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Issue: Marvel Age Annual #1
Publication Date: January 1985
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1985
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
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Price: $0.50 USD
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Content Items: 11 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as 3 Content Items in other Issues:
FlagCaptain America: Scourge of the Underworld #[nn] published January 2011 as This One's Got It All! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)] front cover
FlagCaptain America: Scourge of the Underworld #[nn] published January 2011 as Information, Please...! Or... When Destiny Calls [Story on Interior Page(s)] last two pages of story
FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published January 2013 as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagMarvel Age Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2023
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 2
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Editorial

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover: introduction by Jim Salicrup.
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[untitled]

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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover: credits & index
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Information, Please...! Or... When Destiny Calls!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Kurt Busiek; Kurr'fri;
First Line: He stares dully at the telephone, and coughs nervously.
Synopsis: A hand (later shown to be that of assistant editor Kurt Busiek) is reaching for a telephone. Each subsequent page shows a telephone call being made to a different hero (or group of heroes) trying to obtain information about them to include in the issue, all without success. Towards the end, Captain America shows up at the Marvel offices to berate them for tying up his hotline, where he is then attacked by the Porcupine. Many other heroes and villains join in for a massive brawl. The story ends with Jim Salicrup calling Virginia Romita, saying this issue of Marvel Age may be a little late.
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Pages: 25
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Marvel A to Z

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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Information on upcoming events on all Marvel's titles.
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Epic Comics Preview

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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Information on upcoming events on all Epic titles. Includes an illustration of Dreadstar characters.
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Star Comics Preview

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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Information on upcoming events on all Star titles. Includes an illustration of Planet Terry.
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Marvel Goes Hollywood

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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Information on Marvel's projects in the animation world. Includes some storyboard pages and an animation cel.
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Carl Burgos - A Memorial for the Man Who Lit the Torch

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Article on Carl Burgos, who created the original Human Torch in 1939. Includes scenes and panels from Golden Age Human Torch stories.
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The Quotations of Chairman Doom

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Compilation of Doctor Doom quotes throughout the history of the Marvel Universe. Includes illustrations of Doctor Doom.
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And Now for the Hard Sell!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover: Marvel lists the reasons why readers should buy the regular Marvel Age magazine every month.

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