BACK ISSUE! Magazine
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine examines comics & comic-related media from the 1970's, 1980's & 1990's.
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BACK ISSUE! is published eight times a year.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine #162 has been shipped and is available TODAY at your local comics shop!!!
MADMAN, THE MAD HATTER, HARLEY QUINN, MAD BALL, MAD-DOG, MAD MAGAZINE and more!
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine #162 has been shipped and is available TODAY at your local comics shop!!!
MADMAN, THE MAD HATTER, HARLEY QUINN, MAD BALL, MAD-DOG, MAD MAGAZINE and more!
Order and/or subscribe here and get a free DIGITAL copy: twomorrows.com/index.php?ma...
I didn't own any of these growing up. I wish I did.
These kits look great and had a mini comic with assembly instructions to boot!
Aurora hobby kit ad (1976)
These kits look great and had a mini comic with assembly instructions to boot!
Aurora hobby kit ad (1976)
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I didn't own any of these growing up. I wish I did.
These kits look great and had a mini comic with assembly instructions to boot!
Aurora hobby kit ad (1976)
These kits look great and had a mini comic with assembly instructions to boot!
Aurora hobby kit ad (1976)
Clark Kent meets a part of his past he would rather forget. 🫣
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Kingdom Come #4, Aug 1996
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Kingdom Come #4, Aug 1996
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Clark Kent meets a part of his past he would rather forget. 🫣
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Kingdom Come #4, Aug 1996
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Kingdom Come #4, Aug 1996
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Long Live the Legion!!
Dedicated to Paul Levitz and Neal Pozner.
Legion: Secret Files #1, Jan 1998 with pencils and inks by Phil Jimenez @philjimeneznyc.bsky.social
Dedicated to Paul Levitz and Neal Pozner.
Legion: Secret Files #1, Jan 1998 with pencils and inks by Phil Jimenez @philjimeneznyc.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Long Live the Legion!!
Dedicated to Paul Levitz and Neal Pozner.
Legion: Secret Files #1, Jan 1998 with pencils and inks by Phil Jimenez @philjimeneznyc.bsky.social
Dedicated to Paul Levitz and Neal Pozner.
Legion: Secret Files #1, Jan 1998 with pencils and inks by Phil Jimenez @philjimeneznyc.bsky.social
Cool your Cajun hormones, Gambit.
I agree with Jubilee. You have no shot, Remy.
Rogue is NOT interested in a beau, Mr. LeBeau.
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X-Men #4, Jan 1992
I agree with Jubilee. You have no shot, Remy.
Rogue is NOT interested in a beau, Mr. LeBeau.
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X-Men #4, Jan 1992
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Cool your Cajun hormones, Gambit.
I agree with Jubilee. You have no shot, Remy.
Rogue is NOT interested in a beau, Mr. LeBeau.
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X-Men #4, Jan 1992
I agree with Jubilee. You have no shot, Remy.
Rogue is NOT interested in a beau, Mr. LeBeau.
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X-Men #4, Jan 1992
Jon discovers an old friend on life support in the same hospital where he's rehabbing.
He learns that his friend's wife was convicted of trying to kill him but she is out on bail while she appeals.
This does not sit well with Jon and he decides he is not going to let her out of his sight.
He learns that his friend's wife was convicted of trying to kill him but she is out on bail while she appeals.
This does not sit well with Jon and he decides he is not going to let her out of his sight.
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Jon discovers an old friend on life support in the same hospital where he's rehabbing.
He learns that his friend's wife was convicted of trying to kill him but she is out on bail while she appeals.
This does not sit well with Jon and he decides he is not going to let her out of his sight.
He learns that his friend's wife was convicted of trying to kill him but she is out on bail while she appeals.
This does not sit well with Jon and he decides he is not going to let her out of his sight.
Aristocrat Katar Hol longs for the time when Thanagar didn't rely on outworld conquest and enslavement as the basis of its culture.
He sinks deeper into melancholy as he's forced to participate in the atrocities the corrupt police under Commander Byth commit to keep his people living in luxury.
He sinks deeper into melancholy as he's forced to participate in the atrocities the corrupt police under Commander Byth commit to keep his people living in luxury.
November 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Aristocrat Katar Hol longs for the time when Thanagar didn't rely on outworld conquest and enslavement as the basis of its culture.
He sinks deeper into melancholy as he's forced to participate in the atrocities the corrupt police under Commander Byth commit to keep his people living in luxury.
He sinks deeper into melancholy as he's forced to participate in the atrocities the corrupt police under Commander Byth commit to keep his people living in luxury.
It is war.
The old guard versus the new violent generation of metahumans. The appearance of the brainwashed Captain Marvel has neutralized Superman and provided the younger metahumans the upper hand.
Either they will kill each other or destroy the world, maybe both.
Final Judgment is coming soon.
The old guard versus the new violent generation of metahumans. The appearance of the brainwashed Captain Marvel has neutralized Superman and provided the younger metahumans the upper hand.
Either they will kill each other or destroy the world, maybe both.
Final Judgment is coming soon.
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It is war.
The old guard versus the new violent generation of metahumans. The appearance of the brainwashed Captain Marvel has neutralized Superman and provided the younger metahumans the upper hand.
Either they will kill each other or destroy the world, maybe both.
Final Judgment is coming soon.
The old guard versus the new violent generation of metahumans. The appearance of the brainwashed Captain Marvel has neutralized Superman and provided the younger metahumans the upper hand.
Either they will kill each other or destroy the world, maybe both.
Final Judgment is coming soon.
Slam Bradley is hired by a man named Thomas Moriarty to find his kidnapped fiancée, a British girl named Mary Watson.
The job unearths a plot to murder the Queen of England.
It is a threat that can only be stopped by the greatest sleuths in the DC Universe and the greatest sleuth of them all.
The job unearths a plot to murder the Queen of England.
It is a threat that can only be stopped by the greatest sleuths in the DC Universe and the greatest sleuth of them all.
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Slam Bradley is hired by a man named Thomas Moriarty to find his kidnapped fiancée, a British girl named Mary Watson.
The job unearths a plot to murder the Queen of England.
It is a threat that can only be stopped by the greatest sleuths in the DC Universe and the greatest sleuth of them all.
The job unearths a plot to murder the Queen of England.
It is a threat that can only be stopped by the greatest sleuths in the DC Universe and the greatest sleuth of them all.
The Joker decides to commit crimes inspired by Sherlock Holmes novels, but this time he'll make sure the villain always wins!
During the first crime, he knocks out an actor playing Holmes on stage.
When the actor awakes he believes he's the real deal and plans to bring the villain in to justice.
During the first crime, he knocks out an actor playing Holmes on stage.
When the actor awakes he believes he's the real deal and plans to bring the villain in to justice.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Joker decides to commit crimes inspired by Sherlock Holmes novels, but this time he'll make sure the villain always wins!
During the first crime, he knocks out an actor playing Holmes on stage.
When the actor awakes he believes he's the real deal and plans to bring the villain in to justice.
During the first crime, he knocks out an actor playing Holmes on stage.
When the actor awakes he believes he's the real deal and plans to bring the villain in to justice.
Holmes' investigation of a criminal organization uncovers its leader, Professor Moriarty.
Holmes and Watson head to Switzerland until the police conclude the case, but Moriarty follows and kills Holmes.
Or so Watson thought.
Holmes survived and now returns to capture the last of Moriarty's gang.
Holmes and Watson head to Switzerland until the police conclude the case, but Moriarty follows and kills Holmes.
Or so Watson thought.
Holmes survived and now returns to capture the last of Moriarty's gang.
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Holmes' investigation of a criminal organization uncovers its leader, Professor Moriarty.
Holmes and Watson head to Switzerland until the police conclude the case, but Moriarty follows and kills Holmes.
Or so Watson thought.
Holmes survived and now returns to capture the last of Moriarty's gang.
Holmes and Watson head to Switzerland until the police conclude the case, but Moriarty follows and kills Holmes.
Or so Watson thought.
Holmes survived and now returns to capture the last of Moriarty's gang.
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Luthor has reverted Superman ten years in age and maturity. Now that Luthor has ten more years of experience over a teen-aged Superman, he can finally defeat him.
But first, say goodbye to prison grays and hello to a uniform more worthy of a super criminal genius...
But first, say goodbye to prison grays and hello to a uniform more worthy of a super criminal genius...
March 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Luthor has reverted Superman ten years in age and maturity. Now that Luthor has ten more years of experience over a teen-aged Superman, he can finally defeat him.
But first, say goodbye to prison grays and hello to a uniform more worthy of a super criminal genius...
But first, say goodbye to prison grays and hello to a uniform more worthy of a super criminal genius...
With his buddies Tommy and Nat being hunted by demons, Noonan's Bar regular SixPack decides he needs to help.
He seeks out his old team; The Defenestrator, Friendly Fire, Shakes, Jean de Baton-Baton, Bueno Excellente, Flemgem and Dogwelder.
Watch out, demons!
Section Eight is BACK!
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Hitman #18
He seeks out his old team; The Defenestrator, Friendly Fire, Shakes, Jean de Baton-Baton, Bueno Excellente, Flemgem and Dogwelder.
Watch out, demons!
Section Eight is BACK!
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Hitman #18
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
With his buddies Tommy and Nat being hunted by demons, Noonan's Bar regular SixPack decides he needs to help.
He seeks out his old team; The Defenestrator, Friendly Fire, Shakes, Jean de Baton-Baton, Bueno Excellente, Flemgem and Dogwelder.
Watch out, demons!
Section Eight is BACK!
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Hitman #18
He seeks out his old team; The Defenestrator, Friendly Fire, Shakes, Jean de Baton-Baton, Bueno Excellente, Flemgem and Dogwelder.
Watch out, demons!
Section Eight is BACK!
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Hitman #18
Holy Moley!
Bill Batson meets Tawky Tawny!
Not a real talking tiger this time around but a magical pookah.
Power of Shazam #4, June 1995 by Jerry Ordway @jerryordway.bsky.social Peter Krause @petergkrause.bsky.social Mike Manley @drawmanley.bsky.social
Bill Batson meets Tawky Tawny!
Not a real talking tiger this time around but a magical pookah.
Power of Shazam #4, June 1995 by Jerry Ordway @jerryordway.bsky.social Peter Krause @petergkrause.bsky.social Mike Manley @drawmanley.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Holy Moley!
Bill Batson meets Tawky Tawny!
Not a real talking tiger this time around but a magical pookah.
Power of Shazam #4, June 1995 by Jerry Ordway @jerryordway.bsky.social Peter Krause @petergkrause.bsky.social Mike Manley @drawmanley.bsky.social
Bill Batson meets Tawky Tawny!
Not a real talking tiger this time around but a magical pookah.
Power of Shazam #4, June 1995 by Jerry Ordway @jerryordway.bsky.social Peter Krause @petergkrause.bsky.social Mike Manley @drawmanley.bsky.social
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One of the best from the bronze age of comics by @dc.com.
This classic anniversary issue guest stars nearly every character introduced during DC's Showcase legendary run.
It has never been reprinted.
Showcase #100, May 1978 by Paul Kupperberg @paulkupperberg.bsky.social, Paul Levitz & Joe Staton
This classic anniversary issue guest stars nearly every character introduced during DC's Showcase legendary run.
It has never been reprinted.
Showcase #100, May 1978 by Paul Kupperberg @paulkupperberg.bsky.social, Paul Levitz & Joe Staton
August 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
One of the best from the bronze age of comics by @dc.com.
This classic anniversary issue guest stars nearly every character introduced during DC's Showcase legendary run.
It has never been reprinted.
Showcase #100, May 1978 by Paul Kupperberg @paulkupperberg.bsky.social, Paul Levitz & Joe Staton
This classic anniversary issue guest stars nearly every character introduced during DC's Showcase legendary run.
It has never been reprinted.
Showcase #100, May 1978 by Paul Kupperberg @paulkupperberg.bsky.social, Paul Levitz & Joe Staton
The Evolutionary War begins!
A mutated Subterranean creature releases a powerful psychic scream as his race is attacked.
As X-Factor helps the subterraneans, Apocalypse convinces the High Evolutionary that his purpose shouldn’t be to guide mankind’s evolution, but to leave it to natural selection.
A mutated Subterranean creature releases a powerful psychic scream as his race is attacked.
As X-Factor helps the subterraneans, Apocalypse convinces the High Evolutionary that his purpose shouldn’t be to guide mankind’s evolution, but to leave it to natural selection.
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Evolutionary War begins!
A mutated Subterranean creature releases a powerful psychic scream as his race is attacked.
As X-Factor helps the subterraneans, Apocalypse convinces the High Evolutionary that his purpose shouldn’t be to guide mankind’s evolution, but to leave it to natural selection.
A mutated Subterranean creature releases a powerful psychic scream as his race is attacked.
As X-Factor helps the subterraneans, Apocalypse convinces the High Evolutionary that his purpose shouldn’t be to guide mankind’s evolution, but to leave it to natural selection.
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The Devil is bored.
The Wolf is in hiding and his restlessness brings him to Gotham City to play.
Hunter Rose is planning to steal one the world's greatest art pieces, and to bide time he sends Batman on the hunt for a fake Riddler.
Batman/Grendel: Devil's Riddle #1 (1993) by Matt Wagner
The Wolf is in hiding and his restlessness brings him to Gotham City to play.
Hunter Rose is planning to steal one the world's greatest art pieces, and to bide time he sends Batman on the hunt for a fake Riddler.
Batman/Grendel: Devil's Riddle #1 (1993) by Matt Wagner
March 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Devil is bored.
The Wolf is in hiding and his restlessness brings him to Gotham City to play.
Hunter Rose is planning to steal one the world's greatest art pieces, and to bide time he sends Batman on the hunt for a fake Riddler.
Batman/Grendel: Devil's Riddle #1 (1993) by Matt Wagner
The Wolf is in hiding and his restlessness brings him to Gotham City to play.
Hunter Rose is planning to steal one the world's greatest art pieces, and to bide time he sends Batman on the hunt for a fake Riddler.
Batman/Grendel: Devil's Riddle #1 (1993) by Matt Wagner
Star Sapphire feels hate for Hal Jordan and wants revenge for the loss of her people at the hands of the Guardians.
She travels across the galaxy to the apartment that Hal & Arisia shares with John & Katma and finds Katma all alone.
Sapphire decides one Green Lantern is as good as another.
She travels across the galaxy to the apartment that Hal & Arisia shares with John & Katma and finds Katma all alone.
Sapphire decides one Green Lantern is as good as another.
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Star Sapphire feels hate for Hal Jordan and wants revenge for the loss of her people at the hands of the Guardians.
She travels across the galaxy to the apartment that Hal & Arisia shares with John & Katma and finds Katma all alone.
Sapphire decides one Green Lantern is as good as another.
She travels across the galaxy to the apartment that Hal & Arisia shares with John & Katma and finds Katma all alone.
Sapphire decides one Green Lantern is as good as another.
Luke and Leia jump into hyperspace to outrun an Imperial Cruiser but damage causes them to jump faster and farther than ever before and they emerge in the void beyond the galaxy.
Now stranded, they are rescued by an ancient organic ship who forces them to play strange games for its own amusement.
Now stranded, they are rescued by an ancient organic ship who forces them to play strange games for its own amusement.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Luke and Leia jump into hyperspace to outrun an Imperial Cruiser but damage causes them to jump faster and farther than ever before and they emerge in the void beyond the galaxy.
Now stranded, they are rescued by an ancient organic ship who forces them to play strange games for its own amusement.
Now stranded, they are rescued by an ancient organic ship who forces them to play strange games for its own amusement.
Darkseid stands and gloats; it is going precisely as planned.
Heroes are now outlawed in the United States and the presidential executive order is dividing and fracturing the nation.
With the heroes’ legacy in ruins, Darkseid will stand as the only legend left to transform humanity.
Heroes are now outlawed in the United States and the presidential executive order is dividing and fracturing the nation.
With the heroes’ legacy in ruins, Darkseid will stand as the only legend left to transform humanity.
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Darkseid stands and gloats; it is going precisely as planned.
Heroes are now outlawed in the United States and the presidential executive order is dividing and fracturing the nation.
With the heroes’ legacy in ruins, Darkseid will stand as the only legend left to transform humanity.
Heroes are now outlawed in the United States and the presidential executive order is dividing and fracturing the nation.
With the heroes’ legacy in ruins, Darkseid will stand as the only legend left to transform humanity.
The first appearance of the Star Hunters & their swashbuckling, Irish leader, Donovan Flint.
Today, Donovan is blackmailed into obtaining an alien artifact that may hold the answer to the creation of universal life.
A little cult favorite cut short by the DC Implosion of 1978.
Today, Donovan is blackmailed into obtaining an alien artifact that may hold the answer to the creation of universal life.
A little cult favorite cut short by the DC Implosion of 1978.
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The first appearance of the Star Hunters & their swashbuckling, Irish leader, Donovan Flint.
Today, Donovan is blackmailed into obtaining an alien artifact that may hold the answer to the creation of universal life.
A little cult favorite cut short by the DC Implosion of 1978.
Today, Donovan is blackmailed into obtaining an alien artifact that may hold the answer to the creation of universal life.
A little cult favorite cut short by the DC Implosion of 1978.
Moench & Gulacy reunite!
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A man wakes inside a strange car in New York. The car's computer tells him the cyber surgery was completed.
He is now Coldblood-7, an urban soldier cyborg, and he is currently the target of an assault tank.
Coldblood stops the tank and demands to see whoever is inside.
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A man wakes inside a strange car in New York. The car's computer tells him the cyber surgery was completed.
He is now Coldblood-7, an urban soldier cyborg, and he is currently the target of an assault tank.
Coldblood stops the tank and demands to see whoever is inside.
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Moench & Gulacy reunite!
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A man wakes inside a strange car in New York. The car's computer tells him the cyber surgery was completed.
He is now Coldblood-7, an urban soldier cyborg, and he is currently the target of an assault tank.
Coldblood stops the tank and demands to see whoever is inside.
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A man wakes inside a strange car in New York. The car's computer tells him the cyber surgery was completed.
He is now Coldblood-7, an urban soldier cyborg, and he is currently the target of an assault tank.
Coldblood stops the tank and demands to see whoever is inside.
The two best 'Power Man/Iron Fist' house ads ever created.
Art by Bill Sienkiewicz (1984)
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Art by Bill Sienkiewicz (1984)
@bsienk.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The two best 'Power Man/Iron Fist' house ads ever created.
Art by Bill Sienkiewicz (1984)
@bsienk.bsky.social
Art by Bill Sienkiewicz (1984)
@bsienk.bsky.social
Thomas Tresser vows to balance the scales of Justice as the mysterious man called Nemesis after the death of his friend, colleague and mentor who was killed by Thomas' own brother.
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"Nemesis" by Cary Burkett & Dan Spiegle.
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"Nemesis" by Cary Burkett & Dan Spiegle.
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Thomas Tresser vows to balance the scales of Justice as the mysterious man called Nemesis after the death of his friend, colleague and mentor who was killed by Thomas' own brother.
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"Nemesis" by Cary Burkett & Dan Spiegle.
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"Nemesis" by Cary Burkett & Dan Spiegle.
Happy Heavenly Birthday to comic artist Dave Cockrum.
Dave quickly became a fan favorite on "The Legion of Super-Heroes" in the early 1970s with co-plotter Cary Bates and later co-created the "New X-Men" along with Len Wein.
Dave was easily the best costume designer of the bronze age.
11/11/1943
Dave quickly became a fan favorite on "The Legion of Super-Heroes" in the early 1970s with co-plotter Cary Bates and later co-created the "New X-Men" along with Len Wein.
Dave was easily the best costume designer of the bronze age.
11/11/1943
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Happy Heavenly Birthday to comic artist Dave Cockrum.
Dave quickly became a fan favorite on "The Legion of Super-Heroes" in the early 1970s with co-plotter Cary Bates and later co-created the "New X-Men" along with Len Wein.
Dave was easily the best costume designer of the bronze age.
11/11/1943
Dave quickly became a fan favorite on "The Legion of Super-Heroes" in the early 1970s with co-plotter Cary Bates and later co-created the "New X-Men" along with Len Wein.
Dave was easily the best costume designer of the bronze age.
11/11/1943