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Marvel Comics Presents #12

Marvel · Series began 1988 · Early February 1989

Dates

Cover date
Early February 1989
On sale
October 6, 1988
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #12 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07148602214512

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Ron Frenz, Rick Leonardi, Tom Sutton, Don Heck, Frank Springer, Gene Colaninks: Joe Sinnott, P. Craig Russell, Tom Sutton, Randy Emberlin, Fred Fredericks, Gene Colanscript: Ann Nocenti, Steve Gerber, C. J. Henderson, Scott Lobdellcolors: Glynis Oliver, Mike Rockwitz, Michael Higgins, John Wilcoxletters: Ken Lopez, Bill Oakley, Agustin Más, Diana Albers

Stories

  • God's Country Part III: Iron Curtains · 8 pages

    Colossus fights the Cold Warriors and rescues the picnicking family.

  • Elements of Terror Chapter XII: Glamor · 8 pages
  • Noble Fathers Have Noble Children! · 8 pages

    Jameson sends a Bugle reporter to do an expose on Hercules.

  • Spring Break! · 8 pages

    Nita heads to Atlantis for spring break but finds that her ideal city is plagued by many of the same ills as New York.

Characters

Piotr RasputinColossusJ. Jonah JamesonHerculesTed SallisMan-ThingNamoritaZeusLloyd ZahnerJody ChoateMichael DitillioLaurence RailsbackBruceRoxanneGeneral SelbertZackery

Reprinted in

Colossus: God's Country (1994), Man-Thing by Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection (2015), X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda Omnibus (2024)

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