Back Issue! #65, July

A lot of people love comic books from the Gold and Silver Ages.  When comic books were going through a change to fit the new distribution of magazines and the shrinking comic book demographics comic book companies began to push the boundaries of what comic books were about.

Most of these radical changes happened in the Bronze Age.  Many of the Modern Age key characters seen in comic books today were introduced during the Bronze Age and to me I enjoyed the Bronze Age titles as much as the Silver Age books.

Back Issue! #65, from TwoMorrows Publishing, takes a good hard look at this important age with its Bronze Age 'B' Team issue.  Here's what you can expect to read about: 

BACK SEAT DRIVER: Editorial by Michael Eury 

FLASHBACK: The Not-Ready-for-Super-Team Players: The Defenders

·              An issue-by-issue look at Marvel’s non-team, with creator commentary galore

FLASHBACK: “We’ll Keep on Fighting ’til the End”: The Champions

·              Why did this Marvel super-group struggle to maintain an audience?

FLASH FORWARD: Explore the Marvel Universe of the 31st Century with the
Guardians of the Galaxy

·              A cavalcade of stars discusses Marvel’s futuristic fighters—soon to become a major motion picture!

THE DOOM PATROL INTERVIEWS

·              Behind-the-scenes chats with four storytellers of DC’s World’s Strangest Heroes

o            Arnold Drake

o            Paul Kupperberg

o            Steve Lightle

o            Erik Larsen 

Bonus Pinup by Richard Case 

FLASHBACK: Go West, Young Heroes: Titans West

·              Teen Titans in La-La Land

FLASHBACK: Inhuman Nature

·              The genetics, social science, and superhero evolution behind the Fantastic Four spin-off

WHAT THE--?!: The Legion of Substitute Heroes in the Spotlight

·              These wannabes play second fiddle to Bouncing Boy, for goodness sake!

OFF MY CHEST: X-Factor vs. X-Factor

·              A look at the role of identity in Peter David’s X-series

BACK TALK

·              Letters on BI #60