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Marvel Comics Presents, #50 Direct

Published: May 1990

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Issue Contents:

Story Featuring Silver Surfer , Story Featuring Spider-Man , Story Featuring Wolverine , Story Featuring Comet Man , Story Featuring Captain Ultra

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This is a true wraparound cover (the right side of the front cover connects to the left side of the back cover); The cover includes many of the characters who have appeared in Marvel Comics Presents for the first fifty issues.

Life's End Part III: Breaking Point

Story Featuring Spider-Man , Story Featuring Wolverine

"Lemme off the wall-crawler. I owe him for what he did to my brother."

Storyline

Wolverine and Spider-Man save a father and daughter from evil mutants.

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The pair that the heroes save are implied to be Fawcett/DC's Captain Marvel (Shazam) and Mary Marvel. Wolverine refers to him as "Captain", and their surname is Beck - a nod to their creator C.C. Beck. The villain Savage Fin is almost identical to Savage Dragon, also created by Erik Larsen.

A Family Affair: Chapter One

Story Featuring Comet Man

"Stephen, we've been at this for five hours straight now."

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Stephen enlists the help of Reed Richards in trying to locate his missing brother. He returns to Earth as Comet Man, and immediately saves a young girl from being run down by a speeding car.

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The African American man (Lou Metzer) that appears at the end of this story is depicted as white next issue.

I Just Flew in from Poughkeepsie... (And Boy Are My Arms Tired)

Story Featuring Captain Ultra

"Give up, Ultra-- you've met your match!"

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Captain Ultra is cured of his fear of flames by Doc Samson, and then has to battle Ekl'r, the Demon Without Humor.

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Many of the background characters for this story are caricatures of old time celebrities.

You Can't Go Home Again

Story Featuring Silver Surfer

"This certainly is an odd sector of space. I wonder if..."

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The Surfer is hijacked to a mysterious planet through a singularity controlled by a tyrant named Marauder, and fights to rescue the people there.

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Inside back cover. Letters from readers: Krishna Sadasivam, Robert J. Sodaro, Benjamin E. Via and Shane Hutchison.

Marvel Comics Presents
Story Notes

Inside front cover. Title page, index, credits, summaries, recaps & indicia.