Back Issue Magazine (2003 TwoMorrows) comic books 2010-2012

Back Issue spotlights an in-depth look at John Byrne's influential, much-reprinted work on Fantastic Four - featuring a Norman Rockwell-inspired Thing and Franklin Richards cover by Byrne! Plus, Louise Simonson, June Brigman, and Jon Bogdanove go 'Pro2Pro' on Power Pack, Paul Levitz and Joe Staton reflect upon the Huntress, and art and artist's commentary from the likes of Rich Buckler, Kurt Busiek, and others. Cover price $6.95.

Back Issue ushers in Spring with some of comics' funniest 'April Fools'! Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming chat 'Pro2Pro' about Ambush Bug, while John Byrne's She-Hulk smashes the fourth wall. And Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham hogs the cover, penciled by the late Mike Wieringo in 2007 and inked in 2009 by Karl Kesel. Also: all-new interviews with cartoonists Fred Hembeck, Alan Kupperberg, Flaming Carrot's Bob Burden, and that indie man of heartache, David Chelsea. Plus histories of Spider-Ham, Forbush-Man, Reid Fleming - World's Toughest Milkman, MAD magazine in the 1970s, and Marvel's MAD knockoffs. With art by and/or commentary from David Boswell, Dick DeBartolo, Tom DeFalco, Al Feldstein, Al Jaffe, Stan lee, Dave Sim, and more! Cover price $6.95.

'Cat People' claw their way into Back Issue, as Catwoman's Bronze Age good kitty/bad kitty conversion is explored, as are the histories of Black Cat, Patsy Walker: Hellcat, Vixen, Atlas Comics' cat-heroes Tiger-Man and Cougar, Marvel's White Tiger and the Sons of the Tiger, and comics' punchiest pussycat, Wildcat! Now with 16 color pages each issue! Cover price $7.95.

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Celebrates Independence Day with the 'Red, White, and Blue' issue, saluting comics' most popular patriots! Captain America gets a star-studded study, with articles examining his Bronze Age highlights as well as the Red Skull's history. Plus, Howard Chaykin's groundbreaking American Flagg, Wonder Woman, the Freedom Fights, and Team America. Cover price $7.95.

DC Comics' latest movie star, Jonah Hex, headlines our 'Wild West' issue, in a rare interview with the bounty hunter's long-time writer, Michael Fleisher, plus art galore by Tony DeZuniga, Luis Dominguez, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Keith Giffen, Ed Hannigan, and a posse of popular artists! Plus Scout, the Two-Gun Kid, the Rawhide Kid, Dick Ayers' original Ghost Rider, DC's Weird Westerns, Red Wolf, Caleb Hammer, Charlton's Westerns, and the Vigilante's 1970s revival. Cover price $7.95.

This issue of Back Issue features jungle and barbarian characters that are 'Born To Be Wild'! Shanna fans will be bedazzled by a star-studded line-up of creators who tell all about the She-Devil and a Shanna art gallery including pinups by John Byrne, Michael Lopez, Aaron Lopresti, Jason Pearson, and Stephane Roux. Then, Bruce Jones and Brent Anderson speak 'Pro2Pro' about Ka-Zar the Savage and barbarian go-to guy Larry Hama is spotlighted in an exclusive interview. Plus: Beowulf, Claw the Unconquered, Korg 70,000 B.C., Red Sonja, Rima the Jungle Girl, and Steven Alan Payne asks: Was Conan a racist? With art and/or commentary by Brian Azzarello, Pat Boyette, Ernie Chan, Peter B. Gillis, Paul Gulacy, Gerard Jones, Joe Kubert, David Michelinie, Nestor Redondo, Carol Seuling, Louise Simonson, Roy Thomas, and Barry Windsor-Smith! All this, and a jaw-dropping Shanna cover by Frank Cho! Cover price $7.95.

'Spider-Man in the Bronze Age' explores many of the Marvel Comics' webslinger's most memorable moments. The 'drug issues,' the resurrections of Green Goblin and Gwen Stacy, Marvel Team-Up, Spectacular Spider-Man, the CBS and Japanese television series, the newspaper strip, the Clone Saga, an interview with Gerry Conway, and a vintage cover by Bob Larkin. Plus: An original illustration of the Scarlet Spider by Steven Butler; color illustrations by John Romita, Sr., Steve Rude and Joe Jusko in the centerspread; a checklist of Spider-Man's Bronze Age guest appearances outside of his own series; interviews with Stan Lee, Jean Thomas, Jim Salicrup, Larry Lieber and Fred Kida; Spider-Man Power Records; clones are discussed by Steven Butler, Mark Bagley, Howard Mackie, Tom DeFalco, J.M. DeMatteis, Glenn Greenberg and Danny Fingeroth. Cover price $7.95.

This issue features 'Odd Couples,' headlined by an in-depth look at Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams' award-winning, groundbreaking run on Green Lantern/Green Arrow - plus an examination of the real-life events that inspired these relevant stories. The unusual pairing of one of Marvel's hottest writers of the '70s with DC's Justice League of America is explored in an exclusive interview with Steve Englehart. Also: Daredevil and Black Widow, Power Man and Iron Fist, The Vision and The Scarlet Witch, Cloak and Dagger, and... Aquaman and Deadman (?!). With art by and/or commentary from Terry Austin, Gene Colan, Gerry Conway, Denys Cowan, Dick Dillin, Richard Howell, Rick Leonardi, Steve Skeates, and more! Plus a glorious re-creation of the cover of Green Lantern #76 by Neal Adams! Edited by Michael Eury. Cover price $7.95.

This issue spotlights 'The Greatest Stories Never Told,' loaded with rare and previously unpublished art! Mike Grell reveals how his 'Savage Empire' strip became DC Comics' The Warlord, Danny Fingeroth and Al Milgrom open the vault to reveal pages from the aborted Fantastic Four graphic novel Fathers and Sons, and we go beyond John Byrne's Last Galactus Story. PLUS: Ramona Fradon recalls what went wrong with the unpublished fifth issue of Marvel's The Cat; Whatever Happened to Warlock #16? Alan Weiss and Jim Starlin reveal the tale of this comic-book cosmic oddity; The Mystery of the Captain America Musical - The Star-Spangled Sentinel...live, on stage?; How the Batman Nearly Stepped Out of the Mainstream and into Independent Comics - Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers almost took DC's Dark Detective to Mike Friedrich's indy house; Pandora Pann's Lost Adventures - Who closed the lid on this Len Wein/Ross Andru title?; Rejected cover art: Ms. Marvel #4 by John Buscema, Hot Wheels #1 by Alex Toth; The Black Canary Miniseries That Never Took Flight - Greg Weisman blows the whistle on his unpublished collaboration with Mike Sekowsky; The Aquaman Sequel That Wasn't - This anticipated follow-up to the Neal Pozner/Craig Hamilton miniseries was deep-sixed; Batman/Mask (with Clayface) promo image by Dev Madan; Bret Blevins on The Wolf Man - Dark Horse's Universal Monsters one-shots had one conspicuously missing monster; Miracleman Triumphant - Fred Burke, Mike Deodato and Jason Temujin Minor lament this Eclipse Comics casualty. Cover price $7.95.

Back Issue published the final interview ever with the late, great Dave Stevens. Also includes interviews with Peter David, Mike Gold, Luke McDonnell, Mark Verheiden, Howard Chaykin & Denny O'Neil. Also, the film version of Stevens' The Rocketeer is discussed by Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo. Plus, The Phantom, Indiana Jones, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dominic Fortune, Sherlock Holmes, and many more. Cover price $7.95.

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Back Issue resurrects 'Dead Heroes'! The man behind the Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel, Jim Starlin, discusses his remarkable career in a lavishly-illustrated exclusive interview. Also, Deadman after Neal Adams, the Jason Todd Robin, the death and resurrection of The Flash and Elektra, and the many deaths of Aunt May! Cover price $7.95.

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Flash back to the early Bronze Age: Relevance in comics, Planet of the Apes, DC Salutes the Bicentennial, Richard Dragon: Kung-Fu Fighter, FOOM, and Amazing World of DC Comics, groundbreaking new formats, Fireside Books' reprints, Fast Willie Jackson, Marvel Comics calendars, Captain Sticky, and a countdown of the Bronze Age's Biggest Events. Featuring interviews with/comments by Howard Chaykin, Gerry Conway, J.M. DeMatteis, Steve Englehart, Dennis O'Neil, Roy Thomas, Jim Salicrup, Jack C. Harris, Neal Adams, Doug Moench & Bert Fitzgerald. Deathlok cover by Rich Buckler & John Beatty. Cover price $7.95.

Back Issue #50 is a special 50th Anniversary issue spotlighting 'Batman in the Bronze Age' with the entire issue in full-color! Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams, and Paul Levitz discuss Batman in the 1970s and beyond in a 'Pro2Pro' roundtable. Also: In Praise of Jim Aparo, Batman's Unsung Creators (David V. Reed, Bob Brown, Ernie Chan, and John Calnan), Joker's Daughter, Batman Family, Nocturna, Untold Legend of the Batman, Batman collected editions, Batman in the early 1980s, and The Dark Knight Returns. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue #51 is an 'All-Interview Issue'! Continuing from the pages of Alter Ego #103 is Part 2 of an exclusive interview with writer Steve Englehart. Also: 'Pro2Pro' with Walter Simonson & Erik Larsen, Doug Moench & Len Wein, and comics letterers Todd Klein & Janice Chiang; plus John Ostrander and the final interview with longtime DC color artist Adrienne Roy, who passed away in December 2010. Featuring as our cover one of the last Batman illustrations produced by the late Marshall Rogers, Englehart's partner on Detective Comics! Cover price $8.95.

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Back Issue spotlights Mystery Comics of the Bronze Age! All-new interviews with artists Bernie Wrightson, Sergio Aragones, Gerry Talaoc, and DC mystery writer Lore Shoberg - and Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle discuss Scooby-Doo (Zoinks!). Plus: DC's Horror Hosts and Ghosts, Charlton Comics' chiller anthologies, and damsels of darkness Black Orchid and Madame Xanadu. Featuring a rarely seen House of Mystery painting by Wrightson as the cover! Cover price $8.95.

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Back Issue takes an in-depth look at Walter Simonson's Thor in this 'Gods' issue! And there's more Thor: the Thunder God in the Bronze Age and a Tom DeFalco/Ron Frenz 'Pro2Pro' interview. Plus: Hercules: Prince of Power, Moondragon, Three Ways to End the New Gods Saga, and an exclusive interview with fantasy writer Michael Moorcock. Featuring art and/or commentary by Gerry Conway, Jack Kirby, Bob Layton, and more, with a hammer-swinging Thor cover by Simonson! Plus: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway remember their time in Asgard; Hercules in comics - from Marvel's original Hercules to the Radical Comics hit, a survey of the Son of Zeus' appearances; Michael Uslan - the man who has driven everything from the DC Comicmobile to Batman movies discusses his autobiography; Len Wein and Mike Carlin comment on the tapestry of Walt Simonson's Thor. Edited by Michael Eury. Cover price $8.95.

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Now in Full-Color! Back-Issue #54 gives equal time to 'Liberated Ladies,' eyeing the female characters that broke barriers in the Bronze Age: Big Barda, Valkyrie, Ms. Marvel, Phoenix, Savage She-Hulk, and the sword-wielding Starfire. Plus, a 'Pro2Pro' interview with creators Jill Thompson, Gail Simone, and Barbara Kesel. Featuring art and/or commentary by John Byrne, George Perez, Jack Kirby, Mike Vosburg, and more, with a bombastic Big Barda cover by Bruce Timm! Cover price $8.95.

Back-Issue checks in on 'Licensed Comics!' Spotlighting: Twenty years of Star Wars at Dark Horse Comics, Indiana Jones in comics, the adaptation of TV's Man from Atlantis, DC Comics' 1970s Edgar Rice Burroughs backups (John Carter, Pellucidar, Carson of Venus), Marvel's Warlord of Mars, and an interview with Carol Serling, wife of Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue lets the 'Avengers Assemble,' starring Marvel Comics' mightiest super-team! This issue features: Writer Roger Stern's acclaimed 1980s Avengers run, West Coast Avengers, early Avengers toys, and histories of Hawkeye, Mockingbird, and Wonder Man. Featuring art by and/or commentary from John and Sal Buscema, John Byrne, Brett Breeding, Tom Defalco, Steve Englehart, Bob Hall, Al Milgrom, Tom Morgan, Tom Palmer, Joe Sinnott, and more. With a George Pérez cover spotlighting the Avengers' 'Big Three.' Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue focuses on Jenette Kahn, former president and publisher of DC Comics, as she tells all in a career-spanning, exclusive interview conducted by Robert Greenberger. Also: DC's Dollar Comics and unrealized kids' line (featuring an aborted Sugar and Spike revival), the Wonder Woman Foundation, and the early days of the Vertigo imprint. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue focuses on 'Justice League of America in the Bronze Age'! Relive the 'Satellite Years' of the '70s and early '80s, featuring Rich Buckler, Steve Englehart, George Pérez, and Len Wein - and a salute to Dick Dillin, JLA artist extraordinaire. Plus the Justice League fans loved to hate: the 'Detroit' team, featuring Gerry Conway, Luke McDonnell, Chuck Patton, and more. Also: Conway and Dan Jurgens go 'Pro2Pro' on writing the JLA, unofficial JLA/Avengers crossovers, and Marvel's JLA, the Squadron Supreme. Plus: The Injustice Gang - these baddies banded together in the Bronze Age to bedevil the League; You Know You're a Justice Leaguer When - a mirthful, MADcap look at the Monitor Duty dudes and dames; Brad Meltzer and Gerry Conway comment on Identity Crisis. Cover by Luke McDonnell and Bill Wray. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue draws a bead on 'Toon Comics,' with a history of Space Ghost in comics! Plus: Comico's Jonny Quest and Star Blazers, Marvel's Hanna-Barbera line and Dennis the Menace, behind the scenes at animation house Marvel Productions, Ltd., and a 'Greatest Stories Never Told' look at the unpublished Plastic Man comic strip. All-new painted Space Ghost cover by Steve Rude! Featuring Steve Rude, Evan Dorkin, Scott Rosema, Mark Evanier, Scott Shaw!, Paul Kupperberg, Adam Kubert, William Messner-Loebs, Bob Schreck, Diana Schutz, Dan Spiegle, Doug Rice, Phil Foglio & Tim Eldred. Plus: Remembering the late Tony DeZuniga and Ernie Chan; Hanna-Barbera Superheroes at Marvel Comics - Karl Heitmueller takes a hilarious look at what might have been. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue #60 scares up 'Halloween Heroes and Villains'! Cover-featuring a look back at Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's chiller Batman: The Long Halloween. Also: the Scarecrow (both the DC and Marvel versions), Solomon Grundy, Man-Wolf, Lord Pumpkin, Rutland, Vermont's Halloween parades, and the Korvac Saga's Dead Avengers! Featuring Tim Sale, Gregory Wright, Mike W. Barr, Alan Davis, Mike Friedrich, Alan Grant, Dennis O'Neil, Jerry Robinson, Scott Edelman, Gerry Conway, James Robinson, Roy Thomas, Tony Isabella, David Anthony Kraft, Dan Slott, David Wenzel, Dan Danko, Steve Englehart & Aaron Lopresti. Batman vs. Scarecrow cover by Tim Sale! Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue #61 takes a big look at 'Tabloids and Treasuries,' spotlighting the Bronze Age's biggest comic books! Including every all-new tabloid from the 1970s, and a checklist of reprint treasury editions. Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man, The Bible, Captain America's Bicentennial Battles, The Wizard of Oz, even the Paul Dini/Alex Ross World's Greatest Super-Heroes editions - they're all here! Plus: The comics comeback of Santa and the most famous reindeer of all; a whirlwind tour of the Super Friends tabloid, with Alex Toth art; the Superman vs. Wonder Woman clash that rocked Earth-Two; Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes - the wedding of Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl, comments from Paul Levitz; Superman vs. Muhammad Ali - Neal Adams steps into the remembrance ring; Superman vs. Shazam! The colossal-sized confrontation between the Action Ace and Big Red Cheese; Guest Editorial by Alex Ross. Wraparound painted cover by Alex Ross. Cover price $10.95.