Back Issue Magazine (2003 TwoMorrows) comic books 2009-2011

Back Issue downloads comics' 'Tech, Data, and Hardware,' beginning with The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, courtesy of Eliot R. Brown (who also relives Mighty Marvel Moments of the '70s and '80s), while Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, and Bob Greenberger discuss the origins of DC's Who's Who, and Alex Saviuk, Joe Staton, and Ethan Van Sciver compare notes on 'Drawing Green Lantern: Then and Now.' Also: an Ed Hannigan Art Gallery, an in-depth history of ROM: Spaceknight, the story of Bill Mantlo, Dial H for Hero, Superhero Costumes, Richie Rich's Inventions, and Who's Who entries for Bob Rozakis' AA Comics heroes! And you techies and Spider-Man fans will love Back Issue's Spider-Mobile schematic cover by Eliot Brown and Dusty Abell! Cover price $6.95.

Get ready for action, angst, and acne as Teen Heroes crash Back Issue! Cover-featured are the Teen Titans, examined in their 1970's adventures and their fan-favorite 1980's revival, featuring the talents of Eduardo Barreto, Nick Cardy, José Luis Garcia-Lopez, George Pérez, Bob Rozakis, George Tuska, and Marv Wolfman. Also, Mike Baron and Butch Guice talk 'Pro2Pro' about The Flash' an interview with television's Billy Batson, actor Michael Gray; the second part of the Steve Skeates interview (continuing from Alter Ego #84); histories of Firestar, Kitty Pryde, Nova, and Power Girl; a star-studded art gallery of the Legion of Super-Heroes; and more! All this comes behind an incredible New Teen Titans cover by George Pérez, colored by Gene Ha! Cover price $6.95.

Experience a 'New World Order' in Back-Issue, featuring the soul-searching story of Adam Warlock and the behind-the-scenes history of the revolutionary Miracleman with Alan Davis and Garry Leach. Jim Shooter stands tall in an exclusive interview, the 'Following the Man' roundtable catches up with Marvel's post-Stan Lee Editors-in-Chief, and we look back at Marvel's New Universe. Also, Dick Giordano and Pat Bastienne revisit Crisis on Infinite Earths, and we reveal 'The Post-Crisis DC Universe You Didn't See!' Plus: Comments from Roy Thomas & Jim Starlin (Adam Warlock), William F. Nolan, George Perez & David Anthony Kraft (Logan's Run), Bob Wiacek (Star Wars, Star-Lord), David Michelinie (Star Hunters), Dez Skinn (Marvelman), Steve Skeates (interview, part 3), Eliot R. Brown, Howard Mackie & Ron Frenz, and The Art of Marvel Slurpee Cups. Cover by Jim Starlin. Cover price $6.95.

The retro reprobates of the 1970's and 1980's get their due in this all-villains issue. Mike Zeck and J.M. DeMatteis discuss the shocking 'Kraven's Last Hunt' in an exclusive interview, while the haphazard history of the horrific Hobgoblin is exposed. Plus, The Joker's short-lived series, a Magneto biography, a look at Lex Luthor's and Brainiac's makeovers, and more. Cover price $6.95.

Monsters make mayhem in Back Issue and its triple-terror treatment of Frankenstein, with Bernie Wrightson's fascination with the Mary Shelley classic, a look at Marvel's Monster of Frankenstein, and a 'Frankenstein in Comics' timeline.Sink your teeth into history of Vampirella and Morbius the Living Vampire. Plus, Swamp Thing, Anton Arcane and his Un-Men, Man-Bat, and many more. Cover by Earl Norem. Cover price $6.95.

Comics go to war! On the frontlines are Joe Kubert and Robert Kanigher's Sgt. Rock adventures, Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle's Blackhawk, and George Pratt's Enemy Ace. Plus: Unknown Soldier, Wonder Woman's return to WWII, the Invaders, Combat Kelly, Vietnam Journal, Sad Sack, the Joe Kubert School, and the Marvel School! Bonus: 'The Other Side of War' examines comics starring real-life heroes Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul.With a scintillating Sgt. Rock cover by Joe Kubert! Cover price $6.95.

Back Issue spotlights an in-depth look at John Byrne's influential, much-reprinted work on Fantastic Four - featuring a Norman Rockwell-inspired Thing and Franklin Richards cover by Byrne! Plus, Louise Simonson, June Brigman, and Jon Bogdanove go 'Pro2Pro' on Power Pack, Paul Levitz and Joe Staton reflect upon the Huntress, and art and artist's commentary from the likes of Rich Buckler, Kurt Busiek, and others. Cover price $6.95.

Back Issue ushers in Spring with some of comics' funniest 'April Fools'! Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming chat 'Pro2Pro' about Ambush Bug, while John Byrne's She-Hulk smashes the fourth wall. And Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham hogs the cover, penciled by the late Mike Wieringo in 2007 and inked in 2009 by Karl Kesel. Also: all-new interviews with cartoonists Fred Hembeck, Alan Kupperberg, Flaming Carrot's Bob Burden, and that indie man of heartache, David Chelsea. Plus histories of Spider-Ham, Forbush-Man, Reid Fleming - World's Toughest Milkman, MAD magazine in the 1970s, and Marvel's MAD knockoffs. With art by and/or commentary from David Boswell, Dick DeBartolo, Tom DeFalco, Al Feldstein, Al Jaffe, Stan lee, Dave Sim, and more! Cover price $6.95.

'Cat People' claw their way into Back Issue, as Catwoman's Bronze Age good kitty/bad kitty conversion is explored, as are the histories of Black Cat, Patsy Walker: Hellcat, Vixen, Atlas Comics' cat-heroes Tiger-Man and Cougar, Marvel's White Tiger and the Sons of the Tiger, and comics' punchiest pussycat, Wildcat! Now with 16 color pages each issue! Cover price $7.95.

Celebrates Independence Day with the 'Red, White, and Blue' issue, saluting comics' most popular patriots! Captain America gets a star-studded study, with articles examining his Bronze Age highlights as well as the Red Skull's history. Plus, Howard Chaykin's groundbreaking American Flagg, Wonder Woman, the Freedom Fights, and Team America. Cover price $7.95.

DC Comics' latest movie star, Jonah Hex, headlines our 'Wild West' issue, in a rare interview with the bounty hunter's long-time writer, Michael Fleisher, plus art galore by Tony DeZuniga, Luis Dominguez, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Keith Giffen, Ed Hannigan, and a posse of popular artists! Plus Scout, the Two-Gun Kid, the Rawhide Kid, Dick Ayers' original Ghost Rider, DC's Weird Westerns, Red Wolf, Caleb Hammer, Charlton's Westerns, and the Vigilante's 1970s revival. Cover price $7.95.

This issue of Back Issue features jungle and barbarian characters that are 'Born To Be Wild'! Shanna fans will be bedazzled by a star-studded line-up of creators who tell all about the She-Devil and a Shanna art gallery including pinups by John Byrne, Michael Lopez, Aaron Lopresti, Jason Pearson, and Stephane Roux. Then, Bruce Jones and Brent Anderson speak 'Pro2Pro' about Ka-Zar the Savage and barbarian go-to guy Larry Hama is spotlighted in an exclusive interview. Plus: Beowulf, Claw the Unconquered, Korg 70,000 B.C., Red Sonja, Rima the Jungle Girl, and Steven Alan Payne asks: Was Conan a racist? With art and/or commentary by Brian Azzarello, Pat Boyette, Ernie Chan, Peter B. Gillis, Paul Gulacy, Gerard Jones, Joe Kubert, David Michelinie, Nestor Redondo, Carol Seuling, Louise Simonson, Roy Thomas, and Barry Windsor-Smith! All this, and a jaw-dropping Shanna cover by Frank Cho! Cover price $7.95.

'Spider-Man in the Bronze Age' explores many of the Marvel Comics' webslinger's most memorable moments. The 'drug issues,' the resurrections of Green Goblin and Gwen Stacy, Marvel Team-Up, Spectacular Spider-Man, the CBS and Japanese television series, the newspaper strip, the Clone Saga, an interview with Gerry Conway, and a vintage cover by Bob Larkin. Plus: An original illustration of the Scarlet Spider by Steven Butler; color illustrations by John Romita, Sr., Steve Rude and Joe Jusko in the centerspread; a checklist of Spider-Man's Bronze Age guest appearances outside of his own series; interviews with Stan Lee, Jean Thomas, Jim Salicrup, Larry Lieber and Fred Kida; Spider-Man Power Records; clones are discussed by Steven Butler, Mark Bagley, Howard Mackie, Tom DeFalco, J.M. DeMatteis, Glenn Greenberg and Danny Fingeroth. Cover price $7.95.

This issue features 'Odd Couples,' headlined by an in-depth look at Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams' award-winning, groundbreaking run on Green Lantern/Green Arrow - plus an examination of the real-life events that inspired these relevant stories. The unusual pairing of one of Marvel's hottest writers of the '70s with DC's Justice League of America is explored in an exclusive interview with Steve Englehart. Also: Daredevil and Black Widow, Power Man and Iron Fist, The Vision and The Scarlet Witch, Cloak and Dagger, and... Aquaman and Deadman (?!). With art by and/or commentary from Terry Austin, Gene Colan, Gerry Conway, Denys Cowan, Dick Dillin, Richard Howell, Rick Leonardi, Steve Skeates, and more! Plus a glorious re-creation of the cover of Green Lantern #76 by Neal Adams! Edited by Michael Eury. Cover price $7.95.

This issue spotlights 'The Greatest Stories Never Told,' loaded with rare and previously unpublished art! Mike Grell reveals how his 'Savage Empire' strip became DC Comics' The Warlord, Danny Fingeroth and Al Milgrom open the vault to reveal pages from the aborted Fantastic Four graphic novel Fathers and Sons, and we go beyond John Byrne's Last Galactus Story. PLUS: Ramona Fradon recalls what went wrong with the unpublished fifth issue of Marvel's The Cat; Whatever Happened to Warlock #16? Alan Weiss and Jim Starlin reveal the tale of this comic-book cosmic oddity; The Mystery of the Captain America Musical - The Star-Spangled Sentinel...live, on stage?; How the Batman Nearly Stepped Out of the Mainstream and into Independent Comics - Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers almost took DC's Dark Detective to Mike Friedrich's indy house; Pandora Pann's Lost Adventures - Who closed the lid on this Len Wein/Ross Andru title?; Rejected cover art: Ms. Marvel #4 by John Buscema, Hot Wheels #1 by Alex Toth; The Black Canary Miniseries That Never Took Flight - Greg Weisman blows the whistle on his unpublished collaboration with Mike Sekowsky; The Aquaman Sequel That Wasn't - This anticipated follow-up to the Neal Pozner/Craig Hamilton miniseries was deep-sixed; Batman/Mask (with Clayface) promo image by Dev Madan; Bret Blevins on The Wolf Man - Dark Horse's Universal Monsters one-shots had one conspicuously missing monster; Miracleman Triumphant - Fred Burke, Mike Deodato and Jason Temujin Minor lament this Eclipse Comics casualty. Cover price $7.95.

Back Issue published the final interview ever with the late, great Dave Stevens. Also includes interviews with Peter David, Mike Gold, Luke McDonnell, Mark Verheiden, Howard Chaykin & Denny O'Neil. Also, the film version of Stevens' The Rocketeer is discussed by Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo. Plus, The Phantom, Indiana Jones, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dominic Fortune, Sherlock Holmes, and many more. Cover price $7.95.

Back Issue resurrects 'Dead Heroes'! The man behind the Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel, Jim Starlin, discusses his remarkable career in a lavishly-illustrated exclusive interview. Also, Deadman after Neal Adams, the Jason Todd Robin, the death and resurrection of The Flash and Elektra, and the many deaths of Aunt May! Cover price $7.95.

Flash back to the early Bronze Age: Relevance in comics, Planet of the Apes, DC Salutes the Bicentennial, Richard Dragon: Kung-Fu Fighter, FOOM, and Amazing World of DC Comics, groundbreaking new formats, Fireside Books' reprints, Fast Willie Jackson, Marvel Comics calendars, Captain Sticky, and a countdown of the Bronze Age's Biggest Events. Featuring interviews with/comments by Howard Chaykin, Gerry Conway, J.M. DeMatteis, Steve Englehart, Dennis O'Neil, Roy Thomas, Jim Salicrup, Jack C. Harris, Neal Adams, Doug Moench & Bert Fitzgerald. Deathlok cover by Rich Buckler & John Beatty. Cover price $7.95.

Back Issue #50 is a special 50th Anniversary issue spotlighting 'Batman in the Bronze Age' with the entire issue in full-color! Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams, and Paul Levitz discuss Batman in the 1970s and beyond in a 'Pro2Pro' roundtable. Also: In Praise of Jim Aparo, Batman's Unsung Creators (David V. Reed, Bob Brown, Ernie Chan, and John Calnan), Joker's Daughter, Batman Family, Nocturna, Untold Legend of the Batman, Batman collected editions, Batman in the early 1980s, and The Dark Knight Returns. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue #51 is an 'All-Interview Issue'! Continuing from the pages of Alter Ego #103 is Part 2 of an exclusive interview with writer Steve Englehart. Also: 'Pro2Pro' with Walter Simonson & Erik Larsen, Doug Moench & Len Wein, and comics letterers Todd Klein & Janice Chiang; plus John Ostrander and the final interview with longtime DC color artist Adrienne Roy, who passed away in December 2010. Featuring as our cover one of the last Batman illustrations produced by the late Marshall Rogers, Englehart's partner on Detective Comics! Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue spotlights Mystery Comics of the Bronze Age! All-new interviews with artists Bernie Wrightson, Sergio Aragones, Gerry Talaoc, and DC mystery writer Lore Shoberg - and Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle discuss Scooby-Doo (Zoinks!). Plus: DC's Horror Hosts and Ghosts, Charlton Comics' chiller anthologies, and damsels of darkness Black Orchid and Madame Xanadu. Featuring a rarely seen House of Mystery painting by Wrightson as the cover! Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue takes an in-depth look at Walter Simonson's Thor in this 'Gods' issue! And there's more Thor: the Thunder God in the Bronze Age and a Tom DeFalco/Ron Frenz 'Pro2Pro' interview. Plus: Hercules: Prince of Power, Moondragon, Three Ways to End the New Gods Saga, and an exclusive interview with fantasy writer Michael Moorcock. Featuring art and/or commentary by Gerry Conway, Jack Kirby, Bob Layton, and more, with a hammer-swinging Thor cover by Simonson! Plus: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway remember their time in Asgard; Hercules in comics - from Marvel's original Hercules to the Radical Comics hit, a survey of the Son of Zeus' appearances; Michael Uslan - the man who has driven everything from the DC Comicmobile to Batman movies discusses his autobiography; Len Wein and Mike Carlin comment on the tapestry of Walt Simonson's Thor. Edited by Michael Eury. Cover price $8.95.