Volume 35, Number 12

Vol. 35, No. 12
December 2024
whole number 420
2024 pages 089-096

A Dan Gormley cover of Frosty the Snowman from a 1952 Dell issue up front.

The obligatory Sheldon Mayer contribution to the Christmas issue is a two page excerpt from his unfinished Rudolph story "Christmas for a Cave Man" from 1979.

Dave Sim writes "Voice Over", a review of the Ditko at Charlton books of the 1970s and the evolution of his art over the decades.

Under The Gun Letters from Joshua Warren, G.G. Faircloth, Nick Caputo, Warren Sattler, Bernard Brannigan, Gene Hall, Joe Frank, Thomas W. Scott III and Paul Bach.

Yearly index for 2024 finishes up the issue and the year.

Volume 11, Number 9

Vol. 11, No. 9
September 2000
whole number 129

2000 pages 077-084 (8 pages)

Warren Sattler is up front this issue, with a new illustration of the character he did with Joe Gill in the 1970s for Charlton, YANG. He singles that out as the work he was most satisfied with in a long career, as it harkened back to the adventure strips of his youth that made him fall in love with cartooning. 

There's also a sample of the long running Grubby comic strip Sattler did and a cute bit of super-hero art, a few samples of Barnaby from 1961 (one of the strips Sattler ghosted) and an appreciation by Jerry DeFuccio. 

Joe Simon has a short note about Red Raven and swiping.

We also get a few pages of Charlton's SUNSET CARSON comic from the 1950s, with Mario DeMarco writing about his work on the feature and other aspects of his career. 

Joe Gill also writes about the pace of writing for Charlton.

Steve Ditko closes the issue with the "The Rationalizers", the third and final part of his series on "The 'Stolen Art Page' Problem", later reprinted in Avenging World [2002].. 

"It is actually a negative claiming to be a superior positive, but endless zeroes still add up to nothing." -- Steve Ditko

Volume 11, Number 7

Vol. 11, No. 7
July 2000
whole number 127
2000 pages 053-070 (18 pages)

Illustration by Jerry De Fuccio and Mark Heike (Front page)

Under the Gun: letter from Jerry De Fuccio (includes a John Putnam illustration)

Happy Birthday by Warren Sattler Greetings to Jerry De Fuccio

Heike by Bill Black piece on Mark Heike

Jerry De Fuccio by Alex Toth

St. Peter and a Few Friends by Jerry De Fuccio includes numerous Golf Tournament illustrations by De Fuccio and Paul Coker, Frank Borth and Warren Sattler

Letter to De Fuccio from Percy Crosby and an original page of Skippy

The "Stolen Art Page"  Problem and the Error of Non-Principled Thinking by Steve Ditko

Essay by Ditko on back page includes cover for the unpublished The Tsk! Tsk! Forum

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 10, Number 11

Vol. 10, No. 11
November 1999
whole number 119
1999 pages 077-084 (8 pages)

Cover: Flare Path by Robert Kanigher answering letters from fans including Don Mangus

Under the Gun: letter from Jerry DeFuccio includes a promo for Steve Ditko's 160 page package

original page produced by Jerry DeFuccio and Warren Sattler for RS

Mr. A original art page from the then unpublished 1991 strip

Letter from Stan Lee "To Whom it May Concern" where he states he "considered" Steve to be Spider-Man's co-creator

Steve Ditko illustrated promo for Static 

Ditko Tsk! Tsk! C # 1 "Comic fans keep blowing meaningless Sound Waves" illustrated editorial

The Comics Mail Order (back page)

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 10, Number 10

Vol. 10, No. 10
October 1999
whole number 118
1999 pages 071-076 (6 pages)

cover: "Horseless" a review of Kanigher's Gallery of War story by Don Mangus

Under the Gun: letters from Carl Gafford, Mike Ambrose, Warren Sattler, Ernie Colon and Robert Kanigher

Just the Miner by Robert Kanigher: RK discusses taking over Tomahawk. Includes a page of original art by Kanigher and Frank Thorne

The Comics mail order on inside back  and back cover

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo