Marvel Preview

{{Infobox comic book title|

| image = Marv preview 01.jpg

| caption = Cover of Marvel Preview #1 (February 1975).
Art by Neal Adams

| schedule = Quarterly

| format = Magazine

| limited =

| ongoing = Y

| 1shot =

| genre = Adventure
Science fiction
Sword and sorcery
Superhero

| publisher =Marvel Comics

| date = 1975–Winter 1980 (as Marvel Preview)
March 1981–February 1983 (as Bizarre Adventures)

| issues = 34 (#1–24 as Marvel Preview #25–34 as Bizarre Adventures)

| main_char_team =

| writers = {{collapsible list|Bill Mantlo
Steve Gerber
Steve Englehart
Doug Moench
Chris Claremont
Roger Stern
Gil Kane
Roy Thomas
Tony Isabella}}

| artists =

| pencillers = {{collapsible list|Sal Buscema
John Byrne
Bob Brown
Dave Cockrum
Gene Colan
Howard Chaykin
Tony DeZuniga
Lee Elias
Keith Giffen
Ed Hannigan
Carmine Infantino
Michael Kaluta
Gil Kane
Val Mayerik
Michael Netzer (Nasser)
George Pérez
Mike Ploog
Bill Sienkiewicz
Jim Starlin
Herb Trimpe
Sonny Trinidad
John Buscema }}

| inkers = {{collapsible list|Dan Adkins
Terry Austin
Tony DeZuniga
Pablo Marcos
Josef Rubinstein
Bob McLeod
George Roussos
Bob Wiacek
Tom Palmer }}

| colorists = {{collapsible list|Marie Severin }}

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| creators =

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Marvel Preview is a black-and-white comics magazine published by Magazine Management for fourteen issues and the affiliated Marvel Comics Group for ten issues.{{gcdb series|id= 2260|title= Marvel Preview}} The final issue additionally carried the imprint Marvel Magazines Group.

Publication history

An umbrella title that showcased a different heroic-adventure, science-fiction, or sword-and-sorcery character in virtually every issue. The title introduced the Marvel Comics characters Dominic Fortune in issue #2, Star-Lord in #4,{{cite web|url=http://www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/Star-Lord.html |title=Star-Lord |first=Steve |last=Englehart |author-link=Steve Englehart |date=n.d. |publisher=SteveEnglehart.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016185220/http://www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/Star-Lord.html |archive-date=October 16, 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=December 26, 2010|df=mdy-all}} and Rocket Raccoon in #7.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-rise-of-guardians-of-the-galaxys-rocket-raccoon-20140729 |title=The Rise of Guardians of the Galaxy's Rocket Raccoon |first=Sean |last=Collins |date=July 29, 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821013107/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-rise-of-guardians-of-the-galaxys-rocket-raccoon-20140729 |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=live |quote=An alien transformed by cruel experiments into a warrior with a wicked sense of humor, his first appearance lasted a handful of pages in the black-and-white science-fantasy story 'The Sword in the Star' in Marvel Preview #7.|df=mdy-all}} The vigilante character the Punisher, introduced as an antagonist in the comic book The Amazing Spider-Man, had his first solo story in issue #2.

The magazine experienced scheduling difficulties, with various "Next Issue" announcements proving unreliable. Issue #2 promised an adventure of the Marvel superhero Thor in #3, but a Blade story appeared, with the Thor story remaining unseen until #10. As well, two different issues, #20 and 24, are dated "Winter 1980, at the start and end of the year." Issue #20 was to have included photographs from the Japanese Spider-Man television program, but instead featured Howard Chaykin's Dominic Fortune.{{cite book|last=Saffel|first=Steve|title= Spider-Man the Icon: The Life and Times of a Pop Culture Phenomenon|publisher=Titan Books|year=2007|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-1-84576-324-4|chapter= Amazing Friends and Secret Wars The 1980s|page= 124|quote= Since Marvel Preview was printed on cheap newsprint, it's possible that [Marvel's editorial staff] decided the photos would look terrible when screened and printed.}} In addition, Robert A. Heinlein's lawyers threatened legal action over the cover of Marvel Preview #11, which featured a blurb that described the Star-Lord content as "a novel-length science fiction spectacular in the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein," leading to the issue being pulled and reprinted.{{cite web |url= http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/02/12/comic-book-legends-revealed-194/|title= Comic Book Legends Revealed #194|first= Brian|last= Cronin|date= February 12, 2009|website= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160813145625/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/02/12/comic-book-legends-revealed-194/|archive-date= August 13, 2016|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|access-date= January 13, 2013|quote= Heinlein’s lawyers contacted Marvel and a new printing was done and the text was removed. In fact, relatively few copies of Marvel Preview #11 exist with the original text.}}

With #25 (March 1981), the title was changed to Bizarre Adventures, which ran for an additional ten issues before ceasing publication.{{gcdb series|id= 2595|title= Bizarre Adventures}} To offset the dark tone of most of the stories, editor Denny O'Neil had writer Steve Skeates produce a humor feature called Bucky Bizarre to close out each issue.{{cite journal|last= Schwirian|first= John|date= June 2009|title= The Unique Voice and Vision of Steve Skeates, part 3|journal= Back Issue!|issue= #34|pages= 81–87|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}} A story originally prepared for Marvel's Logan's Run comic book series was published in Bizarre Adventures #28 (Oct. 1981).{{cite web|url= https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-456/3/|title= Comic Book Legends Revealed #456|first= Brian|last= Cronin|date= January 31, 2014|website= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061228/https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-456/3/|archive-date= October 8, 2018|url-status= live|df= mdy-all|quote= Marvel has always been unwilling to just let unused stories go to waste...so a Logan’s Run back-up that was likely going to run through Logan’s Run #9 and #10 by Archie Goodwin and Michael Golden instead became a brand-new story in Bizarre Adventures #28!}} The final issue, #34, was a standard-sized color comic book, featuring the cover-blurb, "Special Hate the Holidays Issue", with anthological Christmas-related stories, including one starring Howard the Duck.

Issues

class="sortable wikitable"
Issue (cover date) ! Feature ! Notes !Collected Editions
align="center"\| #1 (1975) \| "Man-Gods From Beyond the Stars" \|Based on the works of Erich Von Däniken \|
align="center"\| #2 (1975) \| "The Punisher" \| back-up: Dominic Fortune (debut) \|Essential Punisher Vol. 1; Punisher: Back to the War Omnibus; Dominic Fortune: It Can Happen Here and Now
align="center"\| #3 (September 1975) \| "Blade the Vampire-Slayer" \| originally was going to be in the never-released Vampire Tales #12 \|Blade: Black & White; Blade: The Early Years Omnibus; Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus
align="center"\| #4 (January 1976) \| "Star-Lord" (debut) \| back-up: The Sword in the Star with Prince Wayfinder \|Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy
align="center"\| #5 (April 1976) \| "Sherlock Holmes" \| adaptation of the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles part 1 \|
align="center"\| #6 (Spring 1976) \| "Sherlock Holmes" \| The Hound of the Baskervilles part 2 \|Blade: Black & White (back-up)
align="center"\| #7 (Summer 1976) \| "Satana" \| back-up: The Sword in the Star with Prince Wayfinder, featuring the debut of Rocket Raccoon \|Essential Marvel Horror Vol. 1; Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus;Rocket Raccoon: Guardian of the Keystone Quadrant; Rocket Raccoon and Groot(back-up)
align="center"\| #8 (Fall 1976) \| "The Legion of Monsters" \| Morbius the Living Vampire, Blade, and Anubis \|Morbius Epic Collection Vol 2; Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus Vol 1; Blade: The Early Years Omnibus; Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus
align="center"\| #9 (Winter 1976) \| "Man-God" (Hugo Danner) \| Part 1 of an unfinished adaptation of the novel Gladiator by Philip Wylie \|
align="center"\| #10 (Winter 1977) \| "Thor" \| back-up: Hercules \|Thor Epic Collection Vol 9
align="center"\| #11 (Summer 1977) \| "Star-Lord" \| \|Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy; Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus; Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus
align="center"\| #12 (Fall 1977) \| "The Haunt of Horror" \| Lilith and Dracula \|Tomb of Dracula Complete Collection Vol 5; Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus
align="center"\| #13 (Winter 1978) \| "The UFO Connection" \| \|
align="center"\| #14 (Spring 1978) \| "Star-Lord" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy; Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus
align="center"\| #15 (Summer 1978) \| "Star-Lord" \|
align="center"\| #16 (Fall 1978) \| "Masters of Terror" \| Lilith \|Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus
align="center"\| #17 (Winter 1979) \| "Blackmark" \| \|
align="center"\| #18 (Spring 1979) \| "Star-Lord" \| \|Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy; Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus
align="center"\| #19 (Summer 1979) \| "Kull the Destroyer" \| back-up: Solomon Kane \|Kull: Savage Sword – The Original Marvel Years OmnibusSolomon Kane: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (back-up)
align="center"\| #20 (Winter 1980) \| "Bizarre Adventures" \| reprints, including Dominic Fortune \|
align="center"\| #21 (Spring 1980) \| "Moon Knight" \| back-up: the Shroud \|Essential Moon Knight Vol. 1; Moon Knight Epic Collection Vol 1; Moon Knight Omnibus Vol 1
align="center"\| #22 (Summer 1980) \| "Merlin" \| \|
align="center"\| #23 (Fall 1980) \| "Bizarre Adventures 2" \| \|Marvel Universe by Frank Miller Omnibus (fourth story)
align="center"\| #24 (Winter 1980) \| "Paradox" \| \|

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Issue (cover date)

! Feature

! Notes

!Collected Editions

align="center"| #1 (1975)

| "Man-Gods From Beyond the Stars"

|Based on the works of Erich Von Däniken

align="center"| #2 (1975)

| "The Punisher"

| back-up: Dominic Fortune (debut)

|Essential Punisher Vol. 1; Punisher: Back to the War Omnibus;

Dominic Fortune: It Can Happen Here and Now

align="center"| #3 (September 1975)

| "Blade the Vampire-Slayer"

| originally was going to be in the never-released Vampire Tales #12

|Blade: Black & White; Blade: The Early Years Omnibus; Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus

align="center"| #4 (January 1976)

| "Star-Lord" (debut)

| back-up: The Sword in the Star with Prince Wayfinder

|Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy

align="center"| #5 (April 1976)

| "Sherlock Holmes"

| adaptation of the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles part 1

align="center"| #6 (Spring 1976)

| "Sherlock Holmes"

| The Hound of the Baskervilles part 2

|Blade: Black & White (back-up)

align="center"| #7 (Summer 1976)

| "Satana"

| back-up: The Sword in the Star with Prince Wayfinder, featuring the debut of Rocket Raccoon

|Essential Marvel Horror Vol. 1; Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus;Rocket Raccoon: Guardian of the Keystone Quadrant; Rocket Raccoon and Groot(back-up)

align="center"| #8 (Fall 1976)

| "The Legion of Monsters"

| Morbius the Living Vampire, Blade, and Anubis

|Morbius Epic Collection Vol 2; Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus Vol 1; Blade: The Early Years Omnibus; Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus

align="center"| #9 (Winter 1976)

| "Man-God" (Hugo Danner)

| Part 1 of an unfinished adaptation of the novel Gladiator by Philip Wylie

align="center"| #10 (Winter 1977)

| "Thor"

| back-up: Hercules

|Thor Epic Collection Vol 9

align="center"| #11 (Summer 1977)

| "Star-Lord"

|Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy; Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus; Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus

align="center"| #12 (Fall 1977)

| "The Haunt of Horror"

| Lilith and Dracula

|Tomb of Dracula Complete Collection Vol 5; Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus

align="center"| #13 (Winter 1978)

| "The UFO Connection"

align="center"| #14 (Spring 1978)

| "Star-Lord"

| rowspan="2" |Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy; Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus

align="center"| #15 (Summer 1978)

| "Star-Lord"

align="center"| #16 (Fall 1978)

| "Masters of Terror"

| Lilith

|Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus

align="center"| #17 (Winter 1979)

| "Blackmark"

align="center"| #18 (Spring 1979)

| "Star-Lord"

|Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy; Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus

align="center"| #19 (Summer 1979)

| "Kull the Destroyer"

| back-up: Solomon Kane

|Kull: Savage Sword – The Original Marvel Years OmnibusSolomon Kane: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (back-up)

align="center"| #20 (Winter 1980)

| "Bizarre Adventures"

| reprints, including Dominic Fortune

align="center"| #21 (Spring 1980)

| "Moon Knight"

| back-up: the Shroud

|Essential Moon Knight Vol. 1; Moon Knight Epic Collection Vol 1; Moon Knight Omnibus Vol 1

align="center"| #22 (Summer 1980)

| "Merlin"

align="center"| #23 (Fall 1980)

| "Bizarre Adventures 2"

|Marvel Universe by Frank Miller Omnibus (fourth story)

align="center"| #24 (Winter 1980)

| "Paradox"

''Bizarre Adventures''

class="sortable wikitable"
Issue (cover date) ! Feature ! Notes !Collected Editions
align="center"\|#25 (March 1981) \| "Lethal Ladies" \| The Black Widow; Lady Daemon (debut); the Daughters of the Dragon \|Black Widow: Web of Intrigue; Black Widow Epic Collection Vol 2; Black Widow Strikes Omnibus;Iron Fist: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu; Iron Fist: Danny Rand – The Early Years Omnibus;Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Omnibus Vol. 2
align="center"\|#26 (May 1981) \| "Kull the Barbarian" \| King Kull; "Demon in a Silvered Glass"—story by Doug Moench, art by John Bolton \|The Savage Sword of Kull Vol. 1; Kull: Savage Sword – The Original Marvel Years Omnibus
align="center"\|#27 (July 1981) \| "Secret Lives of the X-Men" \| Phoenix; the Iceman; Nightcrawler \|Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol 2; X-Men Epic Collection Vol 8;Phoenix Story: Phoenix Omnibus Iceman story: X-Men: Iceman; X-Men: Rareties (colorized)
align="center"\|#28 (October 1981) \| "...These Are the Unlikely Heroes" \| Elektra; the Shadow Hunter (debut); the Huntsman; Triton; and Bucky Bizarre (debut) Huntsman story was originally an issue for the then recently cancelled Logan's Run comic serieshttps://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/michael-golden-and-steve-mitchell-bizarre-adventures-28-story-page-10-original-art-marvel-1981-/a/122050-13647.s \|Elektra by Frank Miller Omnibus
align="center"\|#29 (December 1981) \| "Stephen King's 'The Lawnmower Man'" \| Adaptation of the Stephen King short story "The Lawnmower Man" by Walt Simonson; and stories starring Greenberg the Vampire (debut){{cite book\|last1 = DeFalco\|first1 = Tom\|author-link1 = Tom DeFalco\|last2= Gilbert\|first2= Laura, ed.\|chapter= 1980s\|title= Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History\|publisher= Dorling Kindersley\|date= 2008\|location= London, United Kingdom\|page= 202\|isbn= 978-0756641238\|quote= Writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist Steve Leialoha explored a new take on the vampire myth with Greenberg.}} and Bucky Bizarre \|
align="center"\|#30 (February 1982) \| "Paradox" \| back ups: Silhouette; Bucky Bizarre \|
align="center"\|#31 (April 1982) \| "A Hard Look at Violence" \| Dr. Deth with Kip and Muffy (debut); the Hangman I (Harlan Krueger; final appearance); Bucky Bizarre \|Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus
align="center"\|#32 (August 1982) \| "Thor and Other Gods" \| backups: the Aquarian; Bucky Bizarre \|Thor Epic Collection Vol 12
align="center"\|#33 (December 1982) \| "The Tomb of Dracula"; "Haunt of Horror"; "Tales of the Zombie"; "Vault of Evil" \| Dracula; Varnae (debut); the Zombie \|Marvel Horror Omnibus
align="center"\|#34 (February 1983) \| "Special Hate the Holidays Issue" \| Christmas-themed anthology issue, including the Son of Santa (debut and final appearance), Howard the Duck, Dr. Deth with Kip and Muffy (final appearance) and Bucky Bizarre (final appearance) \|Howard the Duck Complete Collection Vol 4

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Issue (cover date)

! Feature

! Notes

!Collected Editions

align="center"|#25 (March 1981)

| "Lethal Ladies"

| The Black Widow; Lady Daemon (debut); the Daughters of the Dragon

|Black Widow: Web of Intrigue; Black Widow Epic Collection Vol 2; Black Widow Strikes Omnibus;Iron Fist: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu; Iron Fist: Danny Rand – The Early Years Omnibus;Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Omnibus Vol. 2

align="center"|#26 (May 1981)

| "Kull the Barbarian"

| King Kull; "Demon in a Silvered Glass"—story by Doug Moench, art by John Bolton

|The Savage Sword of Kull Vol. 1; Kull: Savage Sword – The Original Marvel Years Omnibus

align="center"|#27 (July 1981)

| "Secret Lives of the X-Men"

| Phoenix; the Iceman; Nightcrawler

|Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol 2; X-Men Epic Collection Vol 8;Phoenix Story: Phoenix Omnibus

Iceman story: X-Men: Iceman; X-Men: Rareties (colorized)

align="center"|#28 (October 1981)

| "...These Are the Unlikely Heroes"

| Elektra; the Shadow Hunter (debut); the Huntsman; Triton; and Bucky Bizarre (debut) Huntsman story was originally an issue for the then recently cancelled Logan's Run comic serieshttps://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/michael-golden-and-steve-mitchell-bizarre-adventures-28-story-page-10-original-art-marvel-1981-/a/122050-13647.s

|Elektra by Frank Miller Omnibus

align="center"|#29 (December 1981)

| "Stephen King's 'The Lawnmower Man'"

| Adaptation of the Stephen King short story "The Lawnmower Man" by Walt Simonson; and stories starring Greenberg the Vampire (debut){{cite book|last1 = DeFalco|first1 = Tom|author-link1 = Tom DeFalco|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 1980s|title= Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher= Dorling Kindersley|date= 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page= 202|isbn= 978-0756641238|quote= Writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist Steve Leialoha explored a new take on the vampire myth with Greenberg.}} and Bucky Bizarre

align="center"|#30 (February 1982)

| "Paradox"

| back ups: Silhouette; Bucky Bizarre

align="center"|#31 (April 1982)

| "A Hard Look at Violence"

| Dr. Deth with Kip and Muffy (debut); the Hangman I (Harlan Krueger; final appearance); Bucky Bizarre

|Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus

align="center"|#32 (August 1982)

| "Thor and Other Gods"

| backups: the Aquarian; Bucky Bizarre

|Thor Epic Collection Vol 12

align="center"|#33 (December 1982)

| "The Tomb of Dracula"; "Haunt of Horror"; "Tales of the Zombie"; "Vault of Evil"

| Dracula; Varnae (debut); the Zombie

|Marvel Horror Omnibus

align="center"|#34 (February 1983)

| "Special Hate the Holidays Issue"

| Christmas-themed anthology issue, including the Son of Santa (debut and final appearance), Howard the Duck, Dr. Deth with Kip and Muffy (final appearance) and Bucky Bizarre (final appearance)

|Howard the Duck Complete Collection Vol 4

Collected editions

Essential Punisher Vol. 1 includes the Punisher story from Marvel Preview #2, 568 pages, March 2004, {{ISBN|978-0785123750}}
Dominic Fortune: It Can Happen Here and Now includes Dominic Fortune story from Marvel Preview #2, 184 pages, February 2010, {{ISBN|978-0785140429}}
Blade: Black & White includes Blade the Vampire Slayer stories from Marvel Preview #3 and 6, 144 pages, December 2004, {{ISBN|978-0785114697}}
Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy includes Star-Lord stories from Marvel Preview #4, 11, 14-15, and 18, 424 pages, July 2014, {{ISBN|978-0785154495}}
Essential Marvel Horror Vol. 1 includes Satana story from Marvel Preview #7, 648 pages, October 2006, {{ISBN|978-0785121961}}
Rocket Raccoon: Guardian of the Keystone Quadrant includes Rocket Raccoon story from Marvel Preview #7, 120 pages, August 2011, {{ISBN|978-0785155270}}
Essential Moon Knight Vol. 1 includes the Moon Knight story from Marvel Preview #21, 560 pages, February 2006, {{ISBN|978-0785120926}}
Black Widow: Web of Intrigue includes the Black Widow story from Bizarre Adventures #25, 176 pages, April 2010, {{ISBN|978-0785144748}}
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Omnibus Vol. 2 includes the Daughters of the Dragon story from Bizarre Adventures #25, 1,000 pages, June 2017, {{ISBN|978-1302901349}}
The Savage Sword of Kull Vol. 1 includes King Kull story from Bizarre Adventures #26, 448 pages, November 2010, {{ISBN|978-1595825933}}
X-Men: Iceman includes the Iceman story from Bizarre Adventures #27, 120 pages, August 2012, {{ISBN|978-0785162759}}
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga includes Phoenix story from Bizarre Adventures #27, 200 pages, April 2012, {{ISBN|978-0785164210}}
Elektra by Frank Miller Omnibus includes Elektra story from Bizarre Adventures #28, 384 pages, November 2008, {{ISBN|978-0785127772}}
The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 2 includes the Jean Grey, Iceman, and Nightcrawler stories from Bizarre Adventures #27, 912 pages, April 2014, {{ISBNT|0785185720}}

References

External links

{{comicbookdb|type=title|id=11202|title=Marvel Preview}}
{{comicbookdb|type=title|id=2506|title=Bizarre Adventures}}
[http://www.marvelguide.de/USMARVPREV.HTM Marvel Preview] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

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