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Comics Journal (1977) comic books 1983-1985

  • Issue #79
    Comics Journal (1977) 79

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    Scott Hampton Teen Titans cover; George Perez and Marv Wolfman interviews; Harlan Ellison essay; Stephen King Cover price $2.95.

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    $13 Fantagraphics The COMICS JOURNAL #79 George Perez FN 6.0

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  • Issue #80
    Comics Journal (1977) 80

    Jaime Hernandez cover; George Perez and Marv Wolfman interviews; Harlan Ellison essay Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #81
    Comics Journal (1977) 81

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    Interview with EC and MAD publisher Bill Gaines. Essays by Jan Strnad, Bhob Stewart and Harlan Ellison. Kevin McConnell on the mutant menace. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Cover by William Stout. Black and white. Cover price $ 2.50. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #82
    Comics Journal (1977) 82

    Dave & Deni Sim interview - Part 1; Kim Thompson on Frank Miller's Ronin. First half of Dave Sim's Cerebus cover. Letter from John Bynre retracting his comments from Comics Journal #75 about Roy Thomas. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #83
    Comics Journal (1977) 83

    Dave Sim cover. Interview with Dave Sim (Cerebus) and his then-wife, Deni Loubert. Retrospective views on Carl Barks and long-running comic strip artist Russ Johnson. Ted White on editors. Gary Groth on publishing. Cartoons by Mitch OConnell. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Black and white; 96 pages. Cover price $2.50.

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    $30 COMICS JOURNAL#83 VF/NM 1982 DAVE SIM FANTAGRIPHICS FANZINE

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  • Issue #84
    Comics Journal (1977) 84
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    Cover by Michael T. Gilbert on Elric. Interview with Michael T. Gilbert (Elric). Harlan Ellison on novelist Bill Starrs struggle with his publisher. Cartoon characters and surrealism. How the Direct Sales Market changed comics. Cartoons by Stu Potts. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Black and white; 114 pages. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #85
    Comics Journal (1977) 85

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    In this issue: Robert Kanigher interview by Robin Snyder; article by Jan Strnad ("Bitter Harvest") - the case for rating comics; article by Gene Phillips ("Phases of Creativity"); Opening Shots column - Kevin McConnell on John Byrne; Cinema Journal column - Dale Luciano on Superman III, Return of the Jedi, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Something Wicked This Way Comes and Videodrome; An Edge in My Voice column - Harlan Ellison on videogames; Russell Freund reviews Marvel Fanfare; Gene Phillips reviews Coyote, Ronin, Alpha Flight, Americomics and The Art of Al Williamson; Lee Wochner reviews The Night Force; and Adam Philips reviews Strange Brew. Plus news, letters and October comics checklist. Cover by Joe Kubert includes the Metal Men, Hawkman, Wonder Woman and others. 114 pages, B&W. NOTE: This issue features the 1st preview of Spider-Man's Black Costume (before its debut in Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) #252). Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #86
    Comics Journal (1977) 86

    Interview with Robert Kanigher (Enemy Ace) continued from #85. America discovers Tintin. Carter Scholz on science fiction author Kate Wilhelm. Cartoons by Stu Potts. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Cover by Hergé. Black and white. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #87
    Comics Journal (1977) 87

    Heidi MacDonald tackles the bane of comics: endless fight scenes, with a Don Rosa cover; 'Funnybook Roulette' on strips; interviews with Phil Yeh and George Metzger. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #88
    Comics Journal (1977) 88

    Should these comics be sold to children? Cover features issues of Twisted Tales, Vigilante, Ronin, Badger, Sabre, Jonah Hex, Dreadstar and American Flagg! Cover price $2.50.

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    $12 COMICS JOURNAL #88 ~ VG+ 1984 FANTAGRAPHICS ~ THE CONTROVERSY OVER RATING COMICS

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  • Issue #89
    Comics Journal (1977) 89
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3722263001
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    Spirit cover by Will Eisner. Special focus on Will Eisner. Interview with the master craftsman; Eisner, in turn, interviews Chris Claremont, Frank Miller, and Wendy Pini of Elfquest. Will Eisner in France. A review of the comics of 1983. Cartoons by Larry Dobias and Stu Potts. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Black and white. NOTE: Possibly the earliest known printed image of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Leonardo only, black and white, in the Newswatch section, page 15, announcing for the premiere issue of TMNT (1984. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #90
    Comics Journal (1977) 90

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    Al Williamson cover and interview; Cerebus; Harlan Ellison essay; Frank Miller letter to editor Cover price $2.95.

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    6 days left Auction comics fanzine: COMICS JOURNAL #90, May 1984; Jack Williamson issue, ex cond

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  • Issue #91
    Comics Journal (1977) 91

    Special Convention Issue; comments from and photos of Howard Chaykin, Gil Kane, Bill Sienkiewicz, Joe Kubert and Harvey Kurtzman. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #92
    Comics Journal (1977) 92

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    Special focus on underground comix. Interviews with underground artists and publishers Gilbert Shelton, Fred Todd, Don Baumgart, and Leonard Rifas. The past and future of Rip Off Press. Publisher Denis Kitchen on surviving. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Cover by Shelton. Black and white. Cover price $2.95.

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    $15 Comics Journal #92 UNDERGROUND COMIX, GILBERT SHELTON, 1984 VG+

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  • Issue #93
    Comics Journal (1977) 93

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    Interviews with Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette and John Totleben on their revolutionary approach to Swamp Thing. Harlan Ellison on the deeper meaning of comics. Can Superman be saved? Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Cover by Bissette and Totleben. Black and white. Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #94
    Comics Journal (1977) 94

    Interview with Argentine comic book artist Juan Gimenez. Comics from the rest of the world: Italy, France, Holland, Japan, and Belgium. The Journal discovers manga. Comics in Malaysia. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Black and white. Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #95
    Comics Journal (1977) 95

    C.C. Beck interview on Captain Marvel; panel discussion on women in comics, involving Wendy Pini, Trina Robbins, Shary Flenniken, Mary Wilshire. Beck cover. Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #96
    Comics Journal (1977) 96

    Interview with Howard Nostrand (EC Comics, Harvey) on being the mystery artist. The alternative comics movement known as Newave comix is examined in detail. Canadian comics. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Black and white; 116 pages. Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #97
    Comics Journal (1977) 97

    Special Harvey Pekar issue - includes a major interview, articles and an index; plus: Miss Buxley. Cover by Robert Crumb. Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #98
    Comics Journal (1977) 98

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    Interview with Alex Toth; the alternative comics cadaver derby - which publisher will be the first to fall?; Newswatch - Marvel to axe 7 titles? Cover by Kevin Nowlan. Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #99
    Comics Journal (1977) 99

    X-Men cover by Kevin Nowlan. Interview with Arn Saba (Neil the Horse). Roundtable debate on Values in Comics with Howard Chaykin, Gary Groth, Gil Kane, and Walt Simonson. Newave comics and Archie revisited. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Black and white; 100 pages. Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #100
    Comics Journal (1977) 100

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    Milestone 100th Issue of The Magazine of News and Criticism. A double-size special featuring: "Executives Forum" by Dick Giordano; Marilyn Bethke on the death of Gary Groth; Heidi MacDonald on the joys of elitism; R. Fiore delivers a funnybook manifesto; Carter Scholz on "Shatter"; Ken Smith on "Elvis Zombies"; a tour of the Journal's history on a "Rollercoaster Ride"; and an interview with newave pioneer Gary Panter. Plus interviews with: Neal Adams on being a new publisher; Murray Boltinoff on deadlines; Chris Claremont on life with the mutants; Will Eisner on personal fiction; Steve Englehart on returning to comics; Mike Friedrich on the marketing of comic books; Bill Gaines on MAD today; Steve Gerber on Void Indigo, G.I. Joe and Marvel; Dick Giordano on running DC Comics; Archie Goodwin on Marvel's Epic Comics; Jack Jackson on chronicling the history of Texas; Harvey Kurtzman on American humor; Rick Marschall on the state of comic strips; Denny O'Neil on popular culture; George Pérez on life after Crisis; Wendy Pini and Richard Pini on the elves and beyond; Trina Robbins on wimmen's comix and kids' comics; Marshall Rogers on Cap'n Quick; Dave Sim on Church and State and all those 300 issues; Kenneth Smith on moral entertainment; Joe Staton on his return to DC and Green Lantern; Len Wein on declining standards, and editing at DC Comics; Al Williamson on syndicates and inking Superman; Marv Wolfman on writing for a living; John Workman on Heavy Metal and NatLamp; and Berni Wrightson on modern horror. Cover by Jaime Hernandez. 244 pages. Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #101
    Comics Journal (1977) 101

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    Interview with Frank Miller on The Dark Knight Returns, Ronin, Daredevil and more. Jan Strnad discusses the first computer-generated comic, ''Shatter.'' The Journals summer reading suggestions. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Black and white. Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #102
    Comics Journal (1977) 102
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    Hal Foster's last interview; an illustrated look at the art of Basil Wolverton; plus: C.C. Beck, Ray Zone and Scott Edelman. Cover price $2.95.

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    1 day left Auction  The COMICS JOURNAL MAGAZINE #102, 1985 ~ HAL FOSTER'S LAST INTERVIEW- VF

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  • Issue #103
    Comics Journal (1977) 103

    Michael Kaluta interviewed; a debate between Harlan Ellison and Stan Lee; the work of Rudy Palais; R.C. Harvey on sex and sexism in comics; 'Funnybook Roulette' tackles Saturday morning animation. Cover by Michael Kaluta. Cover price $2.95.