Comics Buyer's Guide (1971) comic books 1992-1994

January 3, 1992. Tarzan of the Comics - a swing down Memory Vine; Tarzan at Malibu - new version swings into comics shops in March; 'Young Indiana Jones' comic books to parallel Lucasfilm's TV series; Hepcats/Omaha print benefits Waller crisis fund; Comics Retailer - Krause Publications magazine is aimed at comic-book retailers. Newspaper Format. Cover price $2.50.

January 10, 1992. In this issue: Interviews with folks to be at the NYC Marketplace. Newspaper Format. Cover price $2.50.

January 17, 1992. Carl Barks visits Disney Comics - photo and story; Marvel's 'Big Guns' target 1992; Sotheby's comics auction brings in $1.2 million in day of bids, buying; Joe Kubert talks; Sheldon Mayer dies - comic-book pioneer bought 'Superman,' created 'Black Orchid' and 'Sugar and Spike'; March is Manga Month in 'Advance Comics.' Newspaper Format. Cover price $2.50.

January 24, 1992. Millennium Publications' 'Weird Tales Illustrated' has stars - Harlan Ellison, John Bolton, Kelley Jones, Tim Vigil, P. Craig Russell among contributors; Mark Martin bids a reluctant farewell to 20 Nude Dancers 20; five-figure Silver Age comics sale highlights Sotheby's comics auction; 'Taboo' stories pirated in Spain; preview of Tarzan the Warrior. Also in this issue: Adventure!; Ad Information; But I Digress; Chortlesnoot; Classifieds; Comics Guide; Comics in Your Future; Comics Trader; Crow's Nest; Editorial; Editorial Cartoon; For Art's Sake; Now Appearing; Oh, So?; Out of Print; Retailer Directory; Showcase; Spirit; Tony's Tips; Up from Fandom; What, Where & When; Wolff & Byrd. Newspaper Format. Cover price $2.50.

January 31, 1992. Winners and Losers of 1991, Ghost Rider pops out stars in throat-ripping scene. Newspaper Format. Cover price $2.50.

February 7, 1992. Green Lanterns Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner will duke it out; Batman Statue; will there be a premium 'X-Men'?; Death's Head II poster. Newspaper Format. Cover price $2.50.

February 14, 1992. Peter David provides a behind-the-scenes look at 'Alpha Flight'; Sherlock Holmes - the Great Detective in comics, in movies, on stage, on TV; CBG changes format with May 1 issue - to be weekly magazine; 'Youngblood' cover to glow in dark; Diamond celebrates 10th anniversary; preview features 'Zen Intergalactic Ninja'; Sotheby art auction is featured; Marvel stock splits; two slim-format titles join Hero schedule; The Black Condor - he just wants to fly. Newspaper Format. Cover price $2.50.

February 21, 1992. Peter David looks at the birth and goals of Image Comics. Newspaper Format. Cover price $2.50.

February 28, 1992. Michael Davis talks about 'Shado' and of helping black artists, Valiant universe crosses over in 'Unity'. Newspaper Format in 2 parts. Cover price $2.50.

March 6, 1992. Fond Memories of The Justice League of America Comics. Newspaper Format in 2 parts. Cover price $2.50.

March 13, 1992. 'Barron's' article knocks Marvel stock into sharp decline. Newspaper Format. Cover price $2.50.

March 20, 1992. Peter David talks about Barron's blast at Marvel's stock, Jim Lee discusses Image. Newspaper Format. Cover price $2.50.

March 27, 1992. Jim Valentino defends Image - who's producing what, when and why; Gustave Dore's first book was a comic book - in 1847. Cover price $2.50.

April 10, 1992. JSA Returns; Erik larsen on Image 'Lawnmower Man'. Newspaper Format. Cover price $2.50.

April 17, 1992. 'Lawyers who kiss pigs' - this week in 'Tony's Tips! Newspaper Format. Cover price $2.50.

April 24, 1992. DC brings back Captain Marvel, the Justice Society, Congorilla and Brother Power the Geek; Robin gets Annual, another mini-series; Death takes a holiday in her own mini-series; Danger Trail, Blackhawk, Zatanna return; Madman preview. Cover price $2.50.

May 1, 1992. Shadowman smashes into Unity; Walt Kelly comic book story bonus; Dr. Strange joins Spider-Man in daily strips; Silver Age Quiz; John Romita, Jr. art stolen; Jim Shooter and Steve Massarsky examine where Voyager is...and is going. Cover price $2.50.

Original cover price: $2.50. May 8, 1992. Eclipso: The Darkness Within; John Byrne on 'Future-verse'; Robotech preview; Peter David discusses Asimov. Eclipso cover. Cover price $2.50.

May 15, 1992. Todd McFarlane on 'respect'; Tom Mason on Image's birth; Dave Olbrich on Spawn orders. Spawn cover by Todd McFarlane. Cover price $2.50.

May 22, 1992. Spider-Man 30th Anniversary; Jack and Roz Kirby celebrate 50 years; Youngblood printings are set; dirt is done on both sides of publishing. Spider-Man cover. Cover price $2.50.

May 29, 1992. Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird return to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Peter David reviews Batman Animated Series; Topps comics line begins with Dracula film; William Messner-Loebs discusses Wonder Woman. Cover price $2.50.

June 5, 1992. DC opens The Hacker Files; Spawn #1 sells 1.5 million copies; Peter David - who makes a hot artist hot?; Bumpkin Buzz gets motivated; Malibu's Tarzan - love, lies and the Lost City. The Hacker Files cover. Cover price $2.50.

June 12, 1992. Marvel's Slapstick pops out in SkyBox card set; Fandom's Founders - Jerry Bails; comics for kids; comics industry birthdays for June. Marvel SkyBox cards cover. Cover price $2.50.

June 26, 1992. Looks at Dark Horse's James Bond 007: Serpent's Tooth and Nexus: The Origin; Peter David battles Alien 3; Rick O'Shay returns. Cover features James Bond and Nexus. Cover price $2.50.

July 10, 1992. Looks at two new animated films - Cool World and Bebe's Kids; Harvey Pekar interview; Disney movies on video; Marvel Comics founder dies; Revolutionary Comics publisher Todd Loren stabbed to death. Cool World cover. Cover price $2.50.

July 17, 1992. Marv Wolfman talks about Team Titans; Peter David reviews Batman Returns; What The - ?! features ongoing poster gag; P. Craig Russell adapts fairy tales of Oscar Wilde into comics form. Team Titans cover by Kevin Maguire. Cover price $2.50.

July 24, 1992. Martian Manhunter: American Secrets; Grendel: War Child preview; Jim Shooter leaves Valiant; San Diego Comic-Con is industry's biggest. Martian Manhunter cover art by Eduardo Barreto. Cover price $2.50.

July 31, 1992. Image Comics hits it big; Peter David has hints on becoming a pro writer. Cover features Supreme, WildC.A.T.s, ShadowHawk and more. Cover price $2.50.

August 7, 1992. Cerebus. Contributors this issue include Neil Gaiman, Dave Sim, Gustave Dore, Ron Goulart, Peter David, Tony Isabella. Plus - Fan Awards results. Cerebus cover. Cover price $2.50.

August 14, 1992. Frank Miller talks Daredevil, RoboCop, Sin City and more; Steranko on Tim Burton and Batman; Paul G. Pavel dies; sneak peek at Dracula. Sin City cover by Frank Miller. Cover price $2.50.

August 21, 1992. Godzilla is back; Marvel buys Fleer; DC and Marvel introduce dozens of characters in 1993 Annuals; Milestone is new DC line. Godzilla cover by Art Adams. Cover price $2.50.

August 28, 1992. Comics Publishers Issue; memorial to Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman. Cover features the logos of numerous comics publishers. Cover price $2.50.

Original cover price: $2.50. September 4, 1992. Huntress returns...to team with Robin; Sheldon Mayer retrospective; X-Men and Batman come to TV this September. Cover features Batman/Huntress (by Travis Charest & Ray McCarthy) and Robin/KGBeast. Cover price $2.50.

September 11, 1992. The Shmoo; DC, Image plan to do crossovers; Harlan Ellison on Shmoos; CBG wins Eisner Award. Cover price $2.50.

September 25, 1992. Stan Lee says the animated X-Men are "The X-Men as the X-Men should be done!"; comics industry rallies to help hurricane victims - DC gives seriously affected stores 100% credit for 9 weeks of comics; Bone #7 sneak peek. Cover features Wolverine from X-Men animated series. Cover price $2.50.

October 2, 1992. Anne Rice's The Witching Hour - novel becomes a comic book from Millennium and Comico ; Peter David speculates on the death of Superman; Jimmy Olsen - the Giant Turtle Boy. The Witching Hour cover. Cover price $2.50.

October 9, 1992. Trading Card Issue; Sotheby's auction to offer rare comics, original art; SkyBox offers Marvel Masterpieces collector cards; Peter David on the Comics Code Authority; Tony Isabella finds Giant Turtle Olsen. Cover features images of trading cards of Superman, Captain America, Wolverine, Cable, Punisher, Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and more. 10 3/4-in. x 14-in., 104 pages, black and white. Cover price $2.50.

October 16, 1992. Batman, Green Arrow and Poison Ivy star in The Poison Tomorrow - Denny O'Neil reunites with Batman and Green Arrow in graphic novel. Cover features Poison Ivy, Green Arrow and Batman by Michael Netzer and Joe Rubinstein. Cover price $2.50.

October 23, 1992. Bob Newhart is comic-book artist Bob McKay fighting 'grim & gritty' trend in 'Bob'; your chance to predict the future of comics; Playboy features Betty Page story. 'Bob McKay returns to Mad-Dog' cover. Cover price $2.50.

October 30, 1992. Bram Stoker's Dracula - the official movie adaptation from Topps Comics; TV's Beauty and the Beast comes to comics. Dracula cover by Mike Mignola. Cover price $2.50.

November 6, 1992. Milestone Media introduces creators, creations; Image Comics to publish Jack Kirby's Phantom Force; holiday gift supplement. Cover features Milestone's Hardware, Static and Paragon. Cover price $2.50.

November 13, 1992. A look at covers for the 'Death of Superman' storyline; comics of the living dead - life on the other side with the Spectre and Deadman; through the Habitrails and beyond - an interview with Jeff Nicholson; comics become movies; how Ren & Stimpy creator lost control. Cover features Deadman, the Spectre and Habitrails. Cover price $2.50.

November 20, 1992. Supreme - most powerful character in Image Universe battles Youngblood; Superman titles sell briskly, all are being reprinted; Anthony Perkins - 'Psycho' star passes away; a colorful look at the next SkyBox Marvel set; Marvel reports income gain of more than 50%; buzz jumps on Quantum Leap. Supreme cover by Brian Murray. Cover price $2.50.

Original cover price: $2.50. November 27, 1992. Michael T. Gilbert talks Mr. Monster; Mother Goose and Grimm - the life of a Line Producer. Mr. Monster cover. Cover price $2.50.

December 4, 1992. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Millennium releases mini-series; Superman's death - hasn't it been done before?; poll predictions for the comics field. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. cover. Cover price $2.50.

December 11, 1992. Superman's death breaks records - throngs clean out 2.5 million copies of Superman #75; Image Comics splits from Malibu, establishes itself as a "full-service" comics company; 1963 - Image Comics blasts to the past with Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, Jim Valentino and others; Malibu forms an interrelated super-hero line; Herman Vermin. Also in this issue: Ad Information; Adventure!; Bumpkin Buzz; But I Digress; Classifieds; Comics Guide; Comics Trader; Cow-Boy; Editorial; Editorial Cartoon; Now Appearing; Oh, So?; Out of Print; Retailer Directory; Showcase; Spirit; Tony's Tips; Weird Melvin; What, Where, and When; Wolff & Byrd. Cover features 'Death of Superman' art by Jon Bogdanove and Dennis Janke, and 1963 art by Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Cover price $2.50.

December 18, 1992. New Valiant projects - Rai and Turok; Jack Kirby signs with Topps Comics; 'Death of Superman' art for sale - Guernsey's offers all Superman #75 art at auction; Taboo #6 out of print; Christie's to auction art of Mad magazine; Solarman - TV cartoon aided by X-Men delays. Cover features Rai and Turok. Cover price $2.50.

December 25, 1992. Happy Holidays; Defiant - Jim Shooter forms new company; Peter David reviews Aladdin. Holiday cover by Sergio Aragones. Cover price $2.50.

January 1, 1993. A look at Dinosaurs for Hire; Frank Miller - Sin City creator to hit the road on tour; animated heroines speak theur minds. Dinosuars for Hire cover by Jeff Remmer. Cover price $2.50.

January 15, 1993. Roger Stern says Superman is most sincerely dead; 'Congratulations to CBG on issue #1000 from DC' message, with Phil Jimenez/George Perez art of DC characters; The Dark #4 preview/ad from Continum Comics; Claypool Comics to start with four ongoing series; Harlan Ellison featured on Sci-Fi Channel. Deathblow cover by Jim Lee. Cover price $2.50.