Marvel Age #42

Marvel's 1986 promotional magazine serves up a packed issue spotlighting Epic's Steelgrip Starkey — shown on the cover in his red shirt, muscles flexed as he hoists a heavy piece of machinery amid a sprawling mechanical landscape. Alan Weiss and Jim Sherman's cover art gives the blue-collar hero a satisfying larger-than-life presence against that bold yellow background. Inside promises Stan's Soapbox, a look at the '86 Annuals, Fred Hembeck, and even a Wolverine update in the Mutant Report — a genuinely well-rounded snapshot of Marvel's universe at its 25th Anniversary milestone.