BACK ISSUE! Magazine examines comics & comic-related media from the 1970's, 1980's & 1990's. Ask your local comic shop for the latest issue or subscribe at: www.twomorrows.com BACK ISSUE! is published eight times a year. We nearly always write ALT TEXT.https://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3ml5tgiebgs2wHero Gets Girl! The Life and Art of Kurt Schaffenberger (2003) from @twomorrows.bsky.social Biography of THE Lois Lane artist of the silver age and much, much more! The print edition is sold out but the digital edition is available instantly for $6.99 https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=95_93&products_id=51006 May 2026 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5tgiebgs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkx5da6f722k"The Famous Clark Bar Superhero Sweepstakes" Contest Advertising Illustration Original Art (1978) If you read any DC Comic the summer of 1978, this image from the four-page center-spread advertisement is forever etched in your mind.03 May 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkx5da6f722khttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3ml5aytxytc2tThe first I heard that Rex, the Wonder Dog and Pooch (from Gunner and Sarge) were litter brothers was in DC's Who's Who #19 (1986). I am uncertain if it was mentioned before. Some tidbits were specifically created for Who's Who; the most famous being the origins of Arkham Asylum by Len Wein. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5aytxytc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3ml4plz2ats26Wonder Woman promises to marry Steve Trevor if she has to save his life three times in 24 hours. Not a hoax -- Superboy is taken to Argo City and meets his cousin Kara! A hero from a distant galaxy sacrifices himself in order to get Green Lantern to help his friends defeat an evil alien invader.05 May 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4plz2ats26https://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3ml4dxhp7ss24L.A. prosecutor Kate Spencer couldn't put away the murderous villain Copperhead; released by a jury due to his genetic anomaly. While being transferred to a facility, he escapes and cannibalizes the guards. Kate dons the uniform. What she couldn't do as prosecutor, she's going to do as MANHUNTER.05 May 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4dxhp7ss24https://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3ml37kzrf2s2xSherlock Holmes fight Professor Moriarty to the Death over Reichenbach Falls. As adapted for comic readers by Denny O'Neil and E.R. Cruz. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 03:10 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml37kzrf2s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3ml372473q22xLooks like Mark Gruenwald owned an issue of The Brave and the Bold #64! 🍑🏓 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml372473q22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3ml2uuw6i2k23A depressed young man in a Podunk town calls a suicide line; he's going to kill himself. He shares that he saw Superman once and seeing how powerful he was made him feel stupid -- but that's NOT why he wants to die, he wants to die because he DID become like Superman. See, he found a weird dial...04 May 2026 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2uuw6i2k23https://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3ml2igkpzgk2xOld silly characters don't fit into the new continuity and are being replaced by dark, sinister doppelgangers. Mag and Hopey go out on a lunch date with Mag's old boss. A brain-damaged Walt Disney is awoken from his cryogenic sleep and wrestles control of the United States from a robot president.04 May 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2igkpzgk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkzzwpgr4c2gAs a fan of The Warlord, I always enjoyed the backup series. Wizard World, OMAC, Arak, Claw, Dragonsword, Arion and The Barren Earth. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzzwpgr4c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkzq3y7se22lMay the Fourth be with Leia. ...the decision is made to rescue Han before he is turned over to Jabba. - Star Wars #68, Feb 198304 May 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzq3y7se22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkyp2hzvps2qTwo Rebel droids who hold data tapes with secret Imperial plans land on Tatooine and are entrusted to a farm boy named Luke. Luke and the droids team-up with an old Jedi who is asked to deliver the droids safely to Alderaan. But Alderaan is found destroyed and the crew are captured by the Empire.04 May 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkyp2hzvps2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mky5mrtluc2kAfter years of being in a coma, Kyle Richmond has awakened. An angel visited him and gifted him the power to see the guilty before they commit evil. Now he is an agent of Heaven and tasked to defend the innocent against evil before it occurs -- but his actions catch the attention of Daredevil.03 May 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mky5mrtluc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkxnofc6hs27The King knows what the kids want! Is it The Carpenters or The Stones? Maybe Newman or Redford? Nope. The kids want ... (insert drum roll)... Don Rickles. - Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #141, Sept 1971 by Jack Kirby & Colletta03 May 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxnofc6hs27https://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkx5da6f722k"The Famous Clark Bar Superhero Sweepstakes" Contest Advertising Illustration Original Art (1978) If you read any DC Comic the summer of 1978, this image from the four-page center-spread advertisement is forever etched in your mind.03 May 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkx5da6f722khttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkw6vzogas2zThe Dark Herald of Justice. His mission is to balance the scales of Justice; to right the wrong, either alone or alongside Task Force X, aka The Suicide Squad. He is Thomas Tresser -- Nemesis Art by Art Thibert (sounds like The Bear)03 May 2026 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkw6vzogas2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkvcpqbtr22jJustice League International -- by Ty Templeton @tytempleton.bsky.social02 May 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvcpqbtr22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkutrnfdck2qYes, Captain Carrot. I can confirm Superman's statement that this is how the Justice League of America started.02 May 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkutrnfdck2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mktlc4xdpc2yJune will be DRAGONS to Back Issue Magazine! With articles on Kitty Pryde's buddy, LOCKHEED; ERIK LARSEN on SAVAGE DRAGON; JEFF SMITH on BONE; and much more! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktlc4xdpc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkszkhomh226Lucius Fox is taken hostage but the JLA refuses to help Batman so he recruits Black Lightning to help him find his friend. Unknown to them, there are other super-powered people converging in Markovia. They don't have anything in common save for one thing: they all consider themselves outsiders.01 May 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkszkhomh226https://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mksqmut5zc27A dead man gives Batman six days to find his killer, otherwise he will return and hang Batman from his neck. Batman is drugged and kidnapped -- on waking he discovers that he and Talia, Ra’s al Ghul’s daughter, are now husband and wife. A mobster can't escape justice at the hands of The Batman.01 May 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksqmut5zc27https://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mks2uhmp5c2kBen Reilly plans to leave New York but the implanted memories are strong and are compelling him to stay. He remembers his uncle told him that with great power comes responsibility and the duty and obligation to help. He also can't leave his sick Aunt May again so he becomes -- the Scarlet Spider!01 May 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks2uhmp5c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkqp54fal22mI am a total mark for homages to covers of the bronze age and before. This one based on a very obscure Herb Trimpe cover from 1974 (I'm joking!) is pretty darn coo! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqp54fal22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkqeqbiaas2qThe Beyonder decides to be a champion of Life against Death and Chaos. The Marvel Universe's Cosmic Beings discover that the Beyonder plans on eliminating Death, they implore him to not do it. But it's too late. The Beyonder kills Death and now the whole universe must deal with the repercussions.30 Apr 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqeqbiaas2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkpyw2ul422yA puddle of protoplasm that used to be a man is found inside a department store. The distinctive sight can only be the work of the monster Preston Payne, aka Clayface III. The man who has previously defeated Clayface III appears at the crime scene and asks the commissioner if the police are ready.30 Apr 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpyw2ul422yhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkpp6srdkc2tLobo is ordered to escort a prisoner to L.E.G.I.O.N. headquarters. The prisoner is Lobo's 4th grade grammar teacher who he loathes and also anonymously wrote his unauthorized biography. Now Lobo has to protect her from bad guys who want to do to her what he wishes he could do to her himself!30 Apr 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpp6srdkc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkoatyswjk2jI would say this Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez guy is pretty good. Pretty, pretty good. 😁👌 #DCStyleGuide #PraiseBeHisName29 Apr 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoatyswjk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mknew7w3bs2rHoly Super Disco-Fever! As judge of a disco-dancing contest, Clark clears the dance floor and shakes his booty with moves that make John Travolta green with envy! Also, it gives Clark a chance to destroy the bombs that a rival disco owner planted under the floor without changing into Superman.29 Apr 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknew7w3bs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/backissuemagazine.bsky.social/post/3mkn4ebi2bk2sWhen Rick Veitch quit Swamp Thing, DC scrambled to find a replacement and they settled on writer Doug Wheeler to take over issue #88. Wheeler was ultimately fired after 20 issues for dwindling sales and being late. Now after 37 years, the REAL Swamp Thing #88 is finally available today. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:7qycmqtp4mx4cgayjb32lkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn4ebi2bk2s