Marvel Preview

    (Marvel, 1975-1981)
™ and © Marvel Entertainment Group

Marvel set out to stretch the bounds of what a comic could be when it introduced Marvel Preview, a comic magazine that consisted of adult-oriented stories featuring a number of familiar and new characters. In its black-and-white, magazine format, it could reach out to a whole new group of readers and approach issues that might be too risky for the traditional comic book medium. As a result, the writers got a chance to create some terrific stories.

One of these early stories told how an ex-marine named Frank Castle barely survived when his family was murdered by mobsters. In that historic origin story (which appeared in Marvel Preview #2), we see for the first time the origin of the man now known as the Punisher. Marvel Preview also contained the origins or early appearances of such greats as Dominic Fortune, Star-Lord, Kull the Conqueror, and Moon Knight. With #25, Marvel Preview switched names to become Bizarre Adventures.
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#1

June, 1975
Cover Price: $1.00
4 copies available from $16.00
Roy Thomas, Doug Moench, Marv Wolfman, Ed SummerAlex Niño, Dave Cockrum, Rick Bryant
#2


Cover Price: $1.00
2 copies available from $120.00
Gerry Conway, David Anthony Kraft, Don Pendleton, Len WeinTony DeZuniga, Howard Chaykin
#5

April, 1976
Cover Price: $1.00
2 copies available from $39.00
Doug Moench, Archie GoodwinVal Mayerik
#6

April, 1976
Cover Price: $1.00
6 copies available from $15.00
Doug MoenchVal Mayerik
#9


Cover Price: $1.00
4 copies available from $1.75
Roy Thomas, Don Thompson, Maggie ThompsonRich Buckler, Madz Castrillo, Tony DeZuniga
#10

July, 1977
Cover Price: $1.00
5 copies available from $13.50
Len Wein, Bill MantloJim Starlin, Val Mayerik, Rudy Nebres, Virgilio Redondo
#11

October, 1977
Cover Price: $1.00
4 copies available from $11.50
Chris Claremont, John Warner, John ByrneJohn Byrne, Jim Starlin, Jack Kirby
#12

January, 1978
Cover Price: $1.00
1 copy available for $55.00
Steve Gerber, Doug Moench, David Anthony KraftBob Brown, Michael W. Kaluta, Sonny Trinidad
#14

August, 1978
Cover Price: $1.00
5 copies available from $19.00
Chris Claremont, Don Thompson, Maggie Thompson, David Anthony Kraft, Richard MarschallCarmine Infantino, Janet Aulisio, Bob Wakelin, Alfredo P. Alcala
#15

October, 1978
Cover Price: $1.00
4 copies available from $13.50
Chris Claremont, Carmine Infantino, Don Thompson, Rick Marschall, Arthur Curtis, Maggie ThompsonCarmine Infantino, Bob Wiacek, Lee Elias, Tom Yeates, Janet Aulisio, Paty Cockrum
#16 (Painted cover by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer)

March, 1979
Cover Price: $1.00
4 copies available from $12.00
Richard Marschall, Marv Wolfman, Steve Gerber, Ron Goulart, Don McGregorGene Colan, John Buscema
#17

May, 1979
Cover Price: $1.00
3 copies available from $6.00
Gil KaneGil Kane
#18

August, 1979
Cover Price: $1.25
5 copies available from $10.00
Doug Moench, Ron Goulart, Don ThompsonBill Sienkiewicz, Bob McLeod, Stephen R. Bissette, Rick Veitch, Lee Elias
#19

November, 1979
Cover Price: $1.25
7 copies available from $2.75
Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter, Roy Thomas, Jim Neal, Don GlutSal Buscema, Will Meugniot, Marie Severin, John Severin
#20

March, 1980
Cover Price: $1.25
5 copies available from $7.99
Len Wein, Howard Chaykin, Tony Isabella, Marv Wolfman, Roger SternHoward Chaykin, George Pérez, Dave Cockrum
#21

May, 1980
Cover Price: $1.25
7 copies available from $15.80
Ralph Macchio, Doug Moench, Roger Stern, Mark Gruenwald, Steven GrantBill Sienkiewicz, Steve Ditko
#22 (Painted cover by Earl Norem)

June, 1980
Cover Price: $1.25
3 copies available from $7.23
Doug Moench, Bill Mantlo, Steven GrantJohn Buscema
#23

November, 1980
Cover Price: $1.25
4 copies available from $9.98
Lynn Graeme, Dennis O’Neil, Steve Skeates, Roger Stern, Mike W. BarrJoe Jusko, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Eliot Brown, Ned Sonntag, Frank Miller, Stephen R. Bissette
#24

February, 1981
Cover Price: $1.25
11 copies available from $1.50
Bill MantloVal Mayerik