100 pages - March 2005
Blast off into the world of 1970s and ’80s sci-fi
comics in BACK ISSUE #9, our “Cosmic Issue”! Writer MIKE
BARON and artist STEVE
RUDE revisit their landmark NEXUS series in a “Pro2Pro” interview,
with tons
of rare art by “the Dude”! Also going “Pro2Pro”:
JIM STARLIN and MIKE
MIGNOLA look back at COSMIC ODYSSEY, featuring amazing art by Mignola
and
Starlin¹s unpublished cover to Cosmic Odyssey #1! “Beyond
Capes” examines
Marvel Comics’ long-running STAR WARS series, with interviews
and art by a
galaxy of stars including HOWARD CHAYKIN, AL WILLIAMSON, WALT SIMONSON,
TOM
PALMER, RON FRENZ, ROY THOMAS, CARMINE INFANTINO, and more! The late,
great
GIL KANE is the subject of a “Rough Stuff” pencil art gallery,
with covers
and interior pages featuring Green Lantern, the Micronauts, Conan,
Spider-Man, Superman, and a few surprises! Plus: TIMOTHY TRUMAN and
JOHN
OSTRANDER’s GRIMJACK, then and now; an “Off My Chest” guest
editorial by
MIKE GOLD; a villain history of THANOS; TIME WARP revisited; and a
“Greatest
Stories Never Told” exposé of DC’s unrealized Crisis
on Infinite Earths
sequel CRISIS OF THE SOUL, with art and commentary by JERRY ORDWAY!
With an
all-new STEVE RUDE cover painting recreating the original cover art
to Nexus
#1!
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