsson
Letters
Jade Moede
Genre
jungle
Characters
DuBose Wilson; Eric Heller; Jeremy Mchele; Shanna
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Sands of Time (Table of Contents: 4)

The Black Knight / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jason Balgobis (plot); Russell Lyman (script)
Pencils
Dave Cockrum
Inks
Dave Cockrum
Colors
Mike Thomas
Letters
Ken Lopez
Genre
historical; superhero
Characters
the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; the Black Knight [Eobar Garrington] (flashback); Doctor Strange; King Richard Lionheart (flashback); Saladin (flashback); Valinor (the Black Knight's horse, flashback)
Synopsis
Dane tells Dr. Strange about the original Black Knight's battle with Saladin.
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Indexer Notes

Set in New York with flashback to 1191 during the Crusades.

The Sea Enemy! (Table of Contents: 5)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Morelli [as John Morelli]
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Jack Morelli [as John Morelli]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Russian fishermen; Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Synopsis
Namor takes on a Russian fishing boat.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
various
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Letters on Marvel Comics Presents #59-61.

[untitled] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Black Knight; Shanna the She-Devil; Namor the Sub-Mariner / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bret Blevins (signed)
Inks
Bret Blevins (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Shanna; Namor, the Sub-Mariner

Indexer Notes

Outside back cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Weapon X
  2. 1. Marvel Comics Presents
  3. 2. Weapon X; (chapter 1)
    Weapon X
  4. 3. Dance of the Forest; (The Bush of Ghosts part 6)
    Shanna the She-Devil
  5. 4. Sands of Time
    The Black Knight
  6. 5. The Sea Enemy!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Readers Present
  8. 7. [untitled]
    The Black Knight; Shanna the She-Devil; Namor the Sub-Mariner
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