Marvel Age #126
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeMarvel Age #126 functions as a contemporaneous primary document for two significant 1993 Marvel publishing events: the promotional launch of Clive Barker's Razorline imprint — an ambitious, short-lived horror-inflected line of four interrelated titles — and an early showcase of Joe Madureira's artwork timed to the debut of the first Deadpool solo mini-series, The Circle Chase. The Razorline interview with Barker published here has been cited by comics historians as a foundational primary source for understanding the imprint's intent and context. As a promotional magazine entry, it captures a particularly turbulent moment in the early-1990s speculator boom, when Marvel was aggressively expanding into celebrity-creator imprints and branching franchises simultaneously.
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Marvel Age was Marvel Comics' in-house promotional magazine, running from 1983 to 1994, designed to preview upcoming titles, carry creator interviews, and build reader anticipation at a cover price well below standard Marvel comics. Issue #126 was edited by Steve Saffel under Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco, released on May 18, 1993 with a July 1993 cover date. The issue's three-page text article spotlighting Deadpool and the Punisher was pencilled by Joe Madureira — then still a teenager just breaking into professional work — and inked by Mark Farmer, making it one of Madureira's earliest published pieces tied to the Deadpool franchise ahead of The Circle Chase mini-series.
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- Cover pencilled by Tom Raney, inked by Mark McKenna, and colored by Joe Caponsacco; edited by Steve Saffel under Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco.
- Contains a 3-page text article written by Matthew Morra with art by Joe Madureira (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks), and Glynis Oliver (colors) — an early published Madureira piece — previewing the Deadpool and Punisher crossover in the forthcoming Deadpool: The Circle Chase mini-series.
- Includes a feature interview with horror/fantasy creator Clive Barker discussing the newly launching Razorline imprint — four interrelated titles (Ectokid, Hokum & Hex, Hyperkind, Saint Sinner) — an article later cited by Wikipedia and comics historians as a primary source document for the Razorline's creation and intent.
- Also contains a segment in which editor Mark Gruenwald discusses the Scourge of the Underworld character/storyline, as well as a look at the Venom: Funeral Pyre crossover.
- Features coverage of Marvel UK's Marvel Frontier line (Bloodseed, Dances with Demons, Children of the Voyager, Immortalis) and a multi-part feature titled 'Marvel and the Video Game Revolution: Part I.'
- Includes a one-page Fred Hembeck humor strip, a recurring feature of the Marvel Age series throughout its run.
- The Razorline imprint spotlighted in this issue launched into an oversaturated 1993 market alongside competing new universes from Malibu, Defiant, and Dark Horse; the line ran only seven to nine issues per title before cancellation, making this issue a snapshot of Marvel's ambitious but ultimately short-lived expansion strategy.
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Reprinted in Marvel Frontier Comics: The Complete Collection #[nn] (2016), Deadpool & X-Force Omnibus #[nn] (2017), Captain America Epic Collection #19 (2021)
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