To be exact, this ad appeared in the back of MARVEL PREVIEW # 19 stating some sort of all-new Japanese treatment of SPIDER-MAN would be appearing in the foillowing issue. When, in fact, the following issue came out, it was filled with reprints from earlier Marvel mags. I no longer have issue # 20 but I don't recall any explanation as to what happened to the Spidey piece. Since the funky Japanese TV version (of which we have a number of episodes here in the Library) with the transforming Spider-Machine and the giant monster of the week was airing at that time, I'm going to venture a guess that the intent was to do some sort of photo comic from it and the result proved to be unpublishable. Tony? Anybody else?
Steve,
ReplyDeleteThe only explanation given in MP #20 (the first Bizarre Adventures) is in Roger Stern's editorial, wherein he simply states that editor Lynne Graeme had "...decided to table the Spider-Man issue of Marvel Preview..."
Perhaps someone has an issue of Comics Buyers Guide or Comics Journal from that era that would shed more light on the subject?