A very short-lived (5 issues) series, with a very unique idea -- take illustrated mature-audience adventure "comic-style" stories that didn't fit into any of the other Marvel comics and magazines, put them all together with a pulp magazine style cover, and market it to the nostalgia crowd. It was a great idea; except that there just weren't enough of the "nostalgia crowd" who loved old pulp magazines or the EC Comics of the 1940s and 1950s, who were also browsing comic book racks. Still, a very bold idea for Marvel, who was attempting to bridge into more adult fare in the early 1980s. Features include:
Cover art by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
THE PIKE -- written by STEVE ENGLEHART, illustrated by JOHN SEVERIN, lettered by JIM NOVAK, colored by MARIE SEVERIN
GOLD! -- written by ANN NOCENTI, illustrated by TONY SALMONS, lettered by JIM NOVAK, colored by BOB SHAREN
AMBROSE A. ABERNATHY'S AMAZING ADVENTURE APPARATUS -- written by MIKE CARLIN, illustrated by GERRY TALAOC, lettered by ESPHID MAHILUM, colored by ROY G. BIV
DEATH STROKE -- written by LOUISE SIMONSON, illustrated by STEVE LEIALOHA, lettering by TOM ORZECHOWSKI
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