Monday, March 10, 2014

Back Issue! #71, March



Back Issue! #71 from TwoMorrows Publishing starts out with a bang with some stunning cover art courtesy of Art Adams.  Check out the cool stories and art all about tryouts, one-shots and one-hit wonders.

Here's what you can expect:

ONE-HIT WONDERS: The Bat-Squad
Batman’s small band of British helpers were seen in a single Brave and Bold issue
ONE-HIT WONDERS: The Crusader
Hopefully you didn’t grow too attached to the guest hero in Aquaman #56
FLASHBACK: Ready for the Marvel Spotlight.
Creators galore look back at the series that launched several important concepts
FLASHBACK: Marvel Feature
Home to the Defenders, Ant-Man, and Thing team-ups
FLASHBACK: Marvel Premiere
A round-up of familiar, freaky, and failed features, with numerous creator anecdotes
FLASHBACK: Strange Tales
The disposable heroes and throwaway characters of Marvel’s weirdest tryout book
BEYOND CAPES: 221B at DC: Sherlock Holmes at DC Comics
Inspecting the Bronze Age one-shot you may have missed
FLASHBACK: 1st Issue Special
It was no Showcase … nor was it meant to be
BEYOND CAPES: Dick Tracy
The super-sized one-shot of 1975 that gave DC its second square-jawed detective
FLASHBACK: Showcase Presents... Again
The Bronze Age return of DC’s venerated tryout title
ONE-HIT WONDERS: Timmy Time
The short lifespan of this one-time Richie Rich co-star
ONE-HIT WONDERS: Jason Monarch
This one-shot’s creator and his creation played the hand they were dealt
ONE-HIT WONDERS: Swashbuckled and Hornswaggled
Cary Burkett discusses the all-too-brief career of this Batman partner
WHAT THE--?!: Marvel’s Offbeat ’80s One-Shots
The No-Prize Book, The Fumetti Book, and The Generic Comic
FLASHBACK: New Talent and Bonus Babies
DC’s grooming of the next generation of comics pros, ’80s style
BACK TALK
Letters on BI #66, the Team-Ups issue
IN MEMORIAM: NICK CARDY