January 1990
whole number 1
1990 pages 001-006 (6 pages)
Robin Snyder opens up the issue with "In the Matter of Honoring the Pioneers of Comics", on his intentions for his new publication:
"Going to the source for the background and origins of the titles, strips, characters, companies and trends which have shaped today's comic books." -- R. Snyder
The next feature asks "Who created Rock?", about the origin of the DC character Sgt. Rock, with some recent comments in print from Will Murray and Mike Gold (who weren't there) quoted, followed by statements from Joe Kubert and Robert Kanigher (who were).
Joe Gill writes an editorial about the working life at Charlton comics in the early days:
"For me, that meant $2 a page. I had to write 150 pages a week to pay the rent." -- J. Gill
For the first bibliography there's a look at Robert Kanigher's 1955 output for DC, ahead of the more comprehensive bibliography of Kanigher that has been a regular staple of the newsletter.
Steve Ditko looks at the nature of the terms "create, creator, creation" in his essay "At Some Point":
"What is missing or needed in comics are standards to measure any effort to see if it is a valid, true creation and at what level." -- S. Ditko
(essay later reprinted in Avenging World [2002], The Comics v26 #1 [2015])
