Marvel Fanfare

The anthology format was hardly new for Marvel Comics by the time 1982's Marvel Fanfare came around. The anthology series of the 1960's and 1970's were mostly either full issues or split books; generally they featured a primary character (or more) or dedicated the entire issue to that issue's character(s) before moving on to a new character.

Marvel Fanfare was different in numerous regards; the title featured no consistent lead characters, sometimes featured three stories, was light on serialization and the stories ranged from brand new stories from new or infrequent Marvel talent to previously unpublished inventory issues by established creators that didn't see print for one reason or another.

While the series goes beyond the 80's into 1991, I'm going to cover the whole series here and break down each of the characters/teams and their appearances on this site (if available). Some might already be available in regular series collections and others (frankly) might not make their way into the main archives.

X-Men (#1-#4, #33, #38, #40, #60)
Issues #1-#4 - See: Uncanny X-Men: The Dead Shall Bury the Living

Spider-Man (#1-#4, #6, #27, #42, #47)
Issues #1-#4 are available in the X-Men story listed above this section.
Issue #6 is available.

Daredevil (#1, #7, #15, #27, #31, #60)
Issue #1 and Issue #7 are available.

Fantastic Four (#2, #14, #37, #43, #46) and Thing (#15, #20-21, #46)
Issue #2 and Issue #14 are available.
Issue #15 is linked in the archives as a standalone issue.

Hawkeye (#3, #39)
Issue #3 is available.

Deathlok (#4)
See: Deathlok: Future Shock

Iron Man (#4, #22-#23, #44, #53)
Issue #4 - See: Iron Man: Facades
Issues #22-#23, #44 - See: Iron Man: From the Ashes

Doctor Strange (#5-#6, #8, #20-#21, #31, #41, #49, #51-#52)
Issue #5
, Issue #6 and Issue #8 are available.

Note: Issue #51 doesn’t feature Strange but focuses on recurring villain Nightmare, so I’m including it here.

Captain America (#5, #18, #26, #29, #31-#32)
Issue #5 and Issue #18 are available.

Scarlet Witch (#6, #32, #58) and Vision (#14, #32, #48, #58)
Issue #6
and Issue #14 are available.

Hulk (#7, #17, #29, #47)
Issue #7 and Issue #17 are available.
Issue #29 - See:
Incredible Hulk: Free at Last?

Man-Thing (#9)
Issue #9 is available.

Black Widow (#10-#13)
See: Black Widow: Bizarre Adventures

Warriors Three (#13, #34-#37)
See: Warriors Three: Tales of Asgard

Quicksilver and the Inhumans (#14)
Issue #14 is available.

Sky-Wolves (#16-#17)
Issue #16 and Issue #17 are available.

Namor (#16, #43)
Issue #16 is available.

Cloak and Dagger (#19)
See: Cloak and Dagger: Out of the Shadows and Into the Light

Weirdworld (#24-#26)
See: Weirdworld: The Dragonmaster of Klarn

Ms. Marvel/Binary (Carol Danvers) (#24)

Captain Universe (#25)
See: Captain Universe: The Hero Who Could Be You

Alpha Flight (#28)
See: Alpha Flight: Strike Across the Border

Moon Knight (#30, #38-#39)
Issue #30 is available.

X-Factor (#40, #50)

Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) (#42, #57)

She-Hulk (#48)

Two-Gun Kid (#49)

Silver Surfer (#51)
See: Silver Surfer: Shackles Shattered

Black Knight (#52-#54)

Wolverine (#54-#55)

Power Pack and New Mutants (#55)

Shanna, the She-Devil (#56-#59)

"Toys Night Out" (#56)

Hellcat (#59)

Black Panther (#60)