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Back Issue #69

Back Issue #69

Print Reviews

The tenth anniversary edition of this fan magazine takes a retrospective look at the history of anniversary issues of other classic comic magazines.

Modern Masters Volume 26: Frazer Irving

Print Reviews

Meet and greet famed graphic novelist Frazier Irving, illustrator of Necronauts, Season of the Witch Boy and Batman. OK, everybody’s illustrated Batman at some point, but that just proves he’s in the club.

Age of TV Heroes

Print Reviews

A hardback history of Super Heroes on television, from the Man of Steel to the recent Aquaman series.

Captain Action

Print Reviews

This new tome from Michael Eury brings back Matthew Moyer’s childlike sense of wonder even better than a real, live Captain Action plastic figurine would. No mean feat.

Mego 8″ Super-Heroes

Print Reviews

Like a kid in a toystore, Matthew Moyer is agog over this photo collection devoted to Mego’s delightfully strange line of classic superhero action-figures from the late Seventies. They look like dolls to me….

The Best of Write Now!

Print Reviews

Hey kid! Wanna write comics? Carl F Gauze suggests you read Danny Fingeroth’s collection of interviews and articles from Write Now!, a magazine for Super Hero cartoonists, first.

Batman Begins

Screen Reviews

The Dark Knight Returns in a whole new epic franchise. Batman has been cleaned up, overhauled and given a dark sense of realism not seen since Tim Burton’s first Batman feature back in the day. Rob Levy is spooked and overjoyed.

Dick Giordano: Changing Comics, One Day At A Time

Print Reviews

Artist and editor Dick Giordano headed DC Comics’ editorial department through the ’80s. By a strange coincidence, that happens to have been the decade of Ben Varkentine’s “golden age” as a fan, so he’s here to get filled in on all the details.

The Hulk

Screen Reviews

Hulk finally has movie. Hulk becomes Ang Lee’s cinematic plaything. Hulk smash – or does he? Steve Stav, resident Marvel Comics afficionado, explores the effects of gamma radiation in his green-tinted review.

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Swans

Swans

Event Reviews

40 years on, Michael Gira and Swans continue to bring a ritualistic experience that needs to be heard in order to be believed. Featured photo by Reese Cann.

Eclipse 2024

Eclipse 2024

Features

The biggest astronomical event of the decade coincides with a long overdue trip to Austin, Texas.

Sun Ra

Sun Ra

Music Reviews

At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976/1977 (Jazz Detective). Review by Bob Pomeroy.