COMIC BOOK CREATOR #33: A Steve Gerber biographical essay and collaborator insights, Mary Skrenes on co-creating Omega the Unknown, helping develop Howard the Duck, Val Mayerik cover and interview, Roy Thomas reveals Stan Lee’s unseen Excelsior! Comics line, plus more with Mike Deodato! Edited by Jon B. Cooke. Preview the issue, and order your copy here!

BACK ISSUE #149: It’s ’80s Indie Heroes: The American, Aztec Ace, Dynamo Joe, Evangeline, Journey, Megaton Man, Trekker, Whisper, and Zot! Featuring Chuck Dixon, Phil Foglio, Steven Grant, Rich Larson, Scott McCloud, William Messner-Loebs, Doug Moench, Ron Randall, Don Simpson, Mark Verheiden, Chris Warner & more superstar creators. Cover by Norm Breyfogle! Edited by Michael Eury. Preview the issue, and order your copy here!

ALTER EGO #185: Presenting Mark Carlson-Ghost’s stupendous study of the 1940s Novelty Comics Group—with heroes like Blue Bolt, Target and the Targeteers, White Streak, Spacehawk, etc., produced by such Golden Age super-stars as Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, Carl Burgos, Bill Everett, Basil Wolverton, et al. Plus Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt, FCA, and more! Edited by Roy Thomas. Preview the issue, and order your copy here!