Written by Mark Gruenwald & Peter Sanderson
Art by (See Below), plus Eliot Brown; Josef Rubinstein; Andy Yanchus; Brenda Mings; & James Fry
Wraparound Cover Art by John Byrne; Josef Rubinstein; & Andy Yanchus
SUMMARY:
Released by Marvel Comics for December 1986, this 65-page (including the back cover) profiles in depth the following characters (and their assigned artists):
- Super-Adaptoid (Mike Zeck)
- Super-Skrull (John Byrne)
- Supreme Intelligence (Ron Wilson)
- Surtur (Walt Simonson)
- Talisman (Mike Mignola)
- Taskmaster (Joe Rubinstein)
- Tatterdemalion (Bob Hall)
- Tattletale (June Brigman)
- Terminus (John Byrne)
- Texas Twister (Keith Pollard)
- Thena (Brian Bolland)
- Thing (John Byrne)
- Thor {including his hammer, Mjolnir} (Walt Simonson)
- Thunderiders (Cynthia Martin)
- Thundra (Brian Bolland)
- Tiger Shark (John Buscema)
- Tigra (Stan Drake)
- Tinkerer (Peter Poplaski)
- Titan {Saturn’s moon} (Eliot R. Brown)
- Titania (Mick Zeck – possibly a typo for Mike Zeck)
- Titanium Man (Al Milgrom)
- Toad (Steve Ditko)
- Tomorrow Man (Sal Buscema)
- Tower (Bob Layton)
- Trapster (Javier Saltares)
- Triton (Mike Zeck)
- Tyrannus (Joe Sinnott)
- U-Foes (Sal Buscema)
- Ulik (Walt Simonson)
- Ultimatum (Larry Hama)
- Ultron (Kerry Gammill)
- Umar (Joe Rubinstein)
Note: The 20-issue ‘Deluxe Edition’ update series was published between 1985 and 1988.
REVIEW:
Even when compared to its 1983 original series counterpart (approximately Issue # 11), this ‘deluxe’ version earns that distinction. The 1983 version was certainly good at half the size, but this Issue # 13 is even better. Aside from some minor typos, Marvel Comics ensures that that its fanbase gets everything on these characters and then some. For a thirty-five year old comic, this one is a gem.
ADDITIONAL CONTENT:
The inside front cover is a table-of-contents, credits, and Mark Gruenwald’s “Data Corrections.” The back inside cover is an appendix for five ‘Other Dimensions,’ from Runestaff Dimension to The Shadow Realm. Also continued is the “Data Corrections.”
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 8½ Stars
