Marvel Fanfare
Marvel Fanfare was an anthology comic book series published by American company Marvel Comics. It was a showcase title featuring a variety of characters from the Marvel universe. Volume one. "Marvel Fanfare" featured characters and settings from throughout the Marvel Universe, and included stories of varying lengths by a vast array of different creators. The title was published every two months from March 1982 to December 1991 and ran for 60 issues. It was edited throughout its run by Al Milgrom, who also wrote and drew an illustrated column in most issues, entitled "Editori-Al". "Marvel Fanfare"s original  working title was "Marvel Universe", which was later appropriated by Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter for the encyclopedia series "The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe". The series began with a Spider-Man/Angel team-up story by Chris Claremont and Michael Golden. Other Spider-Man appearances in the title included team-ups with the Scarlet Witch in issue #6 (Jan. 1983) and the Hulk in issue #47 (Nov. 1989). Several characters appeared in multiple issues including Doctor Strange, Weirdworld, the Warriors Three, the Black Knight, and Shanna the She-Devil. Writer Roger McKenzie wrote several stories for "Marvel  Fanfare" including a two-part Iron Man vs. Doctor Octopus tale drawn by Ken Steacy. A Captain America backup story in issue #29 (Nov. 1986) featured early work by artist Norm Breyfogle. "Marvel Fanfare" was envisioned as a showcase of the comics industry's best talent. Each issue featured 36 pages of material with no advertisements and it was printed on magazine-style slick paper. It was more than twice as expensive as standard comic books ($1.25 in 1982 when most titles were 60 cents and $2.25 in 1991 when most were $1). Editor Milgrom wrote of  his experience with the series: Inventory stories which saw publication in "Marvel Fanfare" include a comics adaptation of "The Jungle Book" in issues #8–11, the Black Widow serial in #10–13, the Hulk story in #29, and the Silver Surfer story by Steve Englehart and John Buscema in #51. Volume two. "Marvel Fanfare" volume two was published monthly for six issues between September 1996 and February 1997. This version of the title was edited by James Felder. Like the first volume, the title featured different creative teams in each issue and starred different characters from around the Marvel universe. However, the  talent were mostly newcomers, the paper was cheap and it cost half the price of most other comics (99 cents when most comics cost $1.95). The title features the early work of writer Joe Kelly and penciller Scott Kolins.