Marvel Preview Presents – Volume 01 Issue 12

“Editorial” Marvel editor Roger Slifer brings his crack insight on entertainment cycles, circa 1977. That little blockbuster known as Star Wars has him pretty certain science fiction will soon take over. Whatever gave him that idea? But cycles don’t matter much in Slifer’s mind. Tell a good story, and fans will flock to it, whatever the genre. Too bad his vision for a long-running relaunch of The Haunt of Horror didn’t enjoy quite the same success. Apparently, the Force wasn’t with that one. This is a good article for vintage Marvel fanatics. “Profits Are Plunging” A long-term relationship between a man and a woman can be a test of wills at times. When said woman is pregnant and the aforementioned man refuses paid work over his environmental convictions, that’s another matter. Angel O’Hara and Martin Gold had been at odds for several weeks now. Martin had an opportunity to work for one of the leading chemical research and development firms in Midtown Manhattan, but his hippie sensibilities prohibited such involvement. What environmentalist in his right mind would? One with a baby on the way, that’s who! Angel had been losing patience with Martin, and rightly so. He was a good man, ...