Marville 2002 #1 Direct Edition - back issue - $4.00
0 1Several thousand years in the future, AOL rules the world. Believing that the world is going to be destroyed, Ted Turner uses a makeshift time machine to send his teenage son Kal-AOL back to the present day. There, Kal-AOL decides for no real reason at all to be a superhero.
- - Artwork is an homage to a [promotion image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Smallville_poster1.jpg) for Season 1 of television series "Smallville." The image itself is a version of a scene from "Pilot," that season's and the show's first episode.
- An Insider's Guide to Marville #1 - Jemas breaks down super-hero media and merchandising and gives his personal impression of the AOL-Time Warner merger. Top of page includes the cover and two variants to issue #1 and four profile captions of the characters in the story: KalAOL, Ted, Jane and Mickey.
- Marville Bonus Section - Presents covers for issues #2 and 3 as well as some sketches and pencil art for next issue.
- - Ad for the Ultimate Savings subscription for Marvel Comics.
- Ads - Total of 9 one-page and two-page advertisements for: Tropical Tremor (juice, Tang), Tobacco is Whacko (smoking prevention program, Lorillard), Transformers Armada (model toys, Hasbro), Froot Loops Melonberry (cereal, Kellogg's), Pac-Man Fever (game, Sony Playstation/Nintendo Game Cube, Namco), Fruitopia (beverage, Coca-Cola Company), Stuart Little 2 (game, Sony Playstation), ABC Kids (cartoons, ABC Network), Juicy Fruit (gum, Wrigley's)
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