October 1994
whole number 58
1994 pages 099-108
This issue opens up with an exchange of letters between Robin Snyder and Robert Kanigher regarding the then-recently published BIG FIVE book about the DC war comics, for which Kanigher wrote a foreword and Snyder wrote an introduction. Apparently there was some editing of the material which Snyder didn't like, so this issue presents them as written.
Kanigher's piece is an epic bit of writing boldly titled "All Men Are Brothers - Starting with Cain and Abel". He gets into all sorts of details and anecdotes on the long history of the DC war line that he was the essential part of from beginning (1952) to end (1988). A wide-ranging memoir that touches on the major characters and artists, the themes and creative process and some of the old grudges.
At the end is a short obituary by Kanigher for then recently passed editor Murray Boltinoff.
Snyder's piece, titled "The Glory Boys" (named for the 1971 Kanigher/Toth short story), is a too-brief profile of the three most important editors of the DC war line: Robert Kanigher, Joe Kubert and Murray Boltinoff.
We also get a larger than normal look at Creig Flessel's logo.
Below, Russ Heath's cover to BIG FIVE (a recreation of a 1962 cover)
