Back Issue Magazine (2003 TwoMorrows) comic books 2017-2019

Spotlighting Indie Superheroes! Featuring: The Neal Adams Ms. Mystic Interview - The superstar storyteller discusses his cover-featured creation and more; Continuity Comics - An artist-packed profile of Neal Adams' line of comic books; Welcome to the (Justice) Machine - This early indie super-team has become comics' comeback crusaders; The Bill Black/Captain Paragon Interview - The esteemed and longtime artist/publisher looks back at his Sentinels of Justice (and DC's, too); The Mighty Crusaders - Rich Buckler discusses the "Red Circle Comics" era of Archie's superheroes; T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents - How the super-agents stormed back into comics in the 1980's; ROUGH STUFF - The glorious-graphite return of BACK ISSUE's pencil art showcase; PRO2PRO: The Whisper Interview - Steven Grant and Norm Breyfogle chat about their lady ninja; Greg Guler and Dan St. John on their AC Comics days. Featuring Mike Deodato, Mark Ellis, Tom Grindberg, Mike Gustovich, Tony Isabella, Doug Murray, Bill Reinhold, Jerry Ordway, George Pérez, Dann Thomas, and more. With an electrifying Ms. Mystic cover by Neal Adams (from the collection of Shaun Clancy). Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

Creatures of the Night! Featuring: Moon Knight's Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz in a Pro2Pro interview - An intimate dialogue with the superstar creative team that put Marvel's midnight man on the map; Ghost Rider - A super-charged history of Johnny Blaze's Bronze Age adventures; Night Nurse - This obscure 1970's book helped populate Marvel's current cinematic universe; Eclipso - The Bronze Age battles between Bruce Gordon and his sinister alter ego; I...Vampire - This bloodsucking protagonist took a bite out of 1980's issues of House of Mystery; Mike W. Barr/Batman interview - Barr chats about the controversial birth of Damian Wayne, Batman: Year Two, Jim Aparo, and other topics; "Of Cape and Cowl" - Karl Heitmueller, Jr.'s latest toon takes on Batman's wardrobe; Rough Stuff - A pencil-art showcase starring THE creature of the night, Batman; Nightcat herself, Jacqueline Tavarez, and a star-studded lineup of creative folk relive the tale of Marvel's musical crimefighter. Featuring the work of Bob Budiansky, J.M. DeMatteis, Martin Pasko, Mike Ploog, Tom Sutton, Jean Thomas, and many more. With a retro Moon Knight cover by Sienkiewicz & Klaus Janson (originally the splash page to Moon Knight (1980 1st Series) #6). Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

A Marvel Fanfare Issue! Go behind the scenes of Marvel's celebrated '80s anthology series, featuring an exclusive chat with Editori-Al himself, Al Milgrom. Includes interviews with and art by Arthur Adams, Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, Steve Englehart, Michael Golden, Roger Mckenzie, Frank Miller, Doug Moench, Ann Nocenti, George Pérez, Marshall Rogers, Paul Smith, Ken Steacy, Charles Vess, and many more! Re-presenting the back cover of Marvel Fanfare #58 by Sandy Plunkett, recolored by Glenn Whitmore. Plus: Marv Wolfman on Sky-Wolf; P. Craig Russell on The Jungle Book; WeirdWorld; fanfare for Bill Mantlo; John Byrne's all-splash-page Hulk issue; Norm Breyfogle's Batman/Captain America makeover; spotlight on the She-Hulk; the startling saga of the (alternate reality) Silver Surfer; Steven Grant's Black Knight stories; Shanna the She-Devil. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

The Bird People Issue! 'Hawkman in the Bronze Age': his Shadow War and monthly series, JLA squabbles with Green Arrow, Golden Eagle, and more! Plus: Jim Starlin's Superman/Hawkgirl team-up, Timothy Truman's Hawkworld, Hawk and Dove, a Penguin villain history, Blue Falcon and Dynomutt, Condorman, and Chuck Dixon and Scott McDaniel's Nightwing. Featuring Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Greg Guler, Richard Howell, Tony Isabella, Karl Kesel, Rob Liefeld, Denny O'Neil, and others! Featuring a high-flying Hawkman cover by George Pérez. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

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.

Back Issue celebrates Batman: The Animated Series' 25th-anniversary! An all-star creator line-up looks back at the influential, perennially popular Batman cartoon series. Plus: a BTAS episode guide, BTAS Batmobile toys, a Harley Quinn history, DC's Batman Adventures and Animated Universe comic books, and a tribute to the late, great artist Mike Parobeck. Featuring Kevin Altieri, Brian Augustyn, Rick Burchett, Kevin 'Batman' Conroy, Sean Catherine Derek, Bob 'Commissioner Gordon' Hastings, Denny O'Neil, Martin Pasko, Dan Riba, Andrea Romano, Ty Templeton, Bruce Timm, and others! Featuring a heart-stopping Harley Quinn cover by Timm. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

A Special 100-page Centennial issue featuring Bronze Age Fanzines and Fandom! The story of The Buyer's Guide by founder Alan Light, an interview with The Comic Book Price Guide founder Robert Overstreet, Bob Rozakis' DC Comicmobile memories, a backstage pass of Super DC Con '76, and histories of The Comic Reader, FOOM, The Amazing World of DC Comics, Charlton Bullseye, Squa Tront, and Fawcett Collectors of America! Featuring Scott Edelman, Carl Gafford, Bob Greenberger, Jack C. Harris, Tony Isabella, David Anthony Kraft, Bob Layton, Paul Levitz, Michael Uslan, J. C. Vaughn, John Workman, and others… and go behind the scenes of Back Issue magazine in an interview with editor Michael Eury. Bonus: Comes polybagged with TwoMorrows' new full catalog! 96 pages Cover price $9.95.

The Rock 'n' Roll Comics Issue, featuring an exclusive interview with Sam J. Jones, star of the rock/sci-fi classic, Flash Gordon. Plus: KISS in comics, Marvel's Alice Cooper, T. Rex's Marc Bolan's interview with Stan Lee, Sir Paul Mccartney: Fearless Front-Facer, Charlton's Partridge Family, David Cassidy, and Bobby Sherman comics, Marvel's Steeltown Rockers, Lila Cheney, and Hypno-Hustler, the Monkees' comic connections, superheroes' favorite bands, and Comic-Con's house band, Seduction of the Innocent. Featuring Amy Chu, Max Allan Collins, Jack Kirby, Angel Medina, Bill Mumy, Don Sherwood, Alan Weiss, and others! 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

A cutthroat Mercs and Anti-heroes issue! Deadpool's first writer Fabian Nicieza in an exclusive interview! Histories of Cable, Taskmaster, Deathstroke the Terminator, the Vigilante and Wild Dog, plus...Archie meets the Punisher! Also: Rough Stuff - grim-and-gritty graphite from Mike Grell, Bernie Wrightson, Mike Zeck and Rob Liefeld! BI Bonus: The Hall of Heroes - visit "the world's only superhero museum"! Featuring Terry Beatty, Joe Casey, Ian Churchill, Max Allan Collins, Christos Gage, Gene Ha, Paul Kupperberg, Batton Lash, David Michelinie, Chuck Patton, Tod Smith, Fred Van Lente, Marv Wolfman and others, under a rollickin' Deadpool vs. Cable cover by Rob Liefeld! Edited by Michael Eury. 78 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

An All-Star Editors Issue! With Marv Wolfman, Bob Greenberger, Jim Salicrup, Tom Brevoort, Al Milgrom, Bob Schreck, Dennis O'Neil, Tom DeFalco and more. A Pro2Pro roundtable of past and present editors reveal… 'How I Beat the Dreaded Deadline Doom'! Plus: retrospectives of Archie Goodwin and Mark Gruenwald, a vintage interview with fan-turned-pro E. Nelson Bridwell, a career-spanning interview with Diana Schutz, Allan Asherman revisits DC's '70s editorial department, Marvel Assistant Editors' Month, and a history of the most famous editor in comic books, Perry White! Featuring an unpublished alternate cover of 1981's Captain America #259 by Mike Zeck! 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue is the 'Fourth World After Kirby' issue, exploring the enduring legacy of Jack Kirby's DC characters! The Return(s) of the New Gods, Why Can't Mister Miracle Escape Cancellation?, the Forever People, Mike Mignola's unrealized New Gods animated movie, the Fourth World in Hollywood, and more. With an all-star lineup, including the work of John Byrne, Paris Cullins, J. M. Dematteis, Mark Evanier, Michael Golden, Rick Hoberg, Walter Simonson, and more! Cover by Steve Rude, re-presenting his variant cover for 2015's Convergence #6. Plus: Darkseid - a look inside the mind of the Tyrant of Apokolips; Jack Kirby, Super Powers Toy Designer - The King's designs for a Mister Miracle figure and an unproduced Darkseid playset; Beautiful Dreamer - a superstar-powered lineup of sketches of the Forever People's fetching flower child. Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages. Full color. Cover price $8.95.

The Bronze Age's greatest fist-fighters bust loose in Back Issue, the Deadly Hands issue! Featuring histories of Iron Fist, Master of Kung Fu, Yang, the Bronze Tiger, Hands of the Dragon, Neal Adams' Armor, Marvel's Deadly Hands of Kung Fu mag, and… Hong Kong Phooey! Plus Muhammad Ali in toons and toys. Featuring JOhn Byrne, Chris Claremont, Steve Englehart, Paul Gulacy, Larry Hama, Doug Moench, Denny O'neil, John Ostrander, Warren Sattler, Jim Starlin, and others. Cover re-presents Earl Norem's painted cover to 1976s Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (1974 Magazine) #29. Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

Cover by Joe Staton. 'Golden Age In Bronze! '70s Justice Society revival with two Pro2Pro interviews: All-Star Squadron's Roy Thomas, Jerry Ordway, and Arvell Jones (with a bonus Rick Hoberg interview), and The Spectre's John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake. Plus: Liberty Legion, Air Wave, Jonni Thunder, Crimson Avenger, and the Spectre revival of '87! Wood, Colan, Conway, Giffen, Giordano, and more! Plus: UnKnown Marvel: Bob Layton's first published work for Marvel - a new rotating department featuring Marvel UK rarities. Also: Rough Stuff: Marvel Two-in-One #20 - a close look at Jack Kirby's cover art for Marvel's Thing/Liberty Legion team-up. Edited by Michael Eury. Full color. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue jingle-jangles with Archie Comics in the Bronze Age! Archie's '70s and '80s adventures, Stan Goldberg and George Gladir interviews, Archie knock-offs, Archie on TV, and histories of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, That Wilkin Boy, Cheryl Blossom, and Red Circle Comics. Featuring the work of Jack Abel, Jon D'Agostino, Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Gray Morrow, Dan Parent, Henry Scarpelli, Lou Scheimer, Alex Segura, Alex Toth, and more. 80 pages, part FC/part B&W. Cover price $8.95.

Cover by Eric Shanower. Get ready for the Aquaman movie with this special Aquaman issue! Swim through Bronze Age Aquaman team-ups and merchandise, the post-Crisis Aquaman, Aqualad: From Titan to Tempest, a Black Manta villain history, Peter David and Esteban Maroto's Atlantis Chronicles, and Greatest Stories Never Told looks at the original Aquaman #57 and the unproduced Aquaman animated movie. Bonus article: Elite Comics' rarity, Seadragon! Featuring Jim Aparo, Jim Calafiore, Martin Egeland, Keith Giffen, Dick Giordano, Robert Loren Fleming, Craig Hamilton, Ken Hooper, Dan Jurgens, Shaun Mclaughlin, Curt Swan, and more. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

You'll believe a mag can fly as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Superman: The Movie! Explore the Superman movies' effects on comic books, media, and collectibles with commentary from many of their creators. Plus: Cary Bates discloses his plans for the un-produced Superman V, Elliot S. Maggin's Superman novels, a Carmine Infantino interview from 1975 revealing early plans for the Superman movie, and exclusive interviews with Superman executive producer Ilya Salkind, Jack O'Halloran (Non), Aaron Smolinski (baby Clark), Jeff East (young Clark), and Diane Sherry Case (teenage Lana Lang). 10% of the proceeds from this issue's comic shop orders will be donated to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. Christopher Reeve Superman cover by Gary Frank. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue #110 is a 'Make Mine Marvel' issue, cover-featuring Steve Englehart's 'lost' issues of West Coast Avengers! Plus: Denny O'Neil and Carmine Infantino's Marvel work, a Mark Waid/Ann Nocenti Daredevil Pro2Pro interview, British Bronze Age Marvel fandom, plus histories of Pizzazz Magazine, Speedball, and the anthology Marvel Comics Presents. And go backstage of Marvel Comicon '75 and '76 in a photo- and ephemera-packed retrospective. Featuring Tom DeFalco, Scott Edelman, Terry Kavanagh, Luke McDonnell, Marv Wolfman, and many more merry marching Marvelites! Previously unpublished West Coast Avengers cover by Al Milgrom and Mike Machlan. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue #111 is the 'Alternate Realities' issue, cover-featuring the 20th anniversary of Alex Ross and Jim Krueger's Marvel Earth X! Plus: What If?, Bronze Age DC Imaginary Stories, Elseworlds, Marvel 2099, and Peter David and George Pérez's senses-shattering Hulk: Future Imperfect. Featuring Tom DeFalco, Chuck Dixon, Peter B. Gillis, Pat Mills, Roy Thomas, and many more! Featuring an Earth X cover by Alex Ross. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

Hunker down in your fallout shelter with Back Issue's explosive 'Nuclear Issue,' starring the Fury of Firestorm! Also: Dr. Manhattan, a Dave Gibbons Marvel UK Hulk interview, villain histories of Radioactive Man and Microwave Man, Bongo's Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy, and the one-shot wonder, Holo-Man! With Cary Bates, Pat Broderick, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Rafael Kayanan, Bill Morrison, Fabian Nicieza, John Ostrander, Roy Thomas, and more! Featuring a Firestorm cover by Pat Broderick. 80 page, full color. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue celebrates Tim Burton's Batman's 30th Anniversary, featuring a guest column and interview with Batfilms producer Michael Uslan, an interview with screenwriter Sam Hamm, and a chat with the man who might have been Two-Face: Billy Dee Williams. Plus: 1989: DC Comics' Year of the Bat, Denny O'Neil and Jerry Ordway's Batman movie adaptation, Mindy Newell's Catwoman, Grant Morrison and Dave McKean's Arkham Asylum, Max Allan Collins' Batman newspaper strip, and Joey Cavalieri and Joe Staton's Huntress. Featuring a classic Michael Keaton Batman cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, with cover design by Michael Kronenberg. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue is busting loose with Black super-heroes of the 1970s, featuring a history of Luke Cage, Hero for Hire! Plus: a retrospective of artist Billy Graham, a Tony Isabella interview, Black Lightning, Black Panther in the UK, Black Goliath, the Teen Titans' Mal and Bumblebee, Don McGregor and Paul Gulacy's Sabre, and… Black Bomber (who?). Featuring Mike W. Barr, Steve Englehart, Roy Thomas, and more, under a classic Luke Cage cover by the Irreverent Billy Graham. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue #115 blasts off with Sci-Fi Superheroes! In-depth looks at Jim Starlin's Dreadstar and Company, and the dystopian lawman Judge Dredd. Also: Nova, Gerry Conway & Mike Vosburg's Starman, Paul Levitz & Steve Ditko's Starman, Walter Simonson's Justice Peace (from the pages of Thor), and Greg Potter & Gene Colan's Jemm, Son of Saturn. Featuring Mark Bagley, Brian Bolland, Peter David, Tom DeFalco, Ian Gibson, Erik Larsen, Chris Marrinan, Fabian Nicieza, John Wagner, and more. Dreadstar and Company cover by Starlin and Alan Weiss. Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue #116 dukes it out with Superheroes vs. Monsters! Monsters in Metropolis, Batman and the Horror Genre, Doug Moench and Kelley Jones' Batman: Vampire, Marvel Scream-Up, Dracula and Godzilla vs. Marvel, DC/Dark Horse Hero/Monster crossovers, and a Baron Blood villain history. Featuring Chris Claremont, Gerry Conway, Chuck Dixon, Dave Gibbons, Mike Grell, Paul Gulacy, Dan Jurgens, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman, and more, under a Superman vs. Titano cover by Michael Golden! Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

It's Superhero Stand-Ins, in Back Issue! John Stewart as Green Lantern, James Rhodes as Iron Man, Beta Ray Bill as Thor, Captain America substitute U.S. Agent, new Batman Azrael, and Superman's Hollywood proxy Gregory Reed! Featuring Neal Adams, Cary Bates, Dave Gibbons, Ron Marz, David Michelinie, Dennis O'Neil, Walter Simonson, Roy Thomas, and more, under a Beta Ray Bill Thor cover by Simonson. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.