CATALOG RECORD
Marvel Comics Presents #20
first appearance of Eugene van der Merwe and Conscience
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Eugene van der Merwe (Marvel) — introduction
- Conscience (Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- [Late] May 1989
- On sale
- January 26, 1989
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #20 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 07148602214520
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Creators
Stories
- The Retribution Affair: Part IV: Conscience of the King · 8 pages
While Cyclops comes down with the deadly virus, Conscience and the Servitors attack Muir Isle.
- Panther's Quest Part VIII: Hatred under Tears · 8 pages
T'Challa saves a young boy, Theodore Olebogeng, from being run over by the truck tear gassing the black township. He manages to disable the truck, but is shot by the soldier driving it, Eugene van der Merwe.
- Nightmare in Suburbia Part 2: The Flawed Flesh · 8 pages
Doc Strange helps a woman drive demons from her family.
- At the Bottom of My Garden! · 8 pages
Clea stumbles upon a secret garden in the Dark Dimension.
Publisher’s description
Story #1 - The Retribution Affair Part 4 - Cyclops - While under the influence of the sinister Master Mold, Dr. Moira MacTaggert has created a genetically engineered virus designed to destroy mutants. It is a virus that has already claimed two victims, a young girl and the former X Man, Sean Cassidy. Now these two have been kidnapped by Master Mold's robot servitors and their only hope for survival lies with Scott Summers, the man called Cyclops. Story #2 - Panther's Quest Part 8 - Black Panther - Sarah Slade tells the Black Panther she has not seen her husband, Patrick, but that knowledge of the Panther's missing mother prompted him to some wild scheme. The Panther is unaware that a man on a nearby rooftop has been spying on Slade's curio store and reports the Panther's arrival to Elmer "Sex N' Violence" Gore. Shortly thereafter South African troops assault the town with tear gas. Story #3 - Nightmare In Suburbia Part 2 - Dr. Strange - With an almost casual disinterest Dr. Strange has investigated a minor demonic presence in Minerva Ohio. He has discovered that the dimensional disruption reaches farther and deeper than he had ever anticipated, it reaches into other realms and into a family's innocent heart. Story #4 - At The Bottom of My Garden - Clea - Clea finds that the monsters of the Dark Dimension have a weakness for beauty.
Characters
Reprinted in
Cyclops: Retribution (1994), Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther (2010), Black Panther Epic Collection (2016), Black Panther: Panther's Quest (2018), X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus (2024), Black Panther: Panther's Prey Omnibus (2025)