MADRIPOOR TOURISM
BOOST
Instigator: Prince Baran, Tyger
Tiger
Purpose: To boost
Madripoor’s tourism trade
Allies: Avengers (Black
Panther (T’Challa),
Black Widow (Natalia Romanova), She-Hulk (Jen Walters), Thor Odinson,
Tigra
(Greer Nelson), Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)), Betty Banner, Black Cat (Felicia Hardy), Cage (Carl Lucas),
Clea,
Cloak
(Tyrone Johnson), Colossus (Piotr Rasputin), Dagger (Tandy Bowen),
Daredevil
(Matt Murdock), Diamondback (Rachel Leighton), Doc Samson (Leonard
Samson),
Generation X (Banshee (Sean Cassidy), Chamber (Jono Starsmore), Husk
(Paige
Guthrie), Jubilee (Jubilation Lee), M (Claudette & Yvette St.
Croix), Mondo
(cloned construct), Penance (Monet St. Croix), Skin (Angelo Espinosa),
Synch
(Ev Thomas)), Hector (of the Pantheon), Hulk (Bruce Banner), Human
Torch
(Johnny Storm), Marlo Jones, Rick Jones, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Elektra
Natchios, New Warriors (Firestar (Angel Jones), Hindsight Lad (Carlton
LaFroyge), Justice (Vance Astrovik), Kymaera (Namorita Prentiss),
Powerpax
(Alex Power, see comments), Speedball (Robbie Baldwin), Turbo (Mickey
Musashi)), Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier), Polaris (Lorna Dane), Roxanne,
Scarlet Spider (Ben Reilly), Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff), Shadowcat
(Kitty
Pryde), Silver Sable (Silver Sablinova), Spider-Man (Peter Parker),
Tony Stark,
Dr. Stephen Strange, Typhoid
Mary,
Venom (Eddie Brock), Mary Jane Watson, X-Men (Lucas Bishop, Cyclops
(Scott
Summers), Iceman (Bobby Drake), Phoenix (Jean Grey-Summers), Psylocke
(Betsy
Braddock), Storm (Ororo Munroe), Wolverine (Logan/James Howlett))
Opposition: Enchantress,
Nightmare (neither directly
bothered the heroes but were there for their own ends)
Location: Madripoor
First
Appearance: Marvel Swimsuit
Special#4 (1995)
History:
(Marvel
Swimsuit Special#4 (fb) – BTS) – Hoping to boost Madripoor’s tourism
trade,
Prince Baran invited numerous superheroes (and some less heroic types)
to
Madripoor.
(Marvel Swimsuit Special#4) – Despite having reservations that the abundance of heroes would impede potential "business," Tyger Tiger nonetheless decided to let the heroes remain after some coercing by Wolverine. During the heroes' stay there, She-Hulk aided Madripoor in retrieving archaeological treasures from the deep while Rick Jones caught up on his manga comic collection and Venom took in a bit of fishing. Despite the Enchantress' attempt to charm an entire local beach and Nightmare's localized dream warp, many of the heroes continued to enjoy themselves. Dr. Strange managed to fit in some sun while Cyclops and Phoenix enjoyed some private time together. Tigra playfully stalked the Black Panther while Elektra enjoyed the bathhouses and Typhoid Mary impeded Daredevil's flying disc practice. As Colossus took in some surfing, the New Warriors played a game of "Speedball," in which they punched a ricocheting Speedball back and forth over a web-net created by the Scarlet Spider. The Hulk enjoyed time with his wife Betty while Northstar shared some time with the Pantheon’s Hector. Despite all of the fun and festivities, Doc Samson managed to get in a bit of psychoanalysis of some of the local women. As the festivities came to a close, Tyger Tiger thought to herself that it really wasn't so bad to have heroes in Madripoor and she looked forward to receiving that kind of attention from Wolverine sometime in the future.
Comments: Created by Paula
Faye, Rob Tokar and a
slew of artists (see below & in Appearances section).
Like
the previous Marvel Swimsuit
Specials, Marvel Swimsuit Special#4 was treated as if it were a
magazine
within the Marvel Universe (complete with fake ads), meaning that the
creative
team that worked on it had Earth-616 counterparts. The creative team
included:
Douglas T. Wheatley, Ariane Lenshoek-Pinheiro, Paul Mounts, Salvador
Larroca,
Sergio Melia, Tom Smith, Jan Duursema, Angel Medina, Val Semeiks, Terry
Austin,
Carlos Pacheco, Cam Smith, Art Thibert, Lou Harrison, Joe Bennett, Mike
Witherby, Sean Tiffany, James Fry, Harry Candelario, Joe Phillips, John
Dell,
Ian Laughlin, Chris Wozniak, Ralph Cabrera, Adam Hughes, Gary Frank,
Christopher
Hawkes, Bret Blevins, P. Craig Russell, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim
Hildebrandt, Joe
Jusko, Tom Mandrake, Pat Broderick, Mike Deodato, Scott McDaniel, Rick
Leonardi, Darick Robertson, Roger Cruz, Dante Bastianoni, Jeff Johnson,
Dan
Panosian, David Williams, Jasen Rodriguez, John Cebollero, Scott
Benefiel, Joe
Quesada, Tom Palmer, Joyce Chin, Steve Moncuse, Stan
Lee, Bobbie
Chase, John Romita, Sr., Darren Auck, Virginia Romita, Gene Durante,
Alison
Gil, Linda Gilmore, Chris Cooper, Dawn Geiger, Cindy Emmert, Kevin
Tinsley,
Paula Foye, Rob Tokar, Jack Abel, Flo Steinberg, Robbie Carosella,
Jesus
Gonzalez, Jim Hoston, Terry Stewart, Gerard Calabrese, Paul E. Shapiro,
Robert
L. Losey, Jim Sokolowski and Matt Ragone.
Captain
America has a page in the
Marvel Swimsuit Special#4, but the image is actually a photograph from
1943
showing Pvt. Steve Rogers posing on the Madripoor beach with a dancing
native.
In
the New Warriors group shot,
there was a character with blond hair & a strange logo on his
shorts. The
only blonde guys on the New Warriors I knew were Scarlet Spider and
Powerpax.
The logo on the shorts did not look even remotely like a spider. It
looked
closest to a miscolored Power Pack costume logo, hence I chose to
identify the
character as Powerpax.
The
X-Men’s Gambit and Rogue
were pictured on the issue's cover but are not seen within the issue.
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The
Madripoor Tourism Boost has no known connections to
- any
other "Tourism" or "Boost" or characters or events
images: (without ads)
Marvel Swimsuit Special#4, p2-3, splash page (Wolverine waiting on
Tyger
Tiger, main image)
Marvel Swimsuit Special#4, p12-13, splash page (Generation X enjoying
Madripoor)
Appearances:
Marvel Swimsuit Special#4 (1995) – Paula Foye, Rob Tokar (writers),
Douglas T.
Wheatley, Salvador Larroca, Jan Duursema, Angel Medina, Val Semeiks,
Carlos
Pacheco, Art Thibert, Lou Harrison, Joe Bennett, James Fry, Joe
Phillips, Chris
Wozniak, Adam Hughes, Gary Frank, Christopher Hawkes, Bret Blevins, P.
Craig
Russell, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt, Joe Jusko, Tom Mandrake,
Pat
Broderick, Mike Deodato, Scott McDaniel, Rick Leonardi, Darick
Robertson, Roger
Cruz, Dante Bastianoni, Jeff Johnson, David Williams, Dan Panosian,
Scott
Benefiel, Joe Quesada, Joyce Chin (pencils), Ariane Lenshoek-Pinheiro,
Sergio
Melia, Jan Duursema, Angel Medina, Terry Austin, Cam Smith, Art
Thibert, Mike
Witherby, Harry Candelario, John Dell, Ralph Cabrera, Adam Hughes, Bret
Blevins, P. Craig Russell, Tom Mandrake, Pat Broderick, Mike Deodato,
Chris
Wozniak, Joe Bennett, Scott McDaniel, Dan Panosian, Jasen Rodriguez,
Tom
Palmer, Steve Moncuse (inks), Chris Cooper (editor)
Last
updated:
10/12/12.
Any
Additions/Corrections? please
let me know.
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