Michael McIsaac UNITED STATES
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Marvel Saga #1, p. 4 - Captain America, Nick Fury & Tony Stark

Location: My First Comics
Artists: Ron Frenz (Penciller) ,  Al Milgrom (Inker)

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Location: My First Comics
Title: Marvel Saga #1, p. 4 - Captain America, Nick Fury & Tony Stark
Artist:  Ron Frenz (Penciller) ,  Al Milgrom (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 55
Likes on CAF: 17
Comments: 15
Added to Site: 4/17/2026

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Cover dated December 1985. The full title of the book is “The Marvel Saga: The Official History of the Marvel Universe,” although everyone I knew simply called it “Marvel Saga.”

I acquired this page as part of my quest to obtain a page from each of my personal first comic books from when I was a kid. I can still vividly remember picking up Marvel Saga #1 and The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #2 off of a spinner rack at a local stationery store in late October 1985. I somehow convinced my mother to let me buy these two books with high cover prices - $1.00 for Marvel Saga and $1.50 Marvel Universe. But I got my moneys worth out of them, reading both issues so many times that they practically fell apart.

I can’t stress enough how important Marvel Saga was to me as a nine year-old first getting into superhero comics in 1985. It arrived at the perfect time in my development as a Marvel fan, offering a guide to the history of the Marvel Universe that fascinated me. I read the series each month until Marvel cancelled it with #25, a cancellation that was a profound disappointment to me when it happened.

Most of the art in issue #1 consisted of reprinted material from Fantastic Four #1 and other old books. There were only five pages of new art in the first issue, so I thought it unlikely that I would be able to get any original art from issue #1. But sometimes luck can make the unlikely a reality.

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Paul Roach Member Since 2014
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Posted On 4/17/2026

I can feel the palpable excitement of that quest! And the classic Marvel recap takes me back to those exciting early comics of my own childhood (read in reprint books). The panel of Namor (FF #4) in the top right is particularly nice, and there are great echoes of Kirby throughout. Lovely history page. Congrats on another key piece of your quest!

Rick W Member Since 2017
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Posted On 4/17/2026

Congrats on scoring a rare page from your early collecting days!

M L Member Since 2015
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Posted On 4/17/2026

I love that third panel in particular! Congrats Michael!

Steve Day Vich Member Since 2007
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Posted On 4/17/2026

I always like seeing a Cap page that Alberto can't have. Brings me joy.

K Gearon Member Since 2011
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Posted On 4/17/2026

Stoked you were able to get an original page on a seminal issue for you!  Got a nice progression as you move down the page, too.  Congrats!

Jeff Markovics Member Since 2026
1    
Posted On 4/17/2026

Fantastic! I loved those comics as a kid, too - that was right about the time I was getting into comics, and Ron Frenz made a huge impression on me. Congratulations!
Kavi H Member Since 2018
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Posted On 4/17/2026

Nice page and a great story dude, it's obvious how much this issue/title left an impression on the younger you. Congrats on finding a rare page from this issue!

Ruben DaCollector Member Since 2008
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Posted On 4/17/2026

Congrats on acquiring one of the few and very rare pages from this first issue, Michael. I've always been interested in diving deep into the histories of everything that has ever interested me, so I was a fan and buyer of this series as well. Oh, and of course nobody called it anything but Marvel Saga. Just like nobody ever called Marvel Universe anything but, and nobody ever called Secret Wars anything but Secret Wars! 

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Posted On 4/17/2026

great page bro, every panel is so cool on their own

Alberto Gonzalez Member Since 2005
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Posted On 4/17/2026

Such a great nostalgic page!! I remember that comic, and seeing all our heroes out of costume is fun!

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
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Posted On 4/17/2026

You act like a Marvel Saga
Playin' so hard to Frenz
Sittin' so cool as comic art
Milgrom Ron from all the best
You keep the wall art around you
I'll get through some day
I want your Hulk, babe, but push comes to shove
Namor Nick Cap Stark on page

Get a page, get the page that you love
And I won't stop until your love is history owned
Chip away, that's what Pym’s gonna do
Sweet Marvel Saga, I wanna get page of you

Michael  McIsaac Member Since 2020
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Posted On 4/18/2026

Marcus Wai wrote:
" You act like a Marvel Saga
Playin' so hard to Frenz
Sittin' so cool as comic art
Milgrom Ron from all the best
You keep the wall art around you
I'll get through some day
I want your Hulk, babe, but push comes to shove
Namor Nick Cap Stark on page

Get a page, get the page that you love
And I won't stop until your love is history owned
Chip away, that's what Pym’s gonna do
Sweet Marvel Saga, I wanna get page of you "

When Aerosmith appeared in an issue of "Shadowman" in the original Valiant series, many hoped it would be a stepping stone to the band appearing in a Marvel book alongside Cap, Namor, Nick Fury, Iron Man, Thunderbolt Ross and Hank Pym's chemistry set, but it didn't happen. Your post is the closest that we will get to that dream.

Steve N. Comic/Fantasy Art Member Since 2017
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Posted On 4/18/2026

GA-esque panels for historical Cap = just awesome.

F M Member Since 2005
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Posted On 4/19/2026

Never read the series but I think we were the same obsessive 9 years old kids ;)

So congrats

(For what's likely a modern take of the history of the Marvel U, I can't recommend the Waid/Rodriguez series enough ;)

Jason D'Ambrosio Member Since 2018
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Posted On 4/19/2026

This is awesome!
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