Back Issue Magazine (2003 TwoMorrows) comic books 2012

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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.

Back-Issue checks in on 'Licensed Comics!' Spotlighting: Twenty years of Star Wars at Dark Horse Comics, Indiana Jones in comics, the adaptation of TV's Man from Atlantis, DC Comics' 1970s Edgar Rice Burroughs backups (John Carter, Pellucidar, Carson of Venus), Marvel's Warlord of Mars, and an interview with Carol Serling, wife of Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue lets the 'Avengers Assemble,' starring Marvel Comics' mightiest super-team! This issue features: Writer Roger Stern's acclaimed 1980s Avengers run, West Coast Avengers, early Avengers toys, and histories of Hawkeye, Mockingbird, and Wonder Man. Featuring art by and/or commentary from John and Sal Buscema, John Byrne, Brett Breeding, Tom Defalco, Steve Englehart, Bob Hall, Al Milgrom, Tom Morgan, Tom Palmer, Joe Sinnott, and more. With a George Pérez cover spotlighting the Avengers' 'Big Three.' Cover price $8.95.

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.

Back Issue focuses on 'Justice League of America in the Bronze Age'! Relive the 'Satellite Years' of the '70s and early '80s, featuring Rich Buckler, Steve Englehart, George Pérez, and Len Wein - and a salute to Dick Dillin, JLA artist extraordinaire. Plus the Justice League fans loved to hate: the 'Detroit' team, featuring Gerry Conway, Luke McDonnell, Chuck Patton, and more. Also: Conway and Dan Jurgens go 'Pro2Pro' on writing the JLA, unofficial JLA/Avengers crossovers, and Marvel's JLA, the Squadron Supreme. Plus: The Injustice Gang - these baddies banded together in the Bronze Age to bedevil the League; You Know You're a Justice Leaguer When - a mirthful, MADcap look at the Monitor Duty dudes and dames; Brad Meltzer and Gerry Conway comment on Identity Crisis. Cover by Luke McDonnell and Bill Wray. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue draws a bead on 'Toon Comics,' with a history of Space Ghost in comics! Plus: Comico's Jonny Quest and Star Blazers, Marvel's Hanna-Barbera line and Dennis the Menace, behind the scenes at animation house Marvel Productions, Ltd., and a 'Greatest Stories Never Told' look at the unpublished Plastic Man comic strip. All-new painted Space Ghost cover by Steve Rude! Featuring Steve Rude, Evan Dorkin, Scott Rosema, Mark Evanier, Scott Shaw!, Paul Kupperberg, Adam Kubert, William Messner-Loebs, Bob Schreck, Diana Schutz, Dan Spiegle, Doug Rice, Phil Foglio & Tim Eldred. Plus: Remembering the late Tony DeZuniga and Ernie Chan; Hanna-Barbera Superheroes at Marvel Comics - Karl Heitmueller takes a hilarious look at what might have been. Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue #60 scares up 'Halloween Heroes and Villains'! Cover-featuring a look back at Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's chiller Batman: The Long Halloween. Also: the Scarecrow (both the DC and Marvel versions), Solomon Grundy, Man-Wolf, Lord Pumpkin, Rutland, Vermont's Halloween parades, and the Korvac Saga's Dead Avengers! Featuring Tim Sale, Gregory Wright, Mike W. Barr, Alan Davis, Mike Friedrich, Alan Grant, Dennis O'Neil, Jerry Robinson, Scott Edelman, Gerry Conway, James Robinson, Roy Thomas, Tony Isabella, David Anthony Kraft, Dan Slott, David Wenzel, Dan Danko, Steve Englehart & Aaron Lopresti. Batman vs. Scarecrow cover by Tim Sale! Cover price $8.95.

Back Issue #61 takes a big look at 'Tabloids and Treasuries,' spotlighting the Bronze Age's biggest comic books! Including every all-new tabloid from the 1970s, and a checklist of reprint treasury editions. Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man, The Bible, Captain America's Bicentennial Battles, The Wizard of Oz, even the Paul Dini/Alex Ross World's Greatest Super-Heroes editions - they're all here! Plus: The comics comeback of Santa and the most famous reindeer of all; a whirlwind tour of the Super Friends tabloid, with Alex Toth art; the Superman vs. Wonder Woman clash that rocked Earth-Two; Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes - the wedding of Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl, comments from Paul Levitz; Superman vs. Muhammad Ali - Neal Adams steps into the remembrance ring; Superman vs. Shazam! The colossal-sized confrontation between the Action Ace and Big Red Cheese; Guest Editorial by Alex Ross. Wraparound painted cover by Alex Ross. Cover price $10.95.