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Issue Details

Issue #74
Published [April] 1991
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Terry Kavanagh; Kelly Corvese (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details

Characters Logan
Genre superhero
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors Barry Windsor-Smith
Reprinted in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #2 (November 1994) [Italy]

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Marvel Comics Presents"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover. Introductions, credits and indicia.

8 page Weapon X story "Weapon X; (chapter 2)"

Characters Dr. Abraham Cornelius; Logan; Professor Thornton
Synopsis The Professor learns that his current test subject is a mutant. Logan wakes up in a berzerker rage and pops adamantium claws from his wrists.
Genre superhero
Script Barry Windsor-Smith
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters Jim Novak; Barry Windsor-Smith
Reprinted in X-Marvel (Play Press, 1990 series) #22 (January 1992) [Italy]; in Weapon X (Marvel, 1993 series) #[nn]; in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #2 (November 1994) [Italy]; in X-Men: The Movie (Marvel, 2000 series) #[nn] (May 2000); in Wolverine: Arma X (Panini, 2009 series) #[nn] (April 2009) [Italy]

8 page Shanna the She-Devil story "The Bush of Ghosts; (A Man of the People part 7)"

Characters Dubose Wilson; Guy Cross-Wallace; Jeremy Mchele; Mlima; Shanna
Genre jungle
Script Gerard Jones
Pencils Paul Gulacy
Inks Gary Martin
Colors Steve Mattsson
Letters Jade Moede
Reprinted in Marvel Magazine (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #15 (September 1995) [Italy]

8 page The Constrictor story The "Freebie"

Characters Captain Stacy; the Constrictor; McAvey
Synopsis The Constrictor tracks down his abusive father.
Genre superhero
Script Scott Lobdell
Pencils Scott McDaniel [as Scott McDaniels]
Inks Randy Emberlin
Colors Brad Vancata
Letters Todd Klein

8 page The Human Torch and Iceman story "Absolute Zero"

Characters Alicia Masters; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Iceman
Synopsis The Torch and Iceman have ten seconds to save Alicia from a bomb.
Genre superhero
Script Dan Mishkin
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks Dan Adkins
Colors Mark Guggenheim
Letters Jim Massara
Reprinted in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #34 (1992) [Italy]; in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #35 (1992) [Italy]

1 page letters page "Marvel Readers Present"

Script various
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover. Letters on Marvel Comics Presents #63 and 64.

1 page The Human Torch and Iceman; The Constrictor; Shanna the She-Devil illustration "untitled"

Characters the Constrictor; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Iceman; Shanna
Genre superhero; jungle
Pencils Sam Kieth (signed)
Inks Sam Kieth (signed)
Notes Outside back cover.