Monthly Archives: January 2025

TwoMorrows Publishing signs exclusive agreement with Lunar Distribution

I’m pleased to announce that Lunar Distribution is our new exclusive Direct Market distributor to comic book stores. This is effective immediately, starting with Alter Ego #192, RetroFan #37, and Back Issue #158, shipping in February and March. Those, plus our new printings of the 1965-1969 and 1980s volumes of our American Comic Book Chronicles hardcover series, are arriving here from our printer shortly, and ready for ordering through Lunar. They will mail to subscribers just prior to when they hit stores in a few weeks.

If you already pre-ordered these at your local comics shop, please let your retailer know immediately that Diamond will be cancelling orders for them, and they need to place a new order through Lunar by February 10. If your retailer doesn’t re-order for you, or you just want to ensure you don’t miss an issue, consider ordering direct from TwoMorrows Publishing at www.twomorrows.com.

Alter Ego #193, RetroFan #38, Comic Book Creator #38, Jack Kirby Collector #93, Cryptology #3, and BrickJournal #89 are all completed, and waiting for Lunar’s order so we can go to press—so be sure your retailer places a Lunar order for those also. Our new books announced for 2025 (the Marshall Rogers bio, American Movie Comics, First Comics Companion, and Futuristic) will also have to be ordered through Lunar, and all our products will start being listed next month in the March 2025 issue of Lunar’s Next Phase catalog (#39), available at www.lunardistribution.com.

So, why the switch in distributors? Plain and simple, as much as we’ve enjoyed working with Diamond Comic Distributors over the last 30 years, their bankruptcy left us with substantial losses for our late 2024 and early 2025 releases. Our new agreement with Lunar gives us a more secure future, being exclusively distributed alongside DC Comics, Image Comics, and others. Diamond will continue to fill retailer orders for O/A (Offered Again) products and backlist items already solicited in their November-February Previews catalog, and Diamond Book Distributors will continue providing the bookstore market with our books.

Very shortly, I’ll unveil our plans to recoup some of our losses from Diamond’s bankruptcy, and avoid disruptions to our 2025 releases. Get ready for some creative ways that you, our loyal readers, can support us through this switchover, and help us emerge even stronger on the other side!

NOW SHIPPING: Comic Book Creator #37 and TwoMorrows’ new 2025 Catalog!

Comic Book Creator #37: Steve Englehart is spotlighted in a career-spanning interview, romance editor Barbara Friedlander redeems the late, great DC editor Jack Miller, Dan Didio discusses going from DC exec to co-publisher, we conclude our 100th birthday celebration for Arnold Drake, take a look at the 1970s underground comix oddity The Funny Pages, and more, including Hembeck! Edited by Jon B. CookePreview the issue, and order your copy here!

And download our NEW updated 2025 Catalog here!

IN PREVIEWS NOW: Back Issue #159, American MOVIE Comic Books, last chance for Cryptology #1, and more!

Here’s what TwoMorrows Publishing has listed in the latest Diamond Previews catalog! 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!

January PREVIEWS: PAGES 421–423
JAN251968 BACK ISSUE #159 (Crisis On Infinite Earths 40th Anniversary) NEW!
JAN251969 CRYPTOLOGY #1 LAST CHANCE!
JAN251970 AMERICAN MOVIE COMIC BOOKS (Softcover) NEW!
JAN251971 AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CHRONICLES: 1945-1949 (Hardcover)
JAN251972 BEST OF ALTER EGO Volume 2 (Softcover)
JAN251973 HERO-A-GO-GO (Softcover)
JAN251974 MARVEL COMICS IN THE 1960s (Softcover)
JAN251975 MODERN MASTERS VOL. 29: CLIFF CHIANG (Softcover)
JAN251976 QUALITY COMPANION (Softcover) LAST CHANCE!

Download our new updated 2025 Catalog HERE!

NOW SHIPPING: Back Issue #157, Cryptology #2, Kirby Collector #92, and BrickJournal #88!

Back Issue! 157

Back Issue #157: Keith Giffen Tribute Issue! Star-studded celebration of the prolific writer/artist of Legion of Super-Heroes, Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy, Justice League, Lobo, Blue Beetle, and others! With Cary Bates, Tom Bierbaum, J.M. DeMatteis, Dan DiDio, Robert Loren Fleming, Cully Hamner, Scott Koblish, Paul Levitz, Kevin Maguire, Bart Sears, Mark Waid, and more. Edited by Michael Eury Roger AshPreview the issue, and order your copy here!

Cryptology 02

Cryptology #2: The Cryptologist hosts Roger Hill’s interview with horror comics artist Don Heck, severed hand films, pre-Code comic book terrors, the otherworldly horrors of Hammer’s Quatermass, another Killer “B” movie classic, plus the Shadow’s 1940s horror-inspired comic book covers. It’s retro-horror done right by Forshaw, the Kronenbergs, Leese, Pete von Sholly, and editor Peter NormantonPreview the issue, and order your copy here!

Jack Kirby Collector 92

Jack Kirby Collector #92: It’s Kirby IN THE NEWS! Rare newspaper interviews with Jack, 1973 San Diego panel with Jack and Neal Adams discussing DC’s coloring, strips Kirby ghosted for others, unused strip concepts, collages, a never-reprinted Headline Comics tale, Jimmy Olsen pencil art gallery, Mark Evanier’s 2024 Kirby Tribute Panel from Comic-Con International, and more! Cover inked by David Reddick. Edited by John MorrowPreview the issue, and order your copy here!

BrickJournal 88

BrickJournal #88: Get small with LEGO Microscale building! See Sébastien Houyoux’s Vatican City, the creations of Marco Lucafò and ABrickDreamer, and a talk with senior LEGO Designer Mark Stafford! Plus BrickNerd, Bantha Bricks: Fans of LEGO Star Wars, 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!

Download our NEW updated 2025 Cataloghere!