Nostalgia Journal (1974) comic books
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Published Feb 1975 by Fantagraphics.$80.00
View scansEdited by Joe Bob Williams. #8 includes: Frankenstein cover art by Kerry Gamill and classified ads by and for Bruce Hamilton, Burrel's Books, Multicon 75, Russ Cochran, Cinefantastique, The Comic Reader, and more. Also includes fanzine reviews and Golden Age Gleanings by Richard O'Brien. 24 pgs, folded newsprint. Feb, 1975; Syndicate Pubs. Original cover price: Free.
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Published Oct 1975 by Fantagraphics.$80.00
View scansEdited by Joe Bob Williams. #16 includes: Classified ads by and for Proteus Fanzine, Rocket's Blast Vaughn Bode memorial issue, Miami Con I, C&C Comic Art Shops, The 1976 Star Trek Convention, and more. Also includes The Case of the Mysterious Column by John Wooley (Poe's Detective Stories) and Golden Age Gleanings by Richard O'Brien (Target Comics). 24 pgs, folded newsprint. Oct, 1975; The Syndicate Inc.
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Published Jul 1976 by Fantagraphics.$100.00
View scansNow dubbed The "New" Nostalgia Journal, #27 is the issue in which the outspoken editor Gary Groth and publisher Fantagraphics took over. Includes Frazetta cover art and classified ads by and for Six Gun Heroes: A Price Guide to Movie Cowboy Collectibles, Toronto Star Trek 76, Star Trek Galore, Bud Plant, Jerry Bails, and more. Also includes a long editorial by Groth, a Jack Kirby interview, a review of Edward Bryant's Among the Dead and Other Events Leading to the Apocalypse by Alan Brennert, an interview with Alan Light and Murray Bishoff, The Creative Experience by Jim Wilson, and Fanzine reviews. 36 pgs, folded newsprint. July, 1976. (With issue #34, The New Nostalgia Journal would become The Comics Journal, one of the most respected and controversial comics history and criticism magazines ever).
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Issue #31
Published Dec 1976 by Fantagraphics.$70.00
View scansThe New Nostalgia Journal, #31, edited by the outspoken Gary Groth and published by Fantagraphics. Includes Dave Cockrum cover art. Includes final part of a Jack Kirby interview. 32 pgs, folded newsprint. Nov, 1976. Cover price $0.30.