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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October 1989
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Howard Mackie; Tom DeFalco (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "The Untold Origin of Quasar!"

Characters Quasar [Wendell Vaughan]
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Ryan (signed)
Inks Paul Ryan (signed)
Colors George Roussos
Notes Signature dated 1988.

23 page Quasar story "The Price of Power!"

Characters Marvel Boy [Robert Grayson] (flashback); Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Thing; Human Torch] (flashback); SHIELD [Nick Fury; Agent Donahue; Dum Dum Dugan; Gail Runciter]; Tony Stark [Iron Man]; Dr. Gilbert Vaughn; Dr. Stanley Zane [Agent T-20]; Dr. Madeline Reznek; Lisa Vaughn; William Wesley (Death); AIM; Quasar [Wendell Vaughan] (Origin); Deathurge (in look ahead to next issue)
Synopsis Wendell Vaughan is temporarily assigned to the S.H.I.E.L.D. security detail guarding his father's investigation of the alien Quantum-Bands. A.I.M. attempts to steal them, but Wendell dons the Bands and single-handedly repulses the A.I.M. attack.
Genre superhero
Script Mark Gruenwald
Pencils Paul Ryan (breakdowns); Danny Bulanadi (finishes)
Inks Danny Bulanadi
Colors Paul Becton
Letters Janice Chiang
Reprinted in Marvel Milestones: Star Brand & Quasar (Marvel, 2006 Series) #[nn]

1 page Mr. Bubble advertisement "Mr. Bubble's Tub Tales..."

Characters Mr. Bubble; kids
Letters ?; typeset
Notes Art resembles some Archie comics art. Appears between pages 7-8 of story.

1 page Kid Remote; Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. advertisement "The Power to Move!"

Characters Kid Remote
Notes Advertisement for remote game controller for the Nintendo Game System. Appears between pages 8-9 of story.

1 page Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox; Pro File promo (ad from the publisher) "Bullpen Bulletins"

Characters Renee Witterstaetter
Synopsis The Pro File feature is about Marvel staffer Renee Witterstaetter.
Script Stan Lee
Letters typeset
Notes Appears between pages 19-20 of story.