Marvel Comics Presents #83 [Direct]
([August] 1991)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.65 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
biweekly
On-sale Date
1991-06-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Terry Kavanagh (editor); Mark Powers (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #191.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Weapon X (Wolverine) / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors
Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Logan [Wolverine]
Reprints

Weapon X: Chapter Eleven (Table of Contents: 1)

Weapon X (Wolverine) / 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
Logan [Wolverine]; The Professor; Hines
Synopsis
The Professor springs his trap as Logan goes after Hines and buries them both in flames. A smouldering Logan, his mind slowly returning, breaks into the control room and kills the Professor.
Reprints

Life During War Time Part 2: Things Fall Apart (Table of Contents: 2)

Firestar / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Marie Javins; Marc McLaurin
Pencils
Dwayne Turner
Inks
José Marzán Jr. (credited as Jose Marzan ?)
Colors
Marc McLaurin
Letters
Rick Parker

Genre
superhero
Characters
Firestar; Cross; Fitch; Arms of Salvation; Freedom Force--Mystique; Avalanche; Spiral
Synopsis
With her father dying, Firestar tries to evade Freedom Force while trying to get him to the hospital.
Reprints

The Distance (Table of Contents: 3)

Hawkeye / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fabian Nicieza
Pencils
John Stanisci
Inks
Don Hudson
Colors
Mike Rockwitz
Letters
Chris Eliopoulos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hawkeye
Synopsis
Hawkeye fails to save an old boxer.

The Matchstick and the Moth! (Table of Contents: 4)

Human Torch / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Ditko (plot); Erik Larsen
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Erik Larsen
Colors
Santiago Oliveras
Letters
Dave Sharpe

Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Moth
Synopsis
Moth captures the Human Torch for some crooks, then gets double-crossed.

[Back Cover] (Table of Contents: 5)

Firestar; Hawkeye; Human Torch / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave Hoover (signed)
Inks
Dave Hoover (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hawkeye; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Firestar; Mystique; Avalanche; Spiral
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Weapon X (Wolverine)
  2. 1. Weapon X: Chapter Eleven
    Weapon X (Wolverine)
  3. 2. Life During War Time Part 2: Things Fall Apart
    Firestar
  4. 3. The Distance
    Hawkeye
  5. 4. The Matchstick and the Moth!
    Human Torch
  6. 5. [Back Cover]
    Firestar; Hawkeye; Human Torch
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