Back Issue comic books issue 89

Back Issue #89 spotlights Bronze Age adaptations! Pictures to Prose - Paul Kupperberg looks at comic-book characters' transitions to novels. Plus: Shedding Light on The Shadow - The dark hero's appearances in comic books, with Dennis O'Neil, Anthony Tollin, Michael Uslan, Brian Augustyn, Gerard Jones, Mike W. Barr and Joel Goss; DC's Korak, Son of Tarzan - The junior jungle man's '70s swingin' safari at DC Comics, with Len Wein and Frank Thorne; Marvel's Worlds Unknown - Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Ralph Reese, Val Mayerik and Len Wein discuss the pros and cons of adapting sci-fi; The Super Cops - The strange story of the real-life Batman and Robin and their short-lived media blitz; Jack Kirby's 2001: A Space Odyssey - The King of Comics' unexpected movie adaptation; Battlestar Galactica - Marvel enlisted Walter Simonson, Allen Milgrom and Roger McKenzie to handle the Cylons; Disney's Black Hole - The House of the Mouse sets its sights on its own Star Wars; Marvel at the Movies - Creators galore recall Mighty Marvel's Hollywood adaptations of the 1970's and 1980's. Featuring an alternate cover produced for DCs Shadow series by Michael Wm. Kaluta. Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.