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Back Issue #154 September 2024 (magazine review).
As editor Michael Eury explains in the editorial, Back Issue #139, ‘Not-Ready-For-Primetime Marvel Heroes’ was an underestimated success. I’m still searching for something…
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Back Issue #153 August 2024 (magazine review).
The cover of this ‘Back Issue’ clearly showcases a focus on younger comicbook characters. From a superhero perspective, it certainly presents challenges. Writer…
September 2024
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Back Issue #152 July 2024 (magazine review).
This issue of ‘Back Issue’ is oriented around the theme of Marvelmania. Editor Michael Eury focuses only on the second Marvel fan club…
July 2024
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Back Issue #84 October 2015 (magazine review).
As should be obvious from this 84th edition of ‘Back Issue’s cover, the subject is the pre-Crisis Supergirl, specifically from the mid-60s to…
June 2024
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Back Issue #77 December 2004 (magazine review).
This early 77th edition of ‘Back Issue’ focuses on the more comedic super-heroes…mostly Writer Bryan D. Stroud focuses on Plastic Man when he…
May 2024
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Back Issue #151 June 2024 (magazine review).
This edition of ‘Back Issue’ focuses on ‘Dreams and Nightmares’. Editor Michael Eury emphasizes that the inclusion of writer Neil Gaiman in the…
April 2024
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Back Issue #150 April 2024 (magazine review).
As you can tell from the cover of this latest issue of ‘Back Issue’, it is a reminder of when DC Comics had…
March 2024
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Back Issue #57 July 2012 (magazine review).
The principle interview in this ‘Back Issue’ is ‘Bobby’ Greenburger’s interview with former DC president and publisher Jenette Kahn about her 26-year career…
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Back Issue #148 December 2023 (magazine review).
This issue of ‘Back Issue’ delves into ‘DC Super Stars of Space’, with an intriguing opener by writer Dan Hogan on ‘From Beyond…
January 2024
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Back Issue #149 February 2024 (magazine review).
This edition of Back Issue treads somewhat familiar yet new territory for me, as it delves into the 1980s’ independent comic book superheroes…