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