Marvel Age #89

Name: Marvel Age #89
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

Jun 1990 · Marvel · 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP

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About this Issue

Marvel Age #89 holds a genuine place in Copper Age history as the first published preview of New Warriors #1, delivering five pages of art from the series that would introduce a new generation of Marvel heroes to readers in mid-1990. As a promotional vehicle, Marvel Age was one of the few places fans could get an advance look — with creator commentary — at books before they hit the spinner racks, and this issue did that for one of the decade's more culturally durable team launches. The issue also situates itself at a busy editorial crossroads, spotlighting John Byrne, Fabian Nicieza, and Dwayne McDuffie all in the same package, a reminder of how the magazine functioned as an informal record of Marvel's creative pipeline. For researchers tracking the pre-debut paper trail of the New Warriors, this is the earliest widely distributed printed excerpt of that material.

writer, artist, inker Fred Hembeck · cover Mark Bagley

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History

Marvel Age was conceived as a promotional, comic-book-sized magazine that Marvel published continuously from 1983 through 1994, functioning essentially as an expanded, illustrated version of the Bullpen Bulletins page that ran inside Marvel's monthly titles. By issue #89 the magazine had settled into a reliable format: creator profile, upcoming-series interviews, a Fred Hembeck humor strip, and multi-page story previews. Issue #89 was produced in the standard editorial context of that format, with cover art supplied by Mark Bagley — the same artist penciling the New Warriors ongoing whose preview pages anchored the issue. No extraordinary production circumstances have been documented for this specific number.

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Published June 1990 by Marvel Comics as part of the long-running promotional magazine series Marvel Age (1983–1994).
Cover art by Mark Bagley, who was also the penciler on the New Warriors ongoing series being previewed inside.
Contains a half-page 'Pro File' spotlight on John Byrne, including a self-portrait by Byrne.
Features an interview with writer Fabian Nicieza discussing the forthcoming New Warriors series.
Includes a discussion segment with writer Dwayne McDuffie and editor Gregory Wright about the Deathlok bookshelf edition limited series.
Prints a 5-page preview sequence from New Warriors #1, penciled by Mark Bagley and inked by Al Williamson — one of the earliest published samples of art from that series.
Contains a recurring 2-page Fred Hembeck humor strip, a standard feature of the Marvel Age format throughout its run.
Issued in both a direct-edition and a newsstand edition, consistent with Marvel's standard dual-distribution practice of the period.
Marvel Age ran 140 issues total over its eleven-year lifespan and was notable for providing early platform exposure to writers including Peter David and Kurt Busiek.