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Issue Details

Issue #18
Published Early May 1989
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Terry Kavanagh; Mike Rockwitz (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details

Characters Black Panther; Cyclops; She-Hulk (doll); Willie Lumpkin
Genre superhero
Pencils John Byrne (signed)
Inks John Byrne (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Wraparound cover.

8 page Cyclops story "The Retribution Affair Part 2: Plague In the Night"

Characters Cyclops; Banshee; Moira MacTaggert; Master Mold [Stephen Lang; cameo]
Synopsis Cyclops and Banshee try to investigate Moira's mysterious bouts of sleep walking.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Harras
Pencils Ron Lim
Inks Bruce Patterson
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Agustin Mas
Reprinted in Cyclops: Retribution (Marvel, 1994 series) #nn

8 page Black Panther story "Panther's Quest Part 6: Naked Exposures"

Characters Black Panther
Genre superhero
Script Don McGregor
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Glynis Oliver
Letters Joe Rosen
Reprinted in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #4

8 page She-Hulk story "X-Mas Tease"

Characters She-Hulk; The Thing; Dr. Doom; Magneto; Galactus
Synopsis She-Hulk is bored on Christmas Eve and calls The Thing up to have a chat.
Genre superhero; humor
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Bob Wiacek
Colors George Roussos
Letters Michael Heisler
Notes Introduces the Sensational She-Hulk monthly comic.

8 page Willie Lumpkin story "A Christmas Card"

Characters Willie Lumpkin; The Thing; Ms. Marvel [Sharon Ventura]; Human Torch; Alicia Masters; Freddie Lumpkin; Mr. Magoo (cameo; on TV); Mr. Fantastic (cameo); Invisible Woman (cameo); Super Skrull (Cameo); Inhumans (all cameo) [Black Bolt; Medusa; Gorgon; Karnak; Quicksilver; Crystal; Triton; Lockjaw]
Synopsis Due to an unfortunate mistake, Willie Lumpkin is visited by the ghosts of Christmas and put through a christmas carol wringer which was actually meant for miser J. Jonah Jameson.
Genre superhero
Script Glenn Herdling
Pencils Richard Howell
Inks Joe Sinnott
Colors Richard Howell
Letters Jack Morelli
Notes Parody of Dicken's A Christmas Carol.