Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Back Issue #76, October



Let’s get small!  Back Issue! #76 from TwoMorrows Publishing invites viewers to think small in a special issue dedicated to the diminutive comic book characters over the decades.
Small talk this issue includes:

BACK SEAT DRIVER: Editorial by Michael Eury

FLASHBACK: Hank and Janet: The Rocky Relationship of Ant-Man and the Wasp
The ups and downs of these size-changing founding Avengers

ONE-HIT WONDERS: Here Come the Microbots!
This toy-inspired Gold Key comic predated the Micronauts by seven years

FLASHBACK: Marvel Value Stamps
How Marvel convinced fandom to buy more comics by cutting them up

OFF MY CHEST: The Case of Marvel’s First Wolverine
A look at the mysterious creation of Marvel’s most popular mutant

FLASHBACK: Shrinking Roles and Shorter Features: The Atom in the Bronze Age
Ray Palmer’s scattershot appearances in the 1970s and 1980s—including television!

FLASHBACK: Swords, Sorcery, and Size-Changing: Sword of the Atom
Jan Strnad recalls his collaboration with Gil Kane on this ’80s superhero detour

BEYOND CAPES: Inner-Space Opera: A Look at Marvel’s Micronauts Comics
Borne of the toy box, Micronautsbecame a surprise hit for the House of Ideas

FLASHBACK: Buried Treasures in DC’s Reprint Digests
Big surprises found in small packages

INDEX: DC Comics Digests
Issue-by-issue, the contents of these pocket-sized crowd-pleasers

WHAT THE--?!: Super Jrs. vs. Superkids
The many mysteries of DC’s Romper Room JLA

BACK TALK
Reader reaction to our Tryouts, One-Shots, and One-Hit Wonders issue (#71) and more