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May 13, 1983. Neal Adams, Roy Thomas blast "Kree-Skrull" reprint fee; Bil Keane wins NCS Reuben Award; Eclipse adds more Frank Miller pin-ups; Marvel to publish Void Indigo - Steve Gerber, Val Mayerik and Marvel are together again. Cover price $1.00.

October 12, 1984. Marvel hikes price of regular comics; Archie Adventure titles held back, line re-evaluated; Eclipse takes four more Pacific titles; Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz team on Daredevil; Epic's Coyote to conclude soon; new column deals with comics games; a photograph of The Thing?; Peter Ledger challenges the industry. Cover price $1.50.

November 2, 1984. Harlan Ellison writes for DC - signs contracts for a graphic novel and for a Kid Flash mini-series; Frank Miller - 2 graphic novels; Steve Canyon meets the Smurfs (really!); photos of Orlandocon celebrities; Heidi MacDonald on hit vs. hot comics; a look at the Unknown Super-Hero; an updated list of coming comics; a major interview with Jim Davis (who has nothing whatever to do with Garfield). Cover price $1.50.

March 29, 1985. Harvey Kurtzman edits new book-magazine 'Nuts!'; Sparkle City offers public 'Mile High' comics; Frank Miller signs to do Batman graphic novel; Marvel debates labeling of adult comics; an interview with Dave Sim and Deni Loubert; an index to Tales of the Mysterious Traveler; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to have spin-off titles.

February 21, 1986. Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli are leaving 'Daredevil'; free preview of a chapter from Renegade Press' Ms. Tree; DC Comics, Roy Thomas alter pact; most costly cartoon. Cover price $1.50.

Original cover price: $1.50. April 25, 1986. Power Pack goes direct-sale only - 'X-Men massacre' story ending won't be on newsstands; Frank Miller appears at Lone Star to promote Dark Knight; Thou Art Only a Man - some second-thoughts on hot comics; Angel Love #1 comics preview conclusion; Watchmen #1 review. Cover price $1.50.

May 23, 1986. Marvel reprints - 70,000 sets of G.I. Joe comics are made available to all distributors; The Silent Invasion; Superman sells out; delays - 'Dark Knight' and 'History of the DC Universe' are rescheduled; Elektra for adults - Frank Miller emphasizes that Epic mini-series 'is not a kid's comic'; cover controversy - 'Batman' #399 cover disavowed by Dick Giordano; Marvel fires Mike Carlin. Also in this issue: Advertising Index; American Comic Strips; Comics Exchange; Comics Guide; Comics Trader; Dan T's Inferno; Editorial; Everett True; Freddy & Eddy; Near Mint; Oh, So?; Retailer Directory; 3-D Pete; What, Where & When. Cover price $1.50.

Original cover price: $1.50. July 18, 1986. Daredevil graphic novel - Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz resolve storyline about Kingpin and his wife Vanessa; Harlan Ellison blasts John Byrne, Howard Chaykin and Jim Shooter; Lodestone/Deluxe publisher David Singer blames illnesses and foreign printer for delays in schedule; Ann Nocenti named regular writer on Daredevil. Cover price $1.50.

Original cover price: $1.50. July 25, 1986. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in color - First to reprint series as graphic novel; Frank Miller denies autographing items offered for sale by at least one store; WaRP and Colleen Doran reach agreement on A Distant Soil; previously unknown run of New Fun and More Fun discovered in Chicago; Strikeforce: Morituri - Editor Carl Potts sees series succeeding due to characters; Walt Simonson - he'll reduce Thor to a pile of Jell-O. Cover price $1.50.

August 8, 1986. What's hot? Gladstone's Disneys 'unqualified success,' Comico's 'Jonny Quest' goes 'like wildfire.' Plus: Corto Maltese preview; 'Love and War' - Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz resolve Kingpin story in graphic novel; 'Jon Sable' skips one month - Judith Hunt to draw two fill-in issues, Mike Grell to write and draw 'Sable' graphic novel; cocktail party - Renegade, Golden Apple sponsor informal gathering for professionals. Also: Advertising Index; American Comic Strips; Book Look; Comics Exchange; Comics Guide - a look at first issues; Comics in Your Future; Comics Trader; Cosmic Trips; Editorial; Everett True; Growing Up with Comics; The Law Is a Ass - they came for Isabella yesterday; Oh, So?; Retailer Directory; Superhero Overdose; Viewsbreak; What, Where & When. Cover price $1.50.

December 12, 1986. Silver Surfer - Steve Englehart finally frees him from Earth, involves him in intergalactic war; Comics Code returns; Comics and Cons Through 1986; Comics Censorship - Frank Miller and Buddy Saunders offer two views; Nightwolf makes his debut. Cover price $1.50.

December 19, 1986. New World acquires Marvel; 'Dark Knight' proof brings $2000; preview of Dinosaur Rex; Frank Miller continues the discussion he began last week on comics, comics censorship and creator freedom. Cover price $1.50.

January 16, 1987. Young All-Stars - new team is largely made up of 'cosmic replacements' for heroes, with comments from Roy Thomas. Plus: Guest Editorial - Frank Miller points out that comic books have always been slow to react to trends, including censorship. Also: Cracked Preview - work by Peter Bagge, Bill Wray, Mike Carlin, Steve Ditko, Jack Davis, George Gladir and Bob Fingerman. Cover price $1.50.

February 13, 1987. Four creators (Miller, Wolfman, Chaykin, Moore) refuse to work on rated comics; Alan Moore guest editorial; Frank Miller editorial cartoon; Possibleman preview; Harvey Pekar - you saw him on Late Night with David Letterman, now read the comic strip...exclusive to the comics world; Forgotten Funnies - Ron Goulart wraps up The Adventures of Patsy (begun in CBG #687); Eclipse to publish Disney's 'Captain EO' in 3-D; Byrned - John Byrne impersonator sells sketches to fans in Canada; 'Hulk' wants mail - CBG readers asked to write. Also in this issue: Advertising Index; Animation News; Book Guide; Comics Exchange; Comics Guide; Comics Trader; Dan T's Inferno; The Law Is a Ass; Oh, So?; Retailer Directory; What, Where & When. Cover price $1.50.

Original cover price: $1.50. March 6, 1987. Scott Rosenberg assumes presidency of five companies; Guest Editorial by Frank Miller, with editorial cartoon by Bill Sienkiewicz; preview of Sentinels of Justice #6; starting over at Archie - titles begin again with #1, characters revamped and reintroduced; Bill Yates - advice from King Features on strip syndication; what's the professional formula for writing hit comic books? Cover price $1.50.

Original cover price: $1.50. March 20, 1987. Captain America fired - Steve Rogers forced to resign, search begins for his replacement; Marv Wolfman fired as DC editor; Wolfman joins Frank Miller, Mark Evanier and Harlan Ellison in a discussion of DC's ratings system; Word Warriors - Ms. Tree, Jon Sable and Streetwolf unite for literacy; Kiss of Death preview; Guest Editorial by Steve Bissette. Cover price $1.50.

Original cover price: $1.50. June 12, 1987. Hamilton and Cochran to administer Disney art; no new Frank Miller art for Ronin TPB; First sells out of Lone Wolf and Cub 2nd printing; Peter David resigns to write full-time; The New Archies - younger version of gang is in cartoon, teens get live-action TV movie and pilot; The Privateers preview. Cover price $1.50.

Original cover price: $1.50. September 11, 1987. Vigilante dies--but gets better; Marv Wolfman talks about his post-writer's-block projects; Frank Miller writes about Jack Kirby's party; Superman is at the Smithsonian and celebrates the Constitution; Growing up with Yogi - Bob Miller celebrates Hanna-Barbera's 30th anniversary. Cover price $1.50.

August 5, 1988. 'Toronto Summit' - 'Cerebus' comics to be reprinted, Cerebus to be a toy, Cerebus & TMNT in mini-comics, 'Puma Blues' goes to Mirage; no new work by Frank Miller in '88, says Miller. Cover price $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

December 16, 1988. DC to distribute Comico comics; Frank Miller writes 'RoboCop II' screenplay (with comments from Miller); Comics Utopia - was it 1974?; 'Black Kiss' printings' secret is on the bag; John Byrne draws 'New Mutants' #75; 'Gore Shriek' artist chosen for 'Dick Tracy' make-up effects; 'Speed Racer' artist sought. Also in this issue: Adventures of Superman; Ad Information; Animation News; Book Guide; Classifieds; Comics Trader; Dan T's Inferno; Editorial; Editorial Cartoon; I Cover the Newsstand; Information, Please; It's Bound to Happen; Law Is a Ass; Oh, So?; Retailer Directory; Showcase; What, Where & When. Cover price $1.95.

May 5, 1989. Marvel adapts Punisher movie into three comic-book formats; Frank Miller, Dave Gibbons collaborate; Buried Treasures. Cover price $2.25.

March 23, 1990. Ms. Tree returns; Detective Comics #27 sells for $80,000 - Metropolis Comics gets 'highest price' paid for a comic book; Elektra Lives Again - Frank Miller, Lynn Varley finish Epic graphic novel; Batman #1 sells in England - $17,000; Milligan to write 'The Changing Man'; 20 Nude Dancers by Mark Martin; Gladstone to publish Chester Gould's Dick Tracy; Demon - Alan Grant writes series starring Jack Kirby creation. Cover price $2.25.

April 27, 1990. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles score big at box office - breaks all weekend records for an 'indie,' sequel planned; State of the Industry - 3rd Capital Sales Conference; 'Ghost Rider' sells out - 2nd edition follows; Frank Miller, Dave Gibbons, Geof Darrow projects coming this summer from Dark Horse; Panda Khan joins TMNT line with action figurine; First Publishing plans third 'Beauty and the Beast' graphic novel. Also in this issue: Ad Information; Book Guide; Classifieds; Comics in Your Future; Comics Trader; Editorial; Editorial Cartoon; Oh, So?; Retailer Directory; Showcase; 20 Nude Dancers 20; What, Where & When. Cover price $2.25.

July 6, 1990. Buck Rogers - 60 years in the 25th century; The Nazz - studies effects of super powers; Punisher movie hits a big screen; Diamond Seminar floods, attendees damp but undaunted; Rick Veitch's Bratpack takes look at kid sidekicks - mini-series is first Tundra title; Hard Boiled - Frank Miller/Geof Darrow series to run 3 issues; Eclipse to reprint The Yellow Kid; Mort Walker honored by Army. Cover price $2.25.

December 7, 1990. Bob Montana and Julius Schwartz - comics legends; 'Elektra Lives Again' wraps on time - hardcover Frank Miller book due in December; Miller to sign 'Elektra Lives Again'; Richard Matheson's 'I Am Legend' - Eclipse adapts novel that inspired Stephen King, George Romero; 'CBG Price Guide' breaks out. Cover price $2.25.

May 3, 1991. Frank Miller's Sin City - story begins in Dark Horse 5th anniversary special; Alan Moore talks about From Hell and Jack the Ripper; Darkwing Duck - the terror that flaps in the night; Viz switches entire line to color; Vampirella returns from the dead - 'Cult of Chaos' stories in paperback from Harris and Dark Horse. Cover price $2.50.

May 10, 1991. Frank Miller - teams with John S. Romita on 144-page Daredevil origin...writes, draws, letters 'Sin City'...and writes more Martha stories; DC will produce comics for world's young readers; Capital City sales conference is comics' biggest; Fantagraphics initiates returnables plan. Also in this issue: Ad Information; But I Digress; Chortlesnoot; Classifieds; Comics Guide; Comics Trader; Editorial; Editorial Cartoon; For Your Reference; Oh, So?; Retailer Directory; Showcase; Tony's Tips; Weird but True Toon Facts; What, Where & When; Year of Jubilo. Cover price $2.50.

July 26, 1991. Terminator: RoboCop Wars coming from Dark Horse - Frank Miller to write and Walt Simonson to draw; Will Eisner on the (sorry) state of the comic-book industry; Chris Claremont interview; circulation figures; a look at the Marvel stock prospectus; George Perez has announced that, on the borderless covers of the newsstand edition of War of the Gods #4, he will break his personal record for number of fully rendered characters. Cover price $2.50.

August 14, 1992. Frank Miller talks Daredevil, RoboCop, Sin City and more; Steranko on Tim Burton and Batman; Paul G. Pavel dies; sneak peek at Dracula. Sin City cover by Frank Miller. Cover price $2.50.

January 1, 1993. A look at Dinosaurs for Hire; Frank Miller - Sin City creator to hit the road on tour; animated heroines speak theur minds. Dinosuars for Hire cover by Jeff Remmer. Cover price $2.50.

June 25, 1993. Jill Thompson - interview on Death and beyond; Peter David goes to Europe; Eisner award nominees are announced; Little Lulu creator dies; article by Frank Miller. Jill Thompson cover. Cover price $2.50.

January 28, 1994. Frank Miller keeps busy - projects include Spawn/Batman, Sin City, Martha Washington Goes to War, and The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot; Fantastic Four film is flushed; January is Malibu's Origins Month. Sin City cover by Frank Miller. Cover price $2.50.

June 30, 1995. Geof Darrow Speaks Out on Robots, Rusty and Working with Frank Miller. Plus: 26th San Diego Comic-Con is July 27-30; 1968's Super Heroes Were Good, Great and Goofy; The Peter Parker Trial Is Wrong. Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot cover by Geof Darrow. Cover price $2.50.

April 26, 1996. Frank Miller views the old and the new; Todd McFarlane Productions buys Eclipse assets; Archie writer Frank Doyle dies at age 78; April 30 is the CBG Fan Awards deadline. Batman/Sin City cover by Frank Miller.

October 4, 1996. Dick Sprang's career is profiled; Frank Miller looks back on the 10-year anniversary of The Dark Knight Returns; Rob Liefeld provides answers; Comic-Con International says it won't restrict the use of 'comic con'; the Hildebrandts returns to Star Wars with a card set based on Shadows of the Empire; the first part of CBG's DC Price Guide (A-K); Ask Mr. Silver Age by Craig Shutt - how did Ma and Pa Kent die?; But I Digress by Peter David - Peter attended Gruenycon I; Comics Guide by Maggie Thompson - Batman: Mask of the Phantasm has a sequel; Point of View by Mark Evanier - are Stan Freberg's history albums "the best comedy albums in history" or "the best history albums in comedy"?; Tony's Tips by Tony Isabella - Tony's been watching TV and reading comics at the same time again. Also in this issue: Ad Information; Billy & Pop; Bumpkin Buzz; CBG Calendar; Classifieds; Comics Trader; Cow-Boy; Now Appearing; Oh, So?; On Top of the Trends; Publisher's Picks; Retailer Directory; Retailer Reactions; Showcase; The Spirit; Subscription Service; What, Where, and When. Batman and Robin cover by Dick Sprang. Cover price $2.95.

Original cover price: $2.95. June 2, 2000. Joltin' Joe Sinnott - 50 years of slinging ink; a kinder, gentler Dark Knight? Frank Miller strikes again; meet the CBG Fan Awards nominees. Cover by Joe Sinnott features the Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man, Green Goblin, Thor and Doctor Doom. Cover price $2.95.

July 21, 2000. They're back...the Dark Knight (and Carrie) strike again - Frank Miller discusses The Dark Knight Strikes Again. Cover features Batman and Catgirl by Frank Miller. Cover price $2.95.

August 4, 2000. Celebrating a decade and a half of VIZ! Plus: Frank Miller: "There's no point in being scared of a really great story"; Did Captain Marvel Legally Search and Seize?; Penetrating an Impenetrable Adventures of Superman. Cover price $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

May 25, 2001. CBG Fan Awards results; Frank Miller vs. Wizard - round one; a quarter-century of company crossovers. Cover by Fred Hembeck features Doctor Strange and Doctor Fate. Cover price $3.50.

This issue of the world's longest-running magazine about comics includes the following: Frank Miller discusses 300; a look back at the 1980s black-and-white glut; Illuminati impossibilities by Captain Comics; Maggie Thompson on kids' comics; The Tick; Peter David column; plus the usual reviews, price guide, news items, and more. Cover price $5.99.