Future Tense #2

(12 November 1980)

...Second Great Issue! - 32 Pages of Science Fiction Thrills! (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Paul Neary

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

- Glad to have you with us again!

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

The Concise History of the Galaxy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Tim Quinn

Pencils

Dicky Howett

Inks

Dicky Howett

Letters

Dicky Howett

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My word! I do believe it's a weather balloon! Or is it sunspots?

Genre

humour; science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Micronauts / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo

Pencils

Howard Chaykin

Inks

Al Milgrom

Letters

Irv Watanabe

Job Number

LF40

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Marionette, careful! Someone's moving in that room!

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Micronauts [Space Glider; Bug; Microtron; Cilicia; Biotron; Marionette; Acroyear]

Synopsis

The Micronauts return to Earth and bury Jasmine. They fight dolls animated by young girl named Helen who is from Saugerties, New York.

Reprints

• from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #18 (June 1980) [Page 9, panels 1-5, and pages 10-17. Black and white.]

Keywords

New York; Saugerties

Meet The Micronauts No. 1 Part 1 of a Great New 'Future Tense' Feature Serial! (Table of Contents: 4)

Meet the Micronauts / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Mark Rogan

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Commander Arcturus Rann

Reprints

• from Micronauts Annual (Marvel, 1979 series) #2 ([October] 1980)

Indexer Notes

Text altered in the masthead. Original title was "Commander Arcturus Rann"

And Men Shall Call Him... Warlock! (Table of Contents: 5)

Warlock / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Dan Adkins

Letters

Sam Rosen

Job Number

799Z

Genre

superhero

Characters

High Evolutionary; Sir Raam; Counter-Earth; Man-Beast

Reprints

• from Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #1 (April 1972) [Reprints page 8, panels 1-2 & 4-5; p.9 (figures of The Fantastic Four & Alicia Masters removed from panel 3); p.11, panels 4-6; p.12; p.13, panels 1-2; plus one new panel which appears to be a paste-up of elements from other panels.]

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

Seeker 3000! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Doug Moench

Pencils

Tom Sutton

Inks

Tom Sutton

Letters

Denise Wohl (page 1 of this sequence); Rick Parker [as Rick] (pages 2-4)

Job Number

C-762

First Line of Dialogue or Text

First: after we escape Mars-Arm, I want you to jettison our cargo of clone-cells, Ben, to make room for our new "passengers"

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Seeker 3000 Crew [Jordan Shaw; Valida Payton; John Running Bear; Ben Peyton; Jason; Phaedra; Censys]; The Six; Overlord

Reprints

• from Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #41 (April 1978) [Page 6, panels 1-3 & 5-6, and pages 7-9. Black & white.]

Indexer Notes

Letterer information 2005 by Steven Tice.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Paladin / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Don McGregor

Pencils

Tom Sutton

Inks

Tom Sutton

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (page one); Bruce Patterson

Job Number

C-900

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There will be a reckoning, Marsha!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Paladin; Phantasm [Dennis] (villain); Marsha Connors

Reprints

• from Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #43 (August 1978) [Page 7, panels 1-3 & 5-7, and pages 8-11 only. Black & white.]

The Star Wars Saga Continues (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Star-Lord / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Doug Moench

Pencils

Tom Sutton

Inks

Tom Sutton

Letters

John Costanza

Job Number

LF88

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Welcome aboard, Pete.

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Star-Lord (origin)

Reprints

• from Marvel Spotlight (Marvel, 1979 series) #6 (May 1980) [Page 6, panels 2-7, and pages 7-10 only. Black & white.]

Starburst (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)