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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published April 1984
Cover Price $1.00
Pages 36
Editing Jim Shooter; Louise Jones; Ann Nocenti

Cover Details

Characters Stan Lee; Chris Claremont; Walter Simonson; John Byrne; Jim Shooter; Denny O'Neil; Paul Smith; Dave Cockrum; Bill Mantlo; Al Milgrom; Mark Gruenwald; Terry Austin; Hulk; Spider-Man
Genre humor
Pencils none (photos)
Inks none (photos)
Letters Tom Orzechowski (logo); Rick Parker?

4 page Marvel Comics creators story "The Marvel Fumetti Book"

Characters Jim Shooter; Archie Goodwin; Al Milgrom; Denny O'Neil; Larry Hama; Louise Jones; Tom DeFalco; Mark Gruenwald; Ralph Macchio; Carl Potts
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Eliot R. Brown (photos)
Inks Eliot R. Brown (photos)
Letters Tom Orzechowski (logo); Michael Higgins; Brenda Mings (typeset)

5 page Marvel Comics creators; Spider-Man story "Spidey's Edi-Tour"

Characters Spider-Man; Larry Hama; Jim Owsley; Mark Gruenwald; Mike Carlin; Carl Potts: Jim Massara; Danny Fingeroth; Bob DeNatale; Bob Budiansky; Mike Higgins; Ralph Macchio; Tom DeFalco; Eliot R. Brown; Louise Jones; Ann Nocenti; Jim Shooter
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Vinnie Colletta (photos); Bill Sienkiewicz ("special effects")
Inks Vinnie Colletta (photos); Bill Sienkiewicz ("special effects")
Letters Michael Higgins

1 page Marvel Comics creators story "Breakfast in the Bullpen!"

Characters Joe Albelo; John Morelli; Mark Gruenwald; Danny Crespi; Ron Zalme; Walter Simonson; Jack Abel; Rick Parker; Rom
Genre humor
Script Joe Albelo
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos)
Inks Vince Colletta (photos)
Letters Rick Parker?

2 page Marvel Comics creators story "Who's the Boss?"

Characters Archie Goodwin; Al Milgrom; Denny O'Neil; Larry Hama; Louise Jones; Tom DeFalco; Mark Gruenwald; Ralph Macchio; Carl Potts; Jim Shooter; Stan Lee
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Eliot R. Brown (photos)
Inks Eliot R. Brown (photos)
Letters Michael Higgins

2 page Marvel Comics creators story "The Wet T-Shirt Contest"

Characters Jim Shooter; Joe Rubinstein; Christie Scheele; Lynn Cohen; Linda Grant; Virginia Romita; Laurie Sutton; Mary Jo Duffy; Susan Ehrenreich
Genre humor
Script Jim Shooter (plot); Mike Carlin (script)
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos)
Inks Vince Colletta (photos)
Letters Michael Higgins

1 page Bill Mantlo story "The Fastest Writer in the World"

Characters Bill Mantlo
Genre humor
Script Bill Mantlo
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos)
Inks Vince Colletta (photos)
Letters Joe Rosen

3 page Marvel Comics creators story "Aftermath..."

Characters Deb Highley; Nancy Dodaro; Ann Nocenti; Lynn Cohen; Louise Jones; Mary Jo Duffy; Carol Jazwinski; Stan Lee
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Eliot R. Brown (photos)
Inks Eliot R. Brown (photos)
Letters Michael Higgins

1 page Walter & Louise Simonson story "Secrets Behind the Comics I"

Characters Walter Simonson; Louise Simonson
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos); Art Adams ("special effects")
Inks Vince Colletta (photos); Art Adams ("special effects")
Letters Joe Rosen

1 page Marvel Comics creators story "Secrets Behind the Comics II"

Characters Mark Gruenwald; Mike Carlin; Jim Shooter; Al Milgrom; Chris Claremont; Terry Austin; Louise Jones
Genre humor
Script Danny Fingeroth
Pencils Eliot R. Brown (photos)
Inks Eliot R. Brown (photos)
Letters Joe Rosen

2 page Terry Austin story "Inker-Dinker-Doo"

Characters Terry Austin; Ziggy Pig
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos); Terry Austin (art)
Inks Vince Colletta (photos); Terry Austin (art)
Letters Joe Rosen

1 page John Byrne story "Quick Draw"

Characters John Byrne
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos); Art Adams ("special effects")
Inks Vince Colletta (photos); Art Adams ("special effects")
Letters Rick Parker?

1 page Ron Wilson & Dave Cockrum story "The Super Boxers Meet the Futurians"

Characters Ron Wilson; Dave Cockrum
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos); Bill Sienkiewicz ("special effects")
Inks Vince Colletta (photos); Bill Sienkiewicz ("special effects")
Letters Michael Higgins

3 page Marvel Comics creators story "The Spider-Man Plot Session"

Characters Tom DeFalco; Al Milgrom; Danny Fingeroth; Bob DeNatale
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos); Art Adams ("special effects")
Inks Vince Colletta (photos); Art Adams ("special effects")
Letters Joe Rosen

1 page Marvel Comics creators story "The Up Elevator"

Characters John Byrne; Tom Palmer; Mike Carlin; Mark Gruenwald
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos); Bill Sienkiewicz ("special effects")
Inks Vince Colletta (photos); Bill Sienkiewicz ("special effects")
Letters Joe Rosen

2 page Marvel Comics creators story "Beauty and the Beast"

Characters Hulk; Mary Mc Pherran; John Byrne; Ron Wilson; Louise Jones; Ann Nocenti
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos)
Inks Vince Colletta (photos)
Letters Michael Higgins

1 page Marvel Comics creators story "Secrets Behind the Comics III"

Characters Dave Cockrum; Bob Budiansky; John Morelli
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos)
Inks Vince Colletta (photos)
Letters Michael Higgins

1 page Marvel Comics creators story "The Down Elevator"

Characters Danny Fingeroth; Walter Simonson; Paul Smith; Bret Blevins; John Byrne
Genre humor
Script Joe Albelo
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos)
Inks Vince Colletta (photos)
Letters Joe Rosen

1 page Paul Smith story "On the Road with Paul Smith"

Characters Paul Smith
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos); Art Adams ("special effects")
Inks Vince Colletta (photos); Art Adams ("special effects")
Letters Joe Rosen

1 page Marvel Comics creators story "The Phone Call"

Characters Denny O'Neil; Linda Grant; Ralph Macchio; Mike Carlin; Bob Harras
Genre humor
Script Peter David [as "?" (Question mark)]
Pencils Vince Colletta (photos); Art Adams ("special effects")
Inks Vince Colletta (photos); Art Adams ("special effects")
Letters Michael Higgins
Notes Peter David lists this as his work (and that it was uncredited) on his website (http://www.peterdavid.net/index.php/bibliography/#1).

Marvel Comics creators (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix*

Characters Jim Shooter; Archie Goodwin; Louise Jones; Denny O'Neil; Mark Gruenwald; Carl Potts; Larry Hama; Al Milgrom; Ralph Macchio; Tom DeFalco
Genre humor
Script Mike Carlin?
Pencils Eliot R. Brown
Inks Eliot R. Brown
Letters Michael Higgins