Volume 36, Number 1

Vol. 36, No. 1
January 2025
whole number 421
2025 pages 001-008

Rodney Schroeter provides the cover collage celebrating 35 of years of the newsletter.

In Under the Gun, Robin Snyder looks back on some memories and highlights of his publishing going back even before the newsletter.  Gary Kato's 2024 Christmas card is featured, Stephen Bissette writes in appreciation of some of the recent print-on-demand books featuring Gill/Ditko Charlton reprints and other things, plus outlines some of his future plans.  Daryl Coats, Eric Reese and Nick Caputo also write in, and the passings of Steve Erwin and Joy Seligsohn are noted.

Barry Pearl writes about his first hand experience with comics distribution and display in his family's store in the 1960s.

A Steve Ditko essay, "The Exceptional", includes some memories of the creation of the classic AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1 back in 1964.

Part 77 of the Robert Kanigher bibliography, "The Mystery Of The Human Thunderbolt" has a look at some of the members of Easy Company featured in various DC war books from 1957.

Volume 25, Number 5

Vol. 25, No. 5

May 2014

whole number 293
2014 pages 033-040 (8 pages)

On the cover some previously unseen artwork from William Messner-Loebs from his 1980s series JOURNEY.  Inside Rodney Schroeter writes about some of his experiences with Messner-Loebs, including rescuing some his artwork from a storage locker, with some more of that artwork presented inside.

Under the Gun has letters from Batton Lash, Mike Tuz, Stan Bycko and Gavin Callighan.

Volume 23, Number 4

Vol. 23, No. 4
April 2012
whole number 268
2012 pages 025-032 (8 pages)

Sheldon Mayer up front and on the back this time, with the front and back cover to an unpublished Ronald McDonald comic book, possibly from a pitch for DC to do some merchandise for the company.  There are at least two full stories Mayer did for that project.

Jim Ivey provides a quick cartoon.

Gary Poole provides a few pages of plot and script for some Witch Hazel / Little Scarecrow / Little Itch stories, which I think primarily ran in the back of Little Lulu comics, plus in the letter column puts Snyder in touch with Bill Harris, who we'll hear more from later. 

There's also a mystery portrait with the artist and subject revealed in a few months.

Additional letters from D. Fenton, Joe Frank and Don Mangus, plus notes on the passing of Ruth Brank-Croal, Vic Herman, John Keel, Bill Rechin and Philip Sturm.

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Volume 4, Number 4

Vol. 4, No. 4
April 1993
whole number 40
1993 pages 041-046 (6 pages) 

Cover features a Joe Gill/Steve Ditko splash page from (I believe) Charlton's Haunted Love

Under the Gun: letters from Dave Sim, Paul Kuhn, Jerry DeFuccio and Rodney Schroeter

Letter from Randall W. Scott of the Michigan State University congratulating RS on his research crediting Paul S. Newman as King of the Comic Book Writers

I'd Rather be Me: memoir by Joe Gill

Comics for sale by RS on back page

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

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