2 Nov 2026
News Illustration
Starship Sloane's relaunched Worlds of IF reaches issue #180, nearly 300 pages, with cover art by Ninja Jo and a Bruce Pennington back…
ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
1 Nov 2026
Review Magazines
As can be seen from the cover of this ‘Back Issue’, there is a selection of doctors from American comicbooks. Editor Roger…
UncleGeoff / 1 Nov 2026
29 Oct 2026
Review Horror
Cryptology #11 from TwoMorrows dives into The Creature from the Black Lagoon, horror hosts, Richard Powers covers, the Golem and Hammer's The Nanny.
UncleGeoff / 29 Oct 2026
22 Oct 2026
Review Magazines
This issue of ‘Back Issue’ has the sub-title of ‘Support Staff’. I think I might have called it ‘Supporting Characters’ to be a…
UncleGeoff / 22 Oct 2026
12 Oct 2026
Review Cri-Fi
Another back issue of ‘Back Issue’. With the sub-title of ‘Spies And Tough Guys Issue’, it’s easy to see why this issue is…
UncleGeoff / 12 Oct 2026
10 Oct 2026
Feature Scifi
Asimov's Science Fiction is fifty years old this December. A look back at the magazine that gave us Enemy Mine, Bloodchild and Accelerando,…
ColonelFrog / 10 Oct 2026
6 Oct 2026
Review Horror
Don’t be squeamish with this edition of Cryptology. It’s only spiders, and they aren’t really there to eat you.
UncleGeoff / 6 Oct 2026
25 Sep 2026
Review Horror
The Cryptologist doesn’t like the summer months, but I suspect vampires aren’t keen on them either. No leisurely meals, just a quick bite…
UncleGeoff / 25 Sep 2026
21 Sep 2026
Review Magazines
You can always expect a few surprises with Comic Book Creator, usually involving creators I’ve never heard of, such as Carol Lay, who…
UncleGeoff / 21 Sep 2026
16 Sep 2026
Review Horror
You can always tell when a magazine is taking off when some issues seem to be selling out. Cryptology #8 came out in…
UncleGeoff / 16 Sep 2026
11 Sep 2026
Review Magazines
TwoMorrows gathers the Neal Adams material from four hard-to-find issues of 'Back Issue' into a single 82-page annual, covering his DC Comics years…
UncleGeoff / 11 Sep 2026
4 Sep 2026
Review Magazines
Reed Tucker profiles E. Nelson Bridwell, DC’s walking encyclopaedia and creator of the Inferior Five, in ‘Alter Ego’ # 201, plus a 1976…
UncleGeoff / 4 Sep 2026