Back Issue comic books issue 98

It's the 'DC in the '80s' Issue! From the experimental to the fan faves, this was the decade when DC Comics declared, 'There's No Stopping Us Now!' Featuring: Secret Origins - new takes on old stories, with recollections from the series' five editors; Thriller - DC had high hopes for this offbeat title, so why did it fail?; Pro2Pro: Gerry Conway and Dan Jurgens' Sun Devils - the writer-artist team in an exclusive interview revisiting this sci-fi maxiseries; DC Challenge - Bob Greenberger, the project's editor, explores this quirky round-robin series with many of the series' creators; Prince Street News - cartoonist Karl Heitmueller, Jr. tackles continuity conundrums; Off My Chest: The Prestige Format - former DC production guru Bob Rozakis' guest column about the development of DC's upscale format; Doug Moench interview - an intimate portrait of the Electric Warrior writer, with commentary from artists Jim Baikie and Denys Cowan and editor Barbara Kesel; Action Comics Weekly - nineteen creators take us behind the scenes of DC's ambitious weekly late-'80s anthology. Featuring Peter David, Mark Evanier, Mike Grell, Trevor Von Eeden, Mark Waid, and others! With a mind-numbing Nightwing cover by Romeo Tanghal. Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.