Volume 24, Number 2

Vol. 24, No. 2
February 2013
whole number 278
2013 pages 009-016 (8 pages)

Martin Filchock is featured this issue, shortly after his passing in 2012 at age 100. He drew for Centaur in the 1930s, and two of his covers are featured in colour here. He's remembered by Robin Snyder and G. G. Faircloth, plus a partial bibliography of his work.

Also featured is the conclusion of Ron Goulart's biography of Artie Saaf and correspondence from Stan Goldberg, Andrez Bergen, Joe Frank, Kevin Greenlee, Gary Poole and Spider Robinson.

Volume 23, Number 8 - Extra Tags

Vol. 23, No. 8
August 2012

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Volume 23, Number 1

Vol. 23, No. 1
January 2012
whole number 265
2012 pages 001-008 (8 pages)

A cover of Archie's STEEL STERLING from 1984 on the cover, idea by Robert Kanigher, art by Carmine Infantino and Eduardo Barreto.  Inside are some commentary by Kanigher on cover design from 1983, plus part 30 of the ongoing bibliography of Kanigher, "Mystery Of The Human Thunderbolt", looks at 1989 and 1990, which are mostly reprints, plus some commentary on his work by Mike Esposito and Joe Kubert.

Under The Gun this time marks the passing of Jack Adler, Gene Colan, Del Connell and Peter O'Donnell.

Letters of comment by Stan Goldberg, Stephen Bissette, Bob Heer, Michael Barrie, S. Bycko, D. Fenton, Joe Frank, Nick Caputo and Paul DeVinny.

Hy Eisman provides the back cover, a celebration of the new year courtesy of Popeye.

Volume 20, Number 4

Vol. 20, No. 4
April 2009
whole number 232
2009 pages 025-032

Stephen R. Bissette leads off the issue, with the long first part of his 3-part autobiographical essay "Moving Day", originally published on his blog in 2005 and a Center For Cartoon Studies commencement speech in 2008. It's about his journey to becoming part of the first class of the Joe Kubert School in 1976, and thus dedicated to Muriel Kubert. This chapter covers Bissette's background and how his time at Johnson State College led him to take a leap of faith on this fledgling new school opening up in Dover, New Jersey:

"In 1976, the thought of anyone, much less a hick from Duxbury and Waterbury, making a career in comics was a reckless, delusional undertaking -- I mean, comics weren't a profession, they were a hobby." -- S. R. Bissette

(said fledgling school is still around, now fully accredited, and having trained many professionals since the first class Bissette attended)

The on-going task of listing "The Works Of Carl Wessler" (later titled "Upon Reflection") hits part 24, and is only up to 1952, when he was writing a lot of comics for Timely, all over their crime, romance and horror lines. Also some work for Lev Gleason, including one amusingly titled "The End of Johnny Morrow", presumably no relation to the publisher John Morrow...

Long "Under The Gun" letter column, with Joe Frank, Mark Fuller, Matt Murphy, D. Fenton, Sandeep Atwal, Gavin Callaghan and Stan Goldberg.

Volume 16, Number 1

Vol. 16, No. 1
January 2005
whole number 181
2005 pages 001-xxx

Volume 11, Number 2

Vol. 11, No. 2
February 2000
whole number 122
2000 pages 009-016 (8 pages)

All in the Mall strips by Paul Newman and Mike Mikula (front page)

2nd Mr. A. promo by Ditko (similar to first one)

Under the Gun: letters by Alvin Schwartz, Jerry De Fuccio, Mort Leav, Gary Usher, Carol Newman and Stan Goldberg

Cage Without Bars: poem by Robert Kanigher

Mendy strip by Stan Goldberg

2nd Mocker Promo by Ditko

Tsk! Tsk! SA # 1 The Unearned by Ditko commentary and art on stolen art  (back page)

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 8, Number 1

Vol. 8, No. 1
January 1997
whole number 85
1997 pages 001-006 (6 pages) 

Cover Millie the Model OA page by Stan Goldberg

Under the Gun: Letters from Dan Barry, Bob Heer, Carmine Infantino, John Benson, Jack Burnley, Jerry DeFuccio, Alex Toth and a poem by Robert Kanigher. Illustration of Batman and Robin tackling the Penguin by Jack Burnley and a repro of a Burnley All Star page. 

The Last Word by Andre LeBlanc: a tribute to Dan Barry on his passing.

The Comics: Mail order (back page)

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 2, Number 1

Vol. 2, No. 1
January 1991
whole number 14

1991 pages 001-006

Stan Goldberg opens up the second year of the newsletter with a self-portrait featuring his most frequent character for the previous two decades. He also provides a brief auto-biographical essay. 

There's also some auto-bio in an excerpt from Boody Rogers book Homeless Bound.

Lengthy Under The Gun column this time has a long letter from Alvin Schwartz, plus Jack Burnley, Jim Ivey, Steve Rowe, Mary Smith, Fred Rhoads, Robert Kanigher, Robert Greenberger, Jack Schiff (on Showcase and Challengers) and Dorothy Brown (on husband Bob Brown).

Volume 1, Number 11

Vol. 1, No. 11
October 1990
whole number 11
1990 pages 077-086

Reminisces of a Comic Book Editor by Jack Schiff and Gene Reed

(6 page essay originally published in the 1983-84 Overstreet Price Guide)

Under The Gun: Letters from Bob Haney, Shelly Moldoff, Dick Ayers, Henry Boltinoff, Pete Morisi, and Stan Goldberg.

Promo for upcoming Ditko Public Service Package

Note and art by Joe Simon on his book The Comic Book Makers

RS writes about the problem of who owns original art, lack of credit on the Flash TV series and lack of notification to Ditko and Alex Toth on their being inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame.

Alex Toth: A Bibliography Part 2: 1987-1990 by Robin Snyder

Back page character faces by Alex Toth.

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo