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| artists = Sal Buscema John Byrne (comics)Bob Brown (comics)>Bob BrownDave Cockrum Gene ColanHoward ChaykinTony DeZunigaLee Elias Keith GiffenEd HanniganCarmine InfantinoMichael KalutaGil KaneVal MayerikMichael Netzer (Nasser) George PérezMike PloogBill SienkiewiczJim StarlinHerb Trimpe Sonny Trinidad John Buscema }}Dan AdkinsTerry Austin (comics)Tony DeZunigaPablo MarcosJosef RubinsteinBob McLeod (comics)>Bob McLeodGeorge RoussosBob WiacekTom Palmer }}Marie Severin }}| creative_team_month = | creative_team_year = | creators = }}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,WEB,www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/Star-Lord.html, Star-Lord, Steve, Englehart, Steve Englehart, n.d., SteveEnglehart.com,www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/Star-Lord.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20141016185220www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/Star-Lord.html,">web.archive.org/web/20141016185220www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/Star-Lord.html, October 16, 2014, live, December 26, 2010, mdy-all, and Rocket Raccoon in #7.MAGAZINE,www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-rise-of-guardians-of-the-galaxys-rocket-raccoon-20140729, The Rise of Guardians of the Galaxy’s Rocket Raccoon, Sean, Collins, July 29, 2014, Rolling Stone,www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-rise-of-guardians-of-the-galaxys-rocket-raccoon-20140729," title="web.archive.org/web/20140821013107www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-rise-of-guardians-of-the-galaxys-rocket-raccoon-20140729,">web.archive.org/web/20140821013107www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-rise-of-guardians-of-the-galaxys-rocket-raccoon-20140729, August 21, 2014, live, 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., 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.BOOK, Saffel, Steve, Spider-Man the Icon: The Life and Times of a Pop Culture Phenomenon, Titan Books, 2007, London, United Kingdom, 978-1-84576-324-4, Amazing Friends and Secret Wars The 1980s, 124, 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.WEB,goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/02/12/comic-book-legends-revealed-194/, Comic Book Legends Revealed #194, Brian, Cronin, February 12, 2009, Comic Book Resources,goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/02/12/comic-book-legends-revealed-194/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160813145625goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/02/12/comic-book-legends-revealed-194/,">web.archive.org/web/20160813145625goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/02/12/comic-book-legends-revealed-194/, August 13, 2016, live, mdy-all, January 13, 2013, 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.JOURNAL, Schwirian, John, June 2009, The Unique Voice and Vision of Steve Skeates, part 3, Back Issue!, #34, 81–87, TwoMorrows Publishing, Raleigh, North Carolina, A story originally prepared for Marvel’s Logan’s Run comic book series was published in Bizarre Adventures #28 (Oct. 1981).WEB,www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-456/3/, Comic Book Legends Revealed #456, Brian, Cronin, January 31, 2014, Comic Book Resources,web.archive.org/web/20181008061228/https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-456/3/, October 8, 2018, live, mdy-all, 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.{{clear}}

Issues{| class“sortable wikitable”

! Issue (cover date)! Feature! Notes!Collected Editions #1 (1975)| “Man-Gods From Beyond the Stars“|| #2 (1975)| “The Punisher” | back-up: Dominic Fortune (debut)Essential Marvel>Essential Punisher Vol. 1; Punisher: Back to the War Omnibus; Dominic Fortune: It Can Happen Here and Now #3 (September 1975)Blade (comics)>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 #4 (January 1976)| “Star-Lord” (debut)| back-up: The Sword in the Star with Prince WayfinderStar-Lord: Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)>Guardian of the Galaxy #5 (April 1976)Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes#Comic books>Sherlock Holmes” | adaptation of the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles part 1 | #6 (Spring 1976)| “Sherlock Holmes“| The Hound of the Baskervilles part 2|Blade: Black & White (back-up) #7 (Summer 1976)Satana (Marvel Comics)>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) #8 (Fall 1976)| “The Legion of Monsters”Morbius, the Living Vampire>Morbius the Living Vampire, Blade, and Anubis Morbius Epic Collection Vol 2; Morbius, the Living Vampire>Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus Vol 1; Blade: The Early Years Omnibus; Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus #9 (Winter 1976)| “Man-God” (Hugo Danner) Gladiator (novel)>Gladiator by Philip Wylie| #10 (Winter 1977)Thor (Marvel Comics)>Thor”Hercules (Marvel Comics)>Hercules |Thor Epic Collection Vol 9 #11 (Summer 1977)| “Star-Lord” |Star-Lord: Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)>Guardian of the Galaxy; Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus; Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus #12 (Fall 1977)| “The Haunt of Horror”Lilith (Marvel Comics)#Dracula’s daughter>Lilith and Dracula |Tomb of Dracula Complete Collection Vol 5; Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus #13 (Winter 1978)| “The UFO Connection” || #14 (Spring 1978)| “Star-Lord” |Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy; Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus #15 (Summer 1978)| “Star-Lord” | #16 (Fall 1978)| “Masters of Terror” | Lilith |Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus #17 (Winter 1979)| “Blackmark” || #18 (Spring 1979)| “Star-Lord“|Star-Lord: Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)>Guardian of the Galaxy; Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus #19 (Summer 1979)Kull of Atlantis>Kull the Destroyer” Solomon Kane (comics)>Solomon Kane |Kull: Savage Sword – The Original Marvel Years OmnibusSolomon Kane: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (back-up) #20 (Winter 1980)| “Bizarre Adventures” | reprints, including Dominic Fortune| #21 (Spring 1980)| “Moon Knight”Shroud (comics)>Shroud |Essential Moon Knight Vol. 1; Moon Knight Epic Collection Vol 1; Moon Knight Omnibus Vol 1 #22 (Summer 1980)Merlin (Marvel Comics)>Merlin” || #23 (Fall 1980)| “Bizarre Adventures 2“|Marvel Universe by Frank Miller (comics)>Frank Miller Omnibus (fourth story) #24 (Winter 1980)| “Paradox” ||Bizarre Adventures{| class“sortable wikitable”“>

Bizarre Adventures{| class“sortable wikitable”

! Issue (cover date)! Feature! Notes!Collected Editions#25 (March 1981) | “Lethal Ladies”Black Widow (Natalia Romanova)>Black Widow; Lady Daemon (debut); the Daughters of the DragonBlack Widow: Web of Intrigue; Black Widow Epic Collection Vol 2; Black Widow Strikes Omnibus;Iron Fist (comics)>Iron Fist: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu; Iron Fist: Danny Rand – The Early Years Omnibus;Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Omnibus Vol. 2 #26 (May 1981) Kull of Atlantis#Comics>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#27 (July 1981)| “Secret Lives of the X-Men”Jean Grey>Phoenix; the Iceman (comics); Nightcrawler (comics)>Nightcrawler |Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol 2; X-Men Epic Collection Vol 8;Phoenix Story: Phoenix OmnibusIceman story: X-Men: Iceman; X-Men: Rareties (colorized)#28 (October 1981) | “...These Are the Unlikely Heroes”Elektra (comics)>Elektra; the Shadow Hunter (debut); the Huntsman; Triton; and Bucky Bizarre (debut) |Elektra by Frank Miller Omnibus #29 (December 1981) Stephen King’s ‘The Lawnmower Man (film)>The Lawnmower Man’” short story “The Lawnmower Man” by Walt Simonson; and stories starring Greenberg the Vampire (debut)DEFALCOAUTHOR-LINK = TOM DEFALCOFIRST2= LAURA, ED.TITLE= MARVEL CHRONICLE A YEAR BY YEAR HISTORYDORLING KINDERSLEY>DATE= 2008PAGE= 202QUOTE= WRITER J. M. DEMATTEIS AND ARTIST STEVE LEIALOHA EXPLORED A NEW TAKE ON THE VAMPIRE MYTH WITH GREENBERG., and Bucky Bizarre|#30 (February 1982)| “Paradox“| back ups: Silhouette; Bucky Bizarre |#31 (April 1982)| “A Hard Look at Violence”Hangman (Marvel Comics)#Harlan Krueger>Hangman I (Harlan Krueger; final appearance); Bucky Bizarre Marvel Universe by John Byrne (comics)>John Byrne Omnibus#32 (August 1982) Thor (Marvel Comics)>Thor and Other Gods”Wundarr the Aquarian>Aquarian; Bucky Bizarre |Thor Epic Collection Vol 12#33 (December 1982)The Tomb of Dracula”; “Haunt of Horror”; “Zombie (comics)>Tales of the Zombie”; “Vault of Evil”Dracula (Marvel Comics)>Dracula; Varnae (debut); the Zombie|Marvel Horror Omnibus#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

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External links

• {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=11202|title=Marvel Preview}}
• {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=2506|title=Bizarre Adventures}}
• Marvel Preview at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators