Marvel Comics Presents #138 [Direct]
(Early October 1993)

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Volume
1
Price
1.50 USD; 1.90 CAD; 1.10 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
biweekly
On-sale Date
1993-08-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606022144 13811
Editing
Richard Ashford (editor); Michael Kraiger (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Flip book. On sale date from Mike's Amazing World site.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wolverine / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Colin MacNeil
Inks
Colin MacNeil
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title, credits and indicia. On the back of both covers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
MCP #131 was great!

Indexer Notes

Letters from Evan Robarge, Mary Westmeyer, and Joey Marchese. Promo for next issue. On the back of both covers.

Rumble in the Jungle, Part Two: Arena (Table of Contents: 3)

Wolverine / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Erik Larsen (plot); Chris Marrinan
Pencils
Chris Marrinan
Inks
Chris Marrinan
Colors
Joe Andreani
Letters
Michael Higgins

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wake up screamin'...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine; Doc Samson (cameo)

Spellbound, Part 1 of 5: Zxaxz's Escape (Table of Contents: 4)

Spellbound / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bobbie Chase
Pencils
Terry Shoemaker
Inks
Carl Potts
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Dave Sharpe

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a dimension far from ours, a universe exists where a gesture made or a phrase intoned by a being of great power can destroy or create a world.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Spellbinder [Erica Fortune]; Roy Fortune; Sally Fortune; Andrew; Snugg; Snaarl; Zxaxz

Fellow Travelers, Part II: Lightning Swords of Death (Table of Contents: 5)

Ghost Rider / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Len Kaminski
Pencils
Reggie Jones
Inks
Fred Harper
Colors
Joe Andreani
Letters
Michael Higgins

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Assassins!
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Daniel Ketch]; Masters of Silence; Tsin Hark (cameo)
Keywords
occult

Deathurge (Table of Contents: 6)

Spider-Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Matt Idelson (credited as Matt Idleson)
Pencils
Malcolm Jones III (credited as Malcolm Jones)
Inks
Malcolm Jones III (credited as Malcolm Jones)
Colors
Mike Thomas
Letters
Michael Higgins

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's a million better things I could be doing on a Saturday afternoon.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Deathurge
Synopsis
Spider-Man stops a villain from killing cancer patients.
Reprints

Ghost Rider and the Masters of Silence (Table of Contents: 7)

Ghost Rider / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Fred Harper (signed)
Inks
Fred Harper (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Rider [Daniel Ketch]; Ninjas
Keywords
occult
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Wolverine
  2. 1. [Title, Credits and Indicia]
  3. 2. ["MCP #131 was great!"]
    Marvel Readers Present
  4. 3. Rumble in the Jungle, Part Two: Arena
    Wolverine
  5. 4. Spellbound, Part 1 of 5: Zxaxz's Escape
    Spellbound
  6. 5. Fellow Travelers, Part II: Lightning Swords of Death
    Ghost Rider
  7. 6. Deathurge
    Spider-Man
  8. 7. Ghost Rider and the Masters of Silence
    Ghost Rider
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