Comic Book: Marvel Fanfare (1982 series)
What This Comic Book is About:
Al Milgrom created this special anthology series (no ads! better production values!) to showcase new talent and present special stories by established creators, with a strong appeal to fans.
Data Sheet:
Mar 1982 to Jan 1992
1982
N/A
Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Hulk(Robert Bruce Banner)
Plus: Frog-Man.
Comics Index
Total Indexed Comics:
14
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
November 1982"To Steal the Sorcerer's Soul!"
Script: Chris ClaremontLate one evening, Dr. Strange is unable to sleep because of a foreboding in the air. Clea persuades him to relax and return to bed…. In the street a little girl rushes through the rain to hammer on Strange’s door. As the sorcerer goes to answer, suddenly a bright light fills the room. [...]
March 1983"With Friends Like These…"
Script: Steven GrantA happy Hulk is walking through a wilderness area in
Colorado when he is attacked by US military jets; Hulk uproots a tree and hurls
it at the lead plane, disabling it. [...]
November 1984"Sky-Wolf!"
Script: Marv Wolfman [...]
January 1985"Home Fires!"
Script: Roger SternCaptain America rushes to the scene of the sixth fire in as many weeks to join in the rescue operation. He learns from the mayor that the arson fires are part of an extortion scheme by a group calling itself "We the People. [...]
May 1985"The Clash"
Script: Jim StarlinA dejected Thing is wandering the New York streets late at night. After rescuing an elderly homeless woman from a mugger, he is summoned by Doctor Strange through a portal between dimensions. [...]
July 1985"The Clash – Part Two"
Script: Jim StarlinAs Doctor Strange confronts Xandu, the Thing and the Hulk duke it out, with the battle spilling into the street. Xandu’s mind-spell slows the Hulk’s reactions, though, allowing the Thing to hold his own against Jade Jaws, and to hope for a possible victory. [...]
September 1985"Night of the Octopus"
Script: Roger McKenzieAfter a series of escapes, consumer activist Joe Barger is making a fact-finding tour of Ryker’s Island prison, accompanied by Tony Stark whose company created the high-tech security system at the prison. [...]
November 1985"From the Ashes"
Script: Roger McKenzieAfter his defeat by Doctor Octopus (last issue), Tony Stark is brooding and toasting the damaged Iron Man armor (with ginger ale). As the news reports on Doc Ock’s prison escape and the Grand Jury investigation of Stark International, he repairs and improves the armor. [...]
May 1986"The Goblin Spree"
Script: Doug MoenchAfter escaping from the Sea of Nothing, John Tyndall, Velanna, and Mud-Butt find themselves back in Lord Raven’s castle, learning the tale of the Glorywand, the most powerful magic device in Weirdworld. The Glorywand has been split into two pieces and Raven has one. [...]
November 1986"A Terrible Thing to Waste"
Script: John ByrneAn elderly Indian waits in the desert for the Hulk who
arrives and instinctively wants to smash the old man. But the Indian says the
word “friend” and Hulk suddenly calms down. [At this time Hulk has been
separated from Bruce Banner and is supposedly mindless. [...]
March 1987"A Plague of Frogs"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisIn downtown New York, Captain America arrives just in time to stop an assassin from gunning down the visiting Bagwan Sri Ananda. The guru invites Cap to visit his movement’s center, and Cap, going by instinct, plans to come. [...]
May 1987"Is This the Way the World Ends?"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisThe Yellow Claw transports the unconscious Captain America and the captive Frog-Man to his underground base in upstate New York. The villain unmasks Froggy and discovers him to be just ludicrous super-hero wannabe Eugene Patilio. [...]
June 1989"Doombug"
Script: Roger McKenzieIron Man is fighting a robot in the desert; it’s Rhodey helping him test a new type of virtual reality program. The test was a success for the international robotics symposium tomorrow. [...]
November 1989"Renovation"
Script: Bill MantloJ. Jonah Jameson is touring a depressed area of South Bronx
with Councilman Wade who advocates demolishing the area and building a new neighborhood;
Jameson is concerned about the locals who would be displaced. Peter Parker is
along to take photos despite being seriously ill with a cold…. [...]