Feature Comics comic books issue 32

Edited by Robert Lewis. Interviews and features on the 1980s comics scene from New Media Publishing. In this issue: Dick Giordano - the Executive Editor of DC Comics lets us in on his future plans for DC as they approach their 50th Anniversary. Editor, inker, writer and artist, Giordano's career has spanned thirty years. Taking time off to speak to Comics Feature's John Peel, Giordano talks freely about himself, his new project Jonni Thunder and the direction-changing maxi-series DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths. Plus: Silver Age - Jacobs and Jones reveal their serious side as they begin a series of in-depth looks at the Silver Age of Comics. Part 1 begins with their look at the Growth of Marvel. Also: My Pal Superman - Jacobs and Jones meet up with the Legion of Super-Heroes. They find one more named inscribed on that illustrious list -- The Newest Legionnaire! Plus: Heroes - James Van Hise looks at the mightiest superhero of all, Superman; Animation - a trip into madness as James Van Hise examines Daffy Duck; Strip Search - Max Allan Collins digs up a little known comic strip which has been keeping hardware retailers laughing for years, Mr. Oswald; Games - Chaosiums' Steve Perrin keeps us up on the latest gaming news; The Artistic Life - Stephen Bissette tells how he and John Totleben approached working on The Swamp Thing; Looking Back on the Golden Age - Centaur Days Part 2 by Ron Goulart. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Cover art by Lou Fine. "The Sins of Anton Bock," script by Will Eisner (as William Erwin Maxwell), art by Lou Fine; Professor Roberts has perfected a powerful gas; A gas too dangerous to sell or even use, so he decides to destroy it; Before he can do so, he is kidnapped from his lab; Later, Darrel and Martha track his movements to the waterfront, where strange lights of red, blue and green, as well as mysterious noises are coming from; Doll Man steps in. "The Capture of Castle Balomar," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Captain Fortune (Tyrone Fortune) vs. Duke Edward. "The Three-Fingered Ogre," script by Toni Blum, art by Dan Zolnerowich (as Arthur Hamon Doyle); Zero investigates the ghostly return of three brothers, who in their youth had made a pact: if one of them were to die, they must return in the form of an agre, to care for the others. "The Medicine Man's Scheme," script and art by Art Pinajian. "The Snatch of the Plane Plans," script and art by Bob Powell; Spin Shaw vs. G. Roland Lorber. "The Murder of Bus Pritchard" starring Rance Keane, script and art by William A. Smith. "Living Dead Men," script by Harry Campbell, art by Henry Weston Taylor; Blackburn and Jackson fake their own deaths by placing two medical school corpses in a car, setting it on fire, and pushing it over a cliff. "The Insurance Murder Plot" starring Rusty Ryan, script and art by Paul Gustavson. "Origin of the Voice" starring Mr. Elixir, art by Stan Aschmeier. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

-Cover says #27 but is actually #32-. Cover by René L. Kulbach. 52 Pages, B&W, 7.5" x 10.5". Cover price $0.10.