Back Issue Magazine (2003 TwoMorrows) comic books 1970 or later

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Blast off into the world of 1970s and 1980s sci-fi comics in Back Issue #9. In this "Cosmic Issue," writer Mike Baron and artist Steve Rude re-visit their landmark Nexus series in a "Pro2Pro" interview, with tons of rare art by "the Dude!" Also going "Pro2Pro," Jim Starlin and Mike Mignola look back at Cosmic Odyssey, featuring amazing art by Mignola and Starlin's unpublished cover to Cosmic Odyssey #1! "Beyond Capes" examines Marvel Comics' long-running Star Wars series, with art and interviews of stars including Howard Chaykin, Al Williamson, Walt Simonson, Tom Palmer, Ron Frenz, Roy Thomas, Carmine Infantino, and more! Also, the late, great Gil Kane is the subject of a "Rough Stuff" pencil art gallery, with covers and interior pages featuring Green Lantern, the Micronauts, Conan, Spider-Man, Superman, and a few surprises! Plus: Timothy Truman and John Ostrander's Grimjack, then and now; an "Off My Chest" guest editorial by Mike Gold; a villain history of Thanos; Time Warp revisited; and a "Greatest Stories Never Told" exposé of DC's unrealized Crisis on Infinite Earths sequel Crisis of the Soul, with art and commentary by Jerry Ordway! All this wrapped in an all-new Steve Rude cover painting, recreating the original cover art to Nexus #1! (Twomorrows Publishing) (CAUT: 4) Magazine, 8x11, 100pgs, B&WSRP: $5.95 Cover price $5.95.

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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.

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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.

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Now in Full-Color! Back-Issue #54 gives equal time to 'Liberated Ladies,' eyeing the female characters that broke barriers in the Bronze Age: Big Barda, Valkyrie, Ms. Marvel, Phoenix, Savage She-Hulk, and the sword-wielding Starfire. Plus, a 'Pro2Pro' interview with creators Jill Thompson, Gail Simone, and Barbara Kesel. Featuring art and/or commentary by John Byrne, George Perez, Jack Kirby, Mike Vosburg, and more, with a bombastic Big Barda cover by Bruce Timm! Cover price $8.95.

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Back Issue focuses on Jenette Kahn, former president and publisher of DC Comics, as she tells all in a career-spanning, exclusive interview conducted by Robert Greenberger. Also: DC's Dollar Comics and unrealized kids' line (featuring an aborted Sugar and Spike revival), the Wonder Woman Foundation, and the early days of the Vertigo imprint. Cover price $8.95.

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Cover by Kevin Nowlan. Back Issue features the Bronze Age's battling 'B-Teams'! An issue-by-issue overview of the Defenders, plus the Champions, Guardians of the Galaxy, Inhumans, Peter David's X-Factor, Teen Titans West, Legion of Substitute Heroes, and an all-star chatfest of Doom Patrol interviews. Featuring the work of Ross Andru, Sal Buscema, Richard Case, Keith Giffen, Tony Isabella, Paul Kupperberg, Erik Larsen, Steve Lightle, George Pérez, Bob Rozakis, and more! Cover price $8.95.

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Back Issue #75 examines '80s Independents! In-depth looks at three of the decade's most celebrated indies: Paul Chadwick's Concrete, Dave Sim's Cerebus the Aardvark, and Richard and Wendy Pini's Elfquest! Plus: '80s independent comics go Hollywood, David Scroggy remembers Pacific Comics, Trina Robbins' California Girls, and Denis Kitchen's star-studded horror/sci-fi anthology Death Rattle! Cover by Paul Chadwick with an alternate version of his classic cover for Concrete #2. Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.10

Add to cart Near Mint $7.10

Back Issue #77 lets you return to a time when comics were fun! Plastic Man in the Bronze Age - the Pliable Pretzel bounced from revival to revival to Saturday morning television; The Goofy Bronze Age Superman - from burger-binging to super-cigars, the Man of Steel's most madcap adventures; Prince Street News - pull up a stool at Julie's with Karl Heitmueller, Jr. and a buncha old chums; Fun and Games Magazine - The Marvelous World of Owen McCarron, with lots of Marvel puzzles; Marshall Rogers, Cap'n Quick, and a Foozle - this fun little Eclipse series was actually envisioned as a Superman team-up (?!); Hembeck's Best of the Bronze Age Cover and Art Gallery - dozens of your favorite Bronze Age moments, in the frantic Fred Hembeck manner; interview with Jim Valentino - trapped in a world he never made...normalman; Circuits & Sorcery: The Honest-to-Goodness Story of Blue Devil - speaking of the Devil are Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn, Paris Cullins, Alan Kupperberg and Alan Gold; Star Comics - Marvel's all-ages line was home to everything from Spider-Ham to Ewoks; Batman and Dick Tracy - Max Allan Collins and Joe Staton discuss the team-up that wasn't (but shoulda been). Also featuring the work of Ramona Fradon, Steve Skeates, Curt Swan and more. With a Hembeck recreation of his classic Spectacular Spider-Man (1976 1st Series) #86 cover. Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

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Back Issue #91 is an all-jerks issue, starring the Green Lantern you love to hate, Guy Gardner! Featuring: All About Guy (Gardner) - A hero to some, a jerk to others, with Steve Englehart, Dan Jurgens, Beau Smith and Joe Staton; Bullies and Blowhards of the DC Bronze Age - Morgan Edge, Steve Lombard, Cliff Carmichael and their ilk rub DC's characters the wrong way; J. Jonah Jameson - Move over, Green Goblin and Doc Ock...JJJ is Spider-Man's most persistent foe; J. Jonah Jameson: Hero or Menace? - Kurt Busiek, Gerry Conway, Tom DeFalco, Tony Isabella, Roger Stern and Marv Wolfman jaw about ol' flat-top; Flash Thompson: Friend or Foe? - The troubled life of Peter Parker's one-time bully; Subby's Disco Suit - Premiering Al Bigley's new cartoon, with a look at the '70s Sub-Mariner; Archie's Antagonist, Reggie Mantle - Insiders, including TV Reggie Gary Kroeger, explore the "dark" to Archie's "light"; Obnoxio the Clown - This Crazy Marvel mascot might give you a legitimate reason to hate clowns; The Heckler: A Jester of Justice Comes to Comics - We ask Keith Giffen and Tom Bierbaum, "What's up, doc?" with this offbeat superhero. Plus: Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner: Scion of the Deep or Royal Pain? - Why can Subby be such a jerk? Are his trunks too tight? His '80s/'90s creators share their thoughts. Also featuring the work of Rich Buckler, John Byrne, J.M. DeMatteis, Paul Kupperberg, Al Milgrom and many more. Cover-featuring Kevin Maguire's iconic Batman/Guy Gardner 'One Punch'! Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

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'All-Captains Issue!' Featuring: Shazam! in the Bronze Age - The original Captain Marvel's '70s and '80s comebacks; What's So Stinky About the Big Red Cheese? - Karl Heitmueller, Jr. looks at the attempts to modernize the World's Mightiest Mortal; Who was Captain Marvel? - Soldier, traitor, cosmic protector...copyright holder? Marvel all-stars discuss Mar-Vell; Captain Storm and the Losers - The adventures of DC's rag-tag combat team...with added Kirby crackle; Captain D's Exciting Adventures - A mouthwatering taste of restaurant giveaway comics; Captain Universe - The story behind the hero who could be YOU; Captain Avenger, Hero at Large - A look back at the John Ritter-starring 1980 nice-guy hero movie; The Thrill of (Captain) Victory - Jack Kirby's creator-owned series and its comebacks; The Zoo Crew Review - The hare-raising history of Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew, with Scott Shaw! and friends; Captain EO Interview - Dean Mullaney, Catherine Yronwode and Thomas Yeates reminisce about Eclipse Comics' Michael Jackson project. Featuring C.C. Beck, Pat Broderick, Elliot S. Maggin, Bill Mantlo, Don Newton, Bob Oksner, Jim Starlin, Roy Thomas and more. Cover by Dave Cockrum (1970 fan art from the archives of Heritage Comics Auctions). Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

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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.

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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.

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Cover by Rudy Nebres. Back Issue #126 is a 'Legacy' issue, starring Wally West as the Flash! Featuring a Brandon Routh Superman interview, Harry Osborn/Green Goblin, Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Infinity Inc., the Reign of the Supermen, and the John Romita Legacy (with a bonus Romita Sr. and Jr. Rough Stuff feature). With Jon Bogdanove, Gerry Conway, Matt Fraction, Tom Grummett, Geoff Johns, Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Jerry Ordway, Sandy Plunkett, Roger Stern, Roy Thomas, Mark Waid, and many other superstar creators. Flash cover by Mike Wieringo and Jose Marzan Jr. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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'TV Toon Tie-ins' issue! The Bronze-tastic World of Hanna-Barbera Comics, Underdog, Mighty Mouse, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Pink Panther, Battle of the Planets, and wildlife protectors Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl. Bonus: Scott Shaw! digs up Captain Carrot's roots! Featuring the work of John Byrne, Ernie Colon, Jim Engel, Mark Evanier, Gary Fields, Michael Gallagher, Frank Johnson, Win Mortimer, Paul Norris, Marie Severin, Steve Skeates, Merrie Spaeth, Joe Staton, Tony Tallarico, Alex Toth, Bill Williams, and more. Repurposing a 1972 Charlton Hanna-Barbera Parade cover by Ray Dirgo and friends. Also in this issue: Gold Key's The Hardy Boys - the Filmation toon and tie-in comic that should have been a hit. Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.70

Add to cart Near Mint $6.70

Bronze Age Rarities & Oddities, spotlighting rare European Superman comics of the 1980s! Plus: Curt Swan's Batman, Jim Aparo's Superman, David Anthony Kraft's Marvel custom comics, Michael Uslan's unseen Earth-Two stories, Leaf's DC Secret Origins, Marvel's Evel Knievel and Kool-Aid Man, early cover variants, and more! Featuring Eduardo Barreto, Paul Kupperberg, Alex Saviuk, and more. Superman cover by Joe Kubert. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.80

Add to cart Near Mint $7.80

Silver Issue, starring the Silver Surfer in the Bronze Age! Plus: Jack Kirby's Silver Star, Scott Hampton's Silverheels, Silver Sable, a Silver Banshee villain history, and more! Featuring Kurt Busiek, Steven Butler, Tom Defalco, Steve Englehart, Ron Frenz, Sterling Gates, Ron Marz, Fabian Nicieza, Gordon Purchell, Alex Ross, Marshall Rogers, Joe Rubinstein, Roger Stern, Gregory Wright, and more. Silver Surfer cover by Ron Frenz and Joe Sinnott. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.80

Add to cart Near Mint $6.80

Bronze Age Comics Strips! Spider-Man, Friday Foster, DC's World's Greatest Superheroes starring Superman, Howard the Duck, Richie Rich, Star Hawks, Star Trek, Mike Grell's Tarzan, and more! Plus Charlton's comic strip tie-ins and the Menomonee Falls Gazette. Spotlighting the work of Gene Colan, Archie Goodwin, Gil Kane, Warren Kremer, Stan Lee, Jorge Longarón, John Romita, Roy Thomas, George Tuska, and more. Comic strip montage cover featuring Spider-Man by Romita. Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.80

Add to cart Near Mint $6.80

1980s Pre-Crisis DC Miniseries! Green Arrow, Secrets of the Legion, Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, Krypton Chronicles, America vs. the Justice Society, Legend of Wonder Woman, Conqueror of the Barren Earth, and more! Featuring Mike W. Barr, Kurt Busiek, Paul Kupperberg, Ron Randall, Trina Robbins, Joe Staton, Curt Swan, Roy Thomas, and other creators. Re-presenting the Green Arrow #1 cover by Trevor Von Eeden and Dick Giordano. Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.80

Add to cart Near Mint $6.80

Classic Heroes in the Bronze Age! The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Flash Gordon, Popeye, Zorro and Lady Rawhide, Son of Tomahawk, Jungle Twins, and more! Featuring the work of Dan Jurgens, Joe R. Lansdale, Don McGregor, Frank Thorne, Tim Truman, George Wildman, Thomas Yeates, and other creators. With a classic 1979 fully painted Gold Key cover of Flash Gordon. Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.80

Add to cart Near Mint $8.80

Dinosaur Comics! Interviews with Xenozoic's Mark Schultz and dino-artist extraordinaire William Stout! Plus: Godzilla at Dark Horse, Sauron villain history, Dinosaurs Attack!, Dinosaurs for Hire, Dinosaur Rex, Dino Riders, Lord Dinosaur, and Jurassic Park! Featuring Arthur Adams, Stephen Bissette, Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, Gary Gerani, Randy Stradley, Roy Thomas, and many more. Re-presenting a 1992 Xenozoic cover by Mark Schultz. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.80

Add to cart Near Mint $7.80

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Written by VARIOUS. Art by Various. Cover by Dave Cockrum. Super Issue! Superboy's Bronze Age adventures, and interviews with Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk of the Superboy live-action TV series. Plus: Super Goof, Super Richie (Rich), Super-Dagwood, Super Mario Bros., Frank Thorne's Far Out Green Super Cool, Nick Meglin and Jack Davis' Superfan, and more Super stuff. Featuring a Superboy and Krypto cover by Dave Cockrum! Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.80

Add to cart Near Mint $8.80

Written by VARIOUS. Art by Various. Cover by John Buscema. The Bronze Age's Savage Lands, starring Ka-Zar in the 1970s! Plus: The return of Turok-Dinosaur Hunter, Don Glut's Dagar and Tragg, Annihilus and the Negative Zone, Planet of Vampires, Pat Mills's Flesh (from 2000AD), and Walter Simonson and Mike Mignola's Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure. With Gerry Conway, Paul Gulacy, Larry Hama, Fabian Nicieza, Bart Sears, Roy Thomas, and more superstar creators. Re-presenting the Ka-Zar #1 cover by John Buscema! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Written by VARIOUS. Art by Various. Cover by Dusty Abell. Watch your back, Wall-Crawler… it's our Spider-Rogues Issue! Villain histories of Dr. Octopus, Lizard, Kingpin, Spidey's mob foes, the Jackal and Carrion, Tarantula, Puma, and Spider-Foes Only a Mother Could Love! Featuring the work of Bronze Age Spider-creators Ross Andru, Sal Buscema, Gerry Conway, Tom DeFalco, Gil Kane, Todd McFarlane, David Michelinie, Frank Miller, Keith Pollard, John Romita Jr. & Sr., Roger Stern, Roy Thomas, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, and many more. Featuring a Spider-Man and his Rogues' Gallery cover by Dusty Abell! Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Written by VARIOUS. Art by Various, George Perez. Cover by George Perez. Great Hera, it's the 20th Anniversary of Back Issue in #147, featuring a tribute to the late, great George Pérez! Wonder Woman: The George Pérez Years, Pérez's 20 Greatest Hits of the Bronze Age, Pérez's fanzine days, a Pérez remembrance by Marv Wolfman, a Wonder Woman interview with Mindy Newell, and more! With a stunning Wonder Woman cover by Pérez! Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, CP/B&W. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Written by VARIOUS. Art by Various. Cover by Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson. Blast off with the DC Super-Stars of Space! Adam Strange in the Bronze Age, Richard Bruning and Andy & Adam Kubert's Adam Strange, From Beyond the Unknown, the Fabulous World of Krypton, Superman's frenemy Vartox, a Mongul history, the Omega Men, and more! Featuring Cary Bates, Dave Gibbons, Dan Jurgens, Curt Swan, Peter J. Tomasi, Marv Wolfman, and more super-star creators. Re-presenting the cover to Strange Adventures #222 by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson! Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Fine $6.49

Add to cart Fine $6.49

Written by VARIOUS. Art by Various. Cover by Norm Breyfogle. Reexperience '80s Indie Heroes, starring The American, Aztec Ace, Dynamo Joe, Evangeline, Journey, Megaton Man, Trekker, Whisper, and Zot! Featuring Chuck Dixon, Phil Foglio, Steven Grant, Rich Larson, Scott McCloud, William Messner-Loebs, Doug Moench, Ron Randall, Don Simpson, Mark Verheiden, Chris Warner & more superstar creators. Re-presenting the cover to First Comics' Whisper #4 by Norm Breyfogle! Edited by Michael Eury. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Written by VARIOUS. Art by Various. Cover by Sal Buscema. Get ready, True Believer, for our star-studded Marvelmania Issue! Sal Buscema's Avengers, Fabian Nicieza's Captain America, and Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross's Marvels turns 30! Plus: Marvelmania International, Marvel Age, Marvel Classics, Paul Kupperberg's Marvel Novels, and Marvel Value Stamps. Featuring Chris Claremont, Jack Kirby, Kevin Maguire, Roy Thomas, and many more Men and Women of Mighty Marvel! Marvelmania Avengers cover illustration by Sal Buscema. 78 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Written by VARIOUS. Art by Various. Cover by Arthur Adams. Stop yer cryin', our Big Baby Issue is here! X-Babies, the last days of Sugar and Spike, the FF's Franklin Richards, Superbaby vs. Luthor, Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine, Baby Snoots, Marvel's and Harvey's kid humor comics, & more! Featuring the work of Arthur Adams, Cary Bates, John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Scott Lobdell, Sheldon Mayer, Curt Swan, Roy Thomas, and many more grown-up creators. X-Babies cover illustration by Arthur Adams. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Written by VARIOUS. Art by Various. Cover by Nick Cardy. From team players to wannabes, meet the Bronze Age Not-Ready-for-Primetime DC Heroes! Black Canary, the Elongated Man, Lilith, Metamorpho, Nubia, the Odd Man, Ultraa of Earth-Prime, Vartox, and Jimmy Olsen as Mr. Action! Plus: Anybody remember Jason's Quest? Featuring Mike W. Barr, Cary Bates, Steve Ditko, Bob Haney, Denny O'Neil, Mike Sekowsky, Mark Waid, and more ready-for-primetime talent. Retro cover by Nick Cardy. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Add to cart Near Mint $10.75

Written by VARIOUS. Art by Various. Cover by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, Bernie Wrightson. This issue is Haunted! Revisit the Bronze Age's House of Mystery, House of Secrets, Unexpected, Marvel's failed horror anthologies, Haunted Tank, Eerie Publications, House II adaptation, Elvira's House of Mystery, & more! Chills and thrills courtesy of Neal Adams, Mike W. Barr, Dick Giordano, Sam Glanzman, Robert Kanigher, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Joe Orlando, Steranko, Bernie Wrightson, & more. Featuring a previously unpublished alternate version of the House of Mystery #251 cover by José Luis García-López and Wrightson! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.