Back Issue #10

Gemstone/Diamond’s Scoop e-newsletter selected BACK ISSUE as the #1 “Best Publication About Comics for 2004”! Here’s your chance to discover why in BACK ISSUE #10, our “Pulp Fiction Issue!” “Bring on the Bad Guys” explores the history of Batman-foe RA’S AL GHUL, with commentary by NEAL ADAMS and DENNY O’NEIL (and rare art by Adams)! O’Neil returns to join artist MIKE KALUTA for a “Pro2Pro” interview about THE SHADOW, and ROGER STERN and RON FRENZ go “Pro2Pro” about their much-loved “The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man.” Plus: MIKE GRELL’s JON SABLE, FREELANCE (including a “Backstage Pass” look at the SABLE TV show); a HOWARD CHAYKIN interview; MIKE W. BARR’s examination of DOC SAVAGE in comics; a spotlight on THE HUMAN TARGET; a speculative look at why DC bypassed the B&W boom of the 1970s; a BATMAN “Rough Stuff” art gallery, featuring BILL SIENKIEWICZ, WALTER SIMONSON, PAUL SMITH, BRIAN BOLLAND, ED HANNIGAN, DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI, and others; and a “New in Print” look at Batman: Dark Detective, reuniting STEVE ENGLEHART, MARSHALL ROGERS, and TERRY AUSTIN! With an eye-popping RA’S AL GHUL cover by NEAL ADAMS!