Monthly Archives: March 2026

Cryptology must be scary good…

Cryptology just received three nominations in the annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards!

• Best Magazine
• Best Cover (Cryptology #6)
• Best Article: Mark Voger’s “Black Stars of Classic Horror”

Here’s the link to the site explaining the nominations and how to vote. Voting is open to all, so please share and vote for Cryptology!

Here’s what in Lunar’s new catalog!

Here’s what’s listed in the April 2026 issue of Lunar’s Next Phase catalog (#52), pages 765-776.
CLICK HERE to download the TwoMorrows section, or view Lunar’s full catalog at www.lunardistribution.com/

Make sure your retailer orders by April 27 (FOC 4/27)
In Stores in August
0426TM1148 Alter Ego #201
1125TM0935 BrickJournal #92 (final issue!)
0426TM1150 Comic Book Creator #45
0426TM1149 Back Issue #169
0426TM1152 RetroFan #46
0426TM1151 Crisis Companion

Back In Stores in June (previously offered through Diamond, and close to selling out)
1225TM9012 Alter Ego #184
1225TM9013 Back Issue #149
1225TM9014 Comic Book Creator #31
1225TM9015 Jack Kirby Collector #87
1225TM9016 RetroFan #31

This weekend (March 27-29), visit TwoMorrows Publishing at WonderCon in Anaheim, California!

We’ll be at booth #1202, right up front, with advance copies of these upcoming magazines:

Alter Ego #199
Alter Ego #200
Back Issue #167
Back Issue #168
Comic Book Creator #43
Comic Book Creator #44
Cryptology #9
Jack Kirby Collector #97
RetroFan #44
RetroFan #45

And these upcoming books:

Marvel Comics in the LATE 1960s
Roy Thomas: A Life In Four Colors, 1940-1966

Plus: 40% off many older issues and books!

And join TwoMorrows publisher John Morrow (editor of the Jack Kirby Collector), along with Tom Kraft (from the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center), Paul S. Levine (attorney), Tracy Kirby (Jack’s granddaughter), and moderator Mark Evanier at:

The Jack Kirby Tribute Panel
Sunday March 29, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Room 207

Back Issue #166 and Cryptology #8 are now shipping from TwoMorrows!

Back Issue #166: Partner Up with teammates, friends, sidekicks, and significant others! Superman and Lois Lane, Love and Rockets’ Maggie and Hopey, Batman and Alfred, Milk and Cheese, plus behind-the-scenes with Rick Veitch’s Brat Pack. Featuring Ordway, Jurgens, Wolfman, Hernandez, Veitch, Moench, Dorkin, Englehart, Milgrom, and others. Cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin. Preview and order here!

Cryptology #8:See what Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and their ilk were up to when they weren’t in our favorite horror movies! Plus, Ghastly Graham Ingels’ gruesome artwork, meet Robert Bloch’s real-life inspiration for Psycho’s Norman Bates, Psycho II scriptwriter and Fright Night director Tom Holland drops by, Killer-B’s gathers teenage monsters, and read the first part of our history of pre-Code horror comics. Preview and order here!