Marvel Presents was an American comic book

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 anthology

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 series published by Marvel Comics

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. Twelve issues were published from October 1975 to August 1977.

The first two issues featured Ulysses Bloodstone

Ulysses Bloodstone

Ulysses Bloodstone is a fictional character, an immortal monster-hunter in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:John Warner has explained the development of Ulysses Bloodstone: "Len Wein and Marv Wolfman came up with the spark that would become Bloodstone—the premise of a man who fights...

. It is most notable for giving the Guardians of the Galaxy their first regular series, from issues #3 to #12, by Steve Gerber

Steve Gerber

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, Roger Stern

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, and Al Milgrom

Al Milgrom

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. Issue #7 depicted the first obvious sex act in a Comics Code-approved book, between Vance Astro

Vance Astro

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 and Nikki

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. It presumably made it past the code because Nikki was outside her physical body and Vance was in the mind of the Topographical Man, a humanoid heavenly body.

Issue	Date	Title	Writer	Pencils	Notes
#1	Oct 1975		John Warner John Warner (comics) John Warner is an American comic book writer and editor, known for his stories of horror and the supernatural.Warner's most prolific period in the comic book field was from 1973–1979...	Mike Vosburg Mike Vosburg Mike Vosburg is an American comic book artist primarily known for his work on the Tales from the Crypt TV series.-Biography:... , Pat Boyette Pat Boyette Pat Boyette Pat Boyette Pat Boyette (July 27, 1923, San Antonio, Texas – January 14, 2000, was an American broadcasting personality and news producer, and later a comic book artist best known for two decades of work for Charlton Comics, where he co-created the character The Peacemaker...	first appearance of Ulysses Bloodstone
#2	Dec 1975		John Warner	Sonny Trinidad
#3	Feb 1976	Just Another Planet Story!	Steve Gerber Steve Gerber Stephen Ross "Steve" Gerber was an American comic book writer best known as co-creator of the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck....	Al Milgrom Al Milgrom Allen "Al" Milgrom is an American comic book writer, penciller, inker and editor, primarily for Marvel Comics. He is known for his 10-year run as editor of Marvel Fanfare; his long involvement as writer, penciler, and inker on Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man; his four-year tenure as West...	text piece on the history of Earth-691 Earth-691 In the fictional Marvel Comics multiverse, Earth 691 or Earth-691 is the name used to identify a secondary continuity inhabited by Killraven and the original Guardians of the Galaxy.-Overview:...
#4	Apr 1976	Into the Maw of Madness!	Steve Gerber	Al Milgrom	text piece on the history of Earth-691; first appearance of Nikki Nikki (comics) Nicholette "Nikki" Gold is a fictional character, a woman in the Earth-691 timeline of the fictional Marvel Universe, genetically engineered to live on the planet Mercury. As such, she has a superhuman ability to withstand heat and ultraviolet radiation, and can see clearly in very bright light...
#5	Jun 1976	Planet of the Absurd!	Steve Gerber	Al Milgrom, Howard Chaykin Howard Chaykin Howard Victor Chaykin is an American comic book writer and artist famous for his innovative storytelling and sometimes controversial material...
#6	Aug 1976	The Topographical Man	Steve Gerber	Al Milgrom
#7	Nov 1976	Embrace the Void!	Steve Gerber	Al Milgrom
#8	Dec 1976	Once Upon a Time... the Silver Surfer!	Roger Stern	Al Milgrom	flashback reprinted from Silver Surfer Silver Surfer The Silver Surfer is a Marvel Comics superhero created by Jack Kirby. The character first appears in Fantastic Four #48 , the first of a three-issue arc that fans call "The Galactus Trilogy".... v1 #2
#9	Feb 1977	Breaking Up is Death to Do!	Steve Gerber, Mary Skrenes Mary Skrenes Mary Skrenes is a comic book writer and screenwriter. She may be best known as co-creator of Omega the Unknown for Marvel Comics, although she worked on other Marvel characters such as the Defenders and Guardians of the Galaxy...	Al Milgrom
#10	Apr 1977	Death-Bird Rising!	Roger Stern	Al Milgrom
#11	Jun 1977	At War With Arcturus!	Roger Stern	Al Milgrom
#12	Aug 1977	The Shipyard of Deep Space!	Roger Stern	Al Milgrom

External links

• Sleestak. "The Earth Moved" (a discussion of Marvel Presents #7), Lady, That's My Skull (Jan. 31, 2007).