Marvel Presents

Marvel Presents was an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. Twelve issues were published from October 1975 to August 1977.

Marvel Presents
Marvel Presents #3 (Feb. 1976).
Art by Al Milgrom and John Romita Sr.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
Genre
Publication dateOctober 1975–August 1977
No. of issues12
Main character(s)Guardians of the Galaxy
Creative team
Written by
Penciller(s)
Inker(s)
Editor(s)Archie Goodwin, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman

Publication history

Bloodstone

Marvel Presents began publication with an October 1975 cover date.[1] The first two issues featured Ulysses Bloodstone, a character created by Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, and John Warner for the Where Monsters Dwell series.[2] Mike Vosburg was the artist assigned to the first installment, and then Pat Boyette was to draw the rest of the series. Where Monsters Dwell was cancelled and "Bloodstone" was moved to Marvel Presents. The first two chapters were finished and were printed in issue #1. Due to the publishing delays, Boyette was unavailable for the second issue, which was drawn by Sonny Trinidad instead.

Guardians of the Galaxy

Marvel Presents is notable for giving the original Guardians of the Galaxy their first regular series, from issues #3-12, by Steve Gerber and Al Milgrom[3].Roger Stern replaced Gerber as writer with issue #10.[4] Issue #7 (Nov. 1976) depicted an obvious sex act in a Comics Code-approved comic book, between Vance Astro and Nikki.[5] It presumably made it past the Code because Nikki was outside her physical body and Vance was in the mind of the Topographical Man, a humanoid heavenly body. The series was cancelled with issue #12 (August 1977) due to low sales.[4]

The issues
IssueDateTitleWriterPencilsNotes
#1October 1975Dweller From the Depths!John WarnerMike Vosburg
Pat Boyette		First appearance of Ulysses Bloodstone
#2December 1975Hellfire Helix Hex!Sonny Trinidad
#3February 1976Just Another Planet Story!Steve GerberAl MilgromContains a text story on the history of Earth-691
#4April 1976Into the Maw of Madness!Contains a text story on the history of Earth-691; first appearance of Nikki
#5June 1976Planet of the Absurd!Al Milgrom
Howard Chaykin
#6August 1976The Topographical ManAl Milgrom
#7November 1976Embrace the Void!
#8December 1976Once Upon a Time... the Silver Surfer!Roger SternContains a flashback reprinted from Silver Surfer #2 (October 1968)
#9February 1977Breaking Up is Death to Do!Steve Gerber
Mary Skrenes
#10April 1977Death-Bird Rising!Roger Stern
#11June 1977At War With Arcturus!
#12August 1977The Shipyard of Deep Space!

Collected editions
  • Marvel Firsts: The 1970s Vol. 3 includes Marvel Presents #1 and #3, 380 pages, June 2012, ISBN 978-0785163824
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: The Power of Starhawk includes Marvel Presents #3–12, 192 pages, July 2009, ISBN 978-0785137887
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow's Avengers includes Marvel Presents #3–12, 368 pages, January 2013, ISBN 978-0785166870

References
  1. Marvel Presents at the Grand Comics Database
  2. "Of Helixes and Hexes," written by John Warner, published in the "Reader's Space" section of Marvel Presents #2 (December 1975).
  3. Sanderson, Peter; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1970s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 175. ISBN 978-0756641238. The Guardians of the Galaxy finally received their own ongoing series in Marvel Presents #3, written by Steve Gerber and penciled by Al Milgrom.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  4. Buttery, Jarrod (July 2013). "Explore the Marvel Universe of the 31st Century With...The Guardians of the Galaxy". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (#65): 26–27.
  5. Christiansen, Jeff (October 17, 2013). "Topographical Man". The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013.


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