Monthly Archives: August 2023

IN PREVIEWS NOW: Back Issue #149, Comic Book Creator #33, Kirby Collector #89, and more!

See what TwoMorrows Publishing has listed in the latest Diamond latest Previews catalog!
All our publications are in the front “Comics & Graphic Novels” section, alphabetically under “TwoMorrows”.

Use the Diamond Order Codes to order at your local comic book shop, or click the covers below to order directly from TwoMorrows! To see FULL listings of all items, CLICK HERE!

September PREVIEWS: PAGES 388-389
SEP232032 BACK ISSUE #149 NEW!
SEP232033 COMIC BOOK CREATOR #33 NEW!
SEP232034 JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #89 NEW!
SEP232035 AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CHRONICLES: The 1970s (Hardcover)
SEP232036 JOHN SEVERIN: Two-Fisted Comic Book Artist (Hardcover)
SEP232037 MARVEL COMICS IN THE 1970s: Expanded Edition (Softcover)
SEP232038 OLD GODS & NEW: A Companion To Jack Kirby’s Fourth World (Softcover)
SEP232039 REED CRANDALL: Illustrator Of The Comics (Softcover)

See you next month! AND DON’T MISS OUR BIG $3 ALTER EGO SALE, GOING ON NOW!

Alter Ego back issues are on sale now for $3 each!

Now through September 10, in-stock print issues of Alter Ego #101-159 are just $3 each! A free Digital Edition is included with all print copies! (Separate Digital Editions are sold at full price.)Many are close to selling out, so don’t wait!

Use this link to download an interactive flyer with all the available issues. Then just click on any cover image, and you’ll be automatically taken to its ordering page on our website. Or just visit www.twomorrow.com to order.

The Best of Simon & Kirby’s Mainline Comics is now shipping!

In 1954, industry legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby founded Mainline Publications to publish their own comics during that turbulent era in comics history. The four titles—Bullseye, Foxhole, Police Trap, and In Love—looked to build off their reputation as hit makers in the Western, War, Crime, and Romance genres, but the 1950s backlash against comics killed any chance at success, and Mainline closed its doors just two years later. 

For the first time, TwoMorrows Publishing is compiling the best of Simon & Kirby’s Mainline comics work, including the Complete Bullseye series, all of the other stories with S&K art, as well as key tales with contributions by Mort Meskin and others!

This collection bridges the gap between Simon & Kirby’s peak with their 1950s romance comics, and the lows that led to Kirby’s resurgence with Challengers of the Unknown and the early Marvel Universe. With loving art restoration by Chris Fama, and an historical overview by John Morrow to put it all into perspective, the Best of Simon & Kirby’s Mainline Comics presents some of the final, and finest, work Joe and Jack ever produced! Preview the book and order at this link!

The Best of Simon & Kirby’s Mainline Comics
262-page full-color Hardcover
$49.95 cover price
ISBN: 978-1-60549-118-9
Now shipping from TwoMorrows Publishing

Five (count ’em, 5!) new TwoMorrows magazines are now shipping!

BACK ISSUE #146: Men Without Fear, featuring Daredevil’s swinging ’70s adventures! Plus: Challengers of the Unknown in the Bronze Age, JEPH LOEB interview about his Challs and DD projects with TIM SALE, Sinestro and Mr. Fear histories, superheroes with disabilities, and… Who Is Hal Jordan? Featuring CONWAY, ENGLEHART, MCKENZIE, ROZAKIS, STATON, THOMAS, WOLFMAN, & more! GENE COLAN cover! Edited by MICHAEL EURYPreview the issue, and order your copy here!

ALTER EGO #183: Golden/Silver/Bronze Age artist IRV NOVICK (Shield, Steel Sterling, Batman, The Flash, and DC war stories) is immortalized by JOHN COATES and DEWEY CASSELL. Interviews with Irv and family members, tributes by DENNY O’NEIL and PAUL LEVITZ, Irv’s involvement with painter ROY LICHTENSTEIN (who used Novick’s work in his paintings), Mr. Monster, FCA, and more! Edited by ROY THOMASPreview the issue, and order your copy here!

JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #87: Law & Order! Kirby’s lawmen from the Newsboy Legion’s Jim Harper and “Terrible” Turpin, to Western gunfighters, and even future policemen like OMAC and Captain Victory! Also: how a Marvel cop led to the creation of FUNKY FLASHMAN! Justice Traps The Guilty and Headline Comics! Plus MARK EVANIER moderating 2022’s Kirby Tribute Panel (with Sin City’s FRANK MILLER)MIKE MACHLAN cover inks! Edited by JOHN MORROWPreview the issue, and order your copy here!

RETROFAN #28: The British Invasion of the Sixties, interview with Bond Girl TRINA PARKS, The Mighty Hercules, Horror Hostess MOONA LISA, World’s Greatest Super Friends, TV Guide Fall Previews, the Frito Bandito, a Popeye Super Collector, and more fun, fab features! Featuring columns by ANDY MANGELS, WILL MURRAY, SCOTT SAAVEDRA, SCOTT SHAW, and MARK VOGEREdited by MICHAEL EURY. Preview the issue, and order your copy here!

BRICKJOURNAL #81: Head to the LEGO city: Ellis City by GARETH and CATHY ELLIS, New Hasima by Stefan Formentato, and Fabuland City by STEVEN LAUGHLIN! Plus a wealth of other MOCs (”My Own Creations”) are showcased, along with: Nerding Out with BrickNerd, AFOLs by GREG HYLAND, step-by-STEP “You Can Build It” instructions by CHRISTOPHER DECK, and Minifigure Customization with Jared K. Burks! Edited by JOE MENOPreview the issue, and order your copy here!