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Issue: Marvel Comics Presents #1
Publication Date: September 1988
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Issues: #1 of 175 Issues (345 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 05/03/1988
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.75 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from Mike's Amazing World / Amazing Heroes #139.
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, martial arts, superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Milestones: Wolverine, X-Men & Tuk: Caveboy #[nn] published January 2005
as Cover to Marvel Comics Presents #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover.
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Marvel Comics Presents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Credits and contents page.
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Save the Tiger Part 1: The Good Guy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Night's my kinda time.
Synopsis: Wolverine arrives in Madripoor and goes to the Princess Bar where he receives a very unfriendly welcome.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWolverine Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagWolverine: Save the Tiger #1 [unnamed variant] published May 1992
as Save the Tiger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Milestones: Wolverine, X-Men & Tuk: Caveboy #[nn] published January 2005
as Save The Tiger Part 1: The Good Guy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: First Wolverine in Madripoor.
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Elements of Terror Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
First Line: Void of thought.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagI Nuovi Mutanti #1 published April 1989
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Credits are only listed on the Table of Contents page on the inside front cover, not on the story itself. There is a mix-up in the Table of Contents between this story and the Master of Kung Fu story, with the credits being incorrectly swapped between the two.
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Crossing Lines Part 1: Ripples

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Character(s): Xiao
First Line: For a mind as blank as an unstirred pool
Synopsis: Shang-Chi is reunited with his old comrades in arms.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Storyline continues from the last issue of Master of Kung Fu #125 (June 1983). Continuity update from Henry Chin (June 25, 2004).

Credits are only listed on the Table of Contents page on the inside front cover, not on the story itself. There is a mix-up in the Table of Contents between this story and the Man-Thing story, with the credits being incorrectly swapped between the two.
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... Fear Itself

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): an asteroid eater from Denak IV
First Line: The great beast chews slowly on the metallic alloys of the asteroid, savoring the tangy elements which give it sustenance.
Synopsis: The Fear Eater tries to feed off of the Silver Surfer.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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In Two Weeks...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, martial arts, superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Milestones: Wolverine, X-Men & Tuk: Caveboy #[nn] published January 2005
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Presents the front and back cover art for next issue.

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