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Join TwoMorrows this Saturday at the G3ektacular Comic Book Show

TwoMorrows Publishing will be at the G3ektacular Comic Book & Toy Show, this Saturday (April 27) in Greenville NC! Back Issue magazine editor Michael Eury and publisher John Morrow will both be on hand for this fun one-day show.

We’ll have a limited selection of backstock, as well as PRE-RELEASE COPIES of:
Alter Ego #188 (the double-size 25th anniversary issue)
Back Issue #152
RetroFan #33
Comic Book Implosion: Expanded Edition

Greenville Convention Center
303 Greenville Blvd SW
Greenville, NC
Open from 10am-4pm
Free admission!

Alter Ego #187, Comic Book Creator #34, RetroFan #32, and BrickJournal #85 now shipping!

ALTER EGO #187: Focuses on great early science-fiction author Edmond Hamilton, who went on to an illustrious career at DC Comics, writing Superman, Batman, and especially The Legion of Super-Heroes! Learn all about his encounters with Ray Bradbury, Mort Weisinger, Julius Schwartz, et al—a panoply of titans! Plus FCA, Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt, and more! Edited by Roy ThomasPreview the issue, and order your copy here!

COMIC BOOK CREATOR #34: Dan Jurgens talks about Superman, Sun Devils, creating Booster Gold, developing the “Doomsday scenario” with the demise of the Man of Steel, and more! Traverse Don Glut’s “Glutverse” continuity across Gold Key, Marvel, and DC! Plus Rick Altergott, we conclude our profiles of Mike Deodato, Jr. and Frank Borth, Linda Sunshine (editor of DC/Marvel hardcover super-hero collections), & more! Edited by Jon B. CookePreview the issue, and order your copy here!

RETROFAN #32: Featuring a profile of The Partridge Family’s heartthrob David Cassidy, Thundarr the Barbarian, LEGO blocks, Who Created Mighty Mouse?, Buckaroo Banzai turns forty, Planet Patrol, an encounter with Sonny and Cher, Disco Fever, and more! Featuring columns by Andy Mangels, Will Murray, Scott Saavedra, Scott Shaw, and Mark Voger! Edited by Michael EuryPreview the issue, and order your copy here!

BRICKJOURNAL #85: LEGO minifigures! Customized minifigs by fans, designing the Disney 100 minifigures, spotlight on minifig fan artist Robert8, and more! Plus, all our regular features: Nerding Out with BrickNerd, step-by-step “You Can Build It” instructions by Christopher Deck, Bantha Bricks: Fans of LEGO Star Wars, and Minifigure Customization with Jared K. Burks! Edited by Joe MenoPreview the issue, and order your copy here!

Bye-by App Store!

A big thanks goes out to all our customers who’ve purchased digital versions of our publications through our App Store apps. Alas, once Apple and Google take their cut, and we pay for regular upkeep with our app provider, it’s simply not profitable enough to continue offering digital purchases through apps. So effective immediately, we’re discontinuing all our apps.

Customers will still have access to previous purchases they made there, but going forward, no new items can be purchased in the apps.

Of course, we’ll continue to offer Digital Editions to our publications directly through our webstore, as downloadable PDF files, and print customers will continue to get access to the corresponding Digital Editions for free as always.

IN PREVIEWS NOW: Alter Ego #189, Back Issue #154, RetroFan #34, Marvel Comics In The EARLY 1960s, and more!

Here’s what TwoMorrows Publishing has listed in the latest Diamond Previews catalog! To see FULL listings of all items, CLICK HERE!

April PREVIEWS: PAGES 400–401
APR241825 ALTER EGO #189 NEW!
APR241826 BACK ISSUE #154 NEW!
APR241827 RETROFAN #34 NEW!
APR241828 MARVEL COMICS IN THE EARLY 1960s (Softcover) NEW!

And these items, which are 30% til March 30 at www.twomorrows.com

APR241829 AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CHRONICLES: The 1950s (Hardcover)
APR241830 IT CREPT FROM THE TOMB (Softcover)
APR241831 JACK KIRBY’S DINGBAT LOVE (Hardcover)
APR241832 WORKING WITH DITKO (Softcover)

NOW SHIPPING: Back Issue #150 and It Rose From The Tomb!

Back Issue #150 is our oversized 100-Page Super Spectacular sesquicentennial edition, featuring Batmen of the 1970s! Exploring the work of Bronze Age Batman artists Bob Brown, Dick Giordano, Irv Novick, Frank Robbins, Walter Simonson, Alex Toth, & Bernie Wrightson. Plus: revisit Frank Miller’s first Batman story! Edited by Michael Eury. Preview the issue, and order your copy here!

It Rose From The Tomb is all-new examination of the 20th Century’s best horror comics! From the pulps and seminal horror comics of the 1940s, through ones they tried to ban in the 1950s, this tome explores how the genre survived the introduction of the Comics Code, before making its terrifying return during the 1960s and 1970s. Written by Peter Normanton. Preview the book, and order your copy here!

Final week to save 30% during TwoMorrows Publishing’s 30th ANNIVERSARY SALE!

Alter Ego, Back Issue, Jack Kirby Collector, and Comic Book Creator are 30% off!
RetroFan also 30% off (first time ever discounted)!
BrickJournal #3-49 are $2.10 each (some digital also!), newer ones 30% off!
Draw! magazines just $3.50 each (some digital also)!
• 30% off in-stock books (several under $10 each)!
Modern Masters books just $4.20 each!
• And most items that were already discounted, get an additional 30% off!

Download our 30th Anniversary updated Catalog here!
Then click on any item to be taken to its ordering page, or go to www.twomorrows.com to order!

Save 30% for 30 days—it’s our 30th Anniversary!

From March 1–30, we’re celebrating our 30th Anniversary with 30% OFF most print items!

Alter Ego #107-185 and Back Issue #101-148 are 30% off!
Kirby Collector #60-88 and Comic Book Creator #5-32 are 30% off!
RetroFan #3-30 are 30% off (first time ever discounted)!
BrickJournal #3-49 are $2.10 each (some digital also!), newer ones 30% off!
Draw! magazines just $3.50 each (some digital also)!
• 30% off in-stock books (several under $10 each)!

Modern Masters books just $4.20 each!
• And most items that were already discounted, get an additional 30% off!

Many back issues and books are close to selling out, so don’t miss what may be your final chance to get them! And all at big savings, with our thanks for keeping us publishing for 30 years! (1994–2024)

NOTE: Sale is on PRINT editions only, and new releases and upcoming items are not included. Digital editions are generally not included (although if you look closely, you will find a few digital items discounted as well). Sale ends at 11:59pm EST on March 30.

IN PREVIEWS NOW: Back Issue #153, Comic Book Creator #35, Mark Voger’s ZOWIE!, and more!

See 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!

March PREVIEWS: PAGES 375–376
MAR241944 BACK ISSUE #153 NEW!
MAR241945 COMIC BOOK CREATOR #35 NEW!
MAR241946 ZOWIE: THE TV SUPERHERO CRAZE IN ’60s POP CULTURE (Hardcover) NEW!
MAR241947 AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CHRONICLES: The 1970s (Hardcover)
MAR241948 BEST OF SIMON & KIRBY’S MAINLINE COMICS (Hardcover)
MAR241949 CLIFFHANGER: CINEMATIC SUPERHEROES OF THE SERIALS (Hardcover)
MAR241950 JOHN SEVERIN: TWO-FISTED COMIC BOOK ARTIST (Hardcover)
MAR241951 MARVEL COMICS IN THE 1970s: EXPANDED EDITION (Softcover)
MAR241952 REED CRANDALL: ILLUSTRATOR OF THE COMICS (Softcover)

See you next month!

Pre-order these four upcoming TwoMorrows books today!

It Rose from the Tomb
Peter Normanton‘s all-new examination of the 20th Century’s best horror comics! From the pulps and seminal horror comics of the 1940s, through ones they tried to ban in the 1950s, this tome explores how the genre survived the introduction of the Comics Code, before making its terrifying return during the 1960s and 1970s. SHIPS MARCH 2024!

Comic Book Implosion: Expanded Edition
In 1978, DC Comics launched a line-wide expansion known as “The DC Explosion,” but pulled the plug weeks later, cancelling titles and leaving dozens of completed comic book stories unpublished. Now, that notorious “DC Implosion” is examined with an exhaustive oral history from Jenette Kahn, Paul Levitz, Len Wein, Mike Gold, Al Milgrom, and other DC creators of the time, plus commentary by other top pros, examining how it changed the landscape of comics forever! This new Expanded Edition of the Eisner Award-nominated book explodes in full color for the first time, with additional coverage of lost 1970s DC projects like Ninja the Invisible and an adaptation of “The Wiz,” Jim Starlin’s unaltered cover art for Batman Family #21, content meant for cancelled Marvel titles such as Godzilla and Ms. Marvel, and more! By Keith Dallas and John Wells. SHIPS MAY 2024!

Zowie! The TV Superhero Craze in ’60s Pop Culture
1966’s action comedy “Batman” starring Adam West triggered a tsunami of toys, games, Halloween costumes, puppets, action figures, and lunch boxes. Meanwhile, still more costumed avengers sprang forth on TV (“The Green Hornet,” “Ultraman”), in movies (“The Wild World of Batwoman,” “Rat Pfink and Boo Boo”), and in animation (“Space Ghost,” “The Marvel Super Heroes”). Zowie! traces the history of the superhero genre from early films, through the 1960s TV superhero craze, and its pop culture influence ever since, through the era’s coolest collectibles, and interviews with TV stars (West, Burt Ward, Yvonne Craig, Frank Gorshin, Burgess Meredith, Cesar Romero, Julie Newmar, Van Williams), artists behind the comics (Jerry Robinson, Dick Sprang, Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella), and others. Written and designed by Mark Voger! SHIPS JULY 2024!

Marvel Comics in the EARLY 1960s
Pierre Comtois‘ new volume in the ongoing “Marvel Comics in the…” series takes you all the way back to that company’s legendary beginnings, when gunfighters traveled the West and monsters roamed the Earth! It features scores of handy, easy to reference entries on Marvel Comics’ early 1961-1965 output, and includes reviews of key stories from Amazing Fantasy, Tales of Suspense (and Astonish), Strange Tales, Journey Into Mystery, Rawhide Kid, plus issues of Fantastic Four, Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, and others that weren’t in the previous 1960s edition. SHIPS AUGUST 2024!

Get up to 50% off four sweet books, and a FREE GIFT during TwoMorrows’ Valentine’s Sale!

• The Best of Simon & Kirby’s Mainline Comics ($49.95 $29.95)
(includes all of JACK KIRBY’s romance work for IN LOVE, the complete BULLSEYE stories fully remastered, and more)

• Jack Kirby’s Dingbat Love ($43.95 $24.95)
(KIRBY’s unpublished SOUL LOVE and TRUE-LIFE DIVORCE DC Comics magazines, plus two unpublished DINGBATS OF DANGER STREET stories)

• The Team-Up Companion ($39.95 $19.95)
(MICHAEL EURY examines the best duos from Silver and Bronze Age team-up comics)

• The World of TwoMorrows anniversary book ($37.95 $19.95)
(because WE LOVE OUR CUSTOMERS, who’ve kept us in business for 30 YEARS!)

• And a FREE copy of BACK ISSUE #123 with any order!
(the SUPERHERO ROMANCE issue—just add it to your shopping cart and check out

GO HERE to order! And HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
Sale applies to print copies only, and ends at 12:01am on February 20!
When you choose your free copy of Back Issue #123, postage will be applied to your order.