Back Issue comic books issue 90

Back Issue #90 spotlights Eighties Ladies! Elektra: Assassin - Bill Sienkiewicz takes us behind the scenes of the Frank Miller-written epic; Dazzler Lights Up Marvel - A dazzling array of creators sparkle with nostalgia in this history of Marvel's disco mutant; Dazzler in the Media (and Beyond) - Alison Blaire on TV, in video games, and beyond; Dan Mishkin's Wonder Woman - The Amethyst co-creator discusses his early '80s stint as Wonder Woman's writer; Call her Captain Marvel...or Photon...or Pulsar...or Spectrum - Roger Stern, John Romita, Jr. and an all-star lineup survey the identity crisis of Monica Rambeau; Somerset Holmes - Bruce Jones, April Campbell and Brent Anderson remember the amnesiac indie heroine; The Charmed and Charged Life of Lady Quark - The Crisis-generated regal hero and her failure to spark DC's readers' attention; Top Comic-Book Women of the '80s - From Abby Cable to Love and Rockets, courtesy of cartoonist Karl Heitmueller, Jr.; Guest Editorial by Martha Thomases - The creator of Marvel's Dakota North confesses that she has Daddy issues; William Messner-Loebs and Adam Kubert Discuss Jezebel Jade - The writer/artist team remembers their three-issue Jonny Quest spin-off from Comico. Featuring a previously unpublished 2003 Elektra: Assassin trade paperback cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.