Superman art portfolio, short articles on Superman and Superboy, a detective comic, more.

It's possible there's one (or two) more creator(s) I can't identify.

Contents include: "Academy or DCTC?" article;  other DC Trade Center promotion; pro comic news; letters (Buddy Saunders, Ray Miller, Rick Weingroff, Jeff Gelb, others); ad for Super-Hero #5 drawn by Mickey Schwaberow; more.

Characters in art include: Judomaster, Fatman, Mr. L. Dedd

Offset/ditto, 24 pages (although 3 sheets are bound-in one-sided flyers), side-stapled.

Contents include: comics/fandom predictions; comic news; letters (Irene Vartanoff, Mike Benton, others); ads for Armageddon/Crypt, Wayward Traveler, Super-Hero, Intrigue, Bombshell, Heroic, Incognito Comics, Forbush Gazette; more.

Also contains On the Drawing Board #55 (Vol. 2, #8)

Characters in art include: Ka-Zar, Linus Van Pelt

Offset/ditto, essentially 20 pages, side-stapled.

There's one other unidentified artist: MR

Contents include: more on C.C. Beck and Milson; letters (Marv Wolfman, Gary Friedrich, Irene Vartanoff, Larry Herndon, Bill Spicer, others); a recommendation for Wonder Wart-Hog; full-page fanzine ads for THE, Bombshell, Action Illustrated; more.

This issue also contains On the Drawing Board #56 (Vol. 2, #9) by Robert Schoenfeld.

Characters in art include: Golden Age Green Lantern

Offset/ditto, essentially 20 pages, side-stapled.

A Battlestar Galactica fanzine.

Offset printed.

The cover image in this entry was taken from a review in Fan Scene #4 (Kevin Collier, 1985). A proper cover scan would be preferable.

James Van Hise remains as editor, but publishing has been assumed by New Media Publishing.

Editorial features include:

Cover by Ron Wilber.

“The Mutant Handbook” by Kurt Busiek and Scott McLeod. 

“Intelligent Life on Earth” (review of Will Eisner’s “Life on Another Planet”) by Robert Strauss. 

“CRITIQUE” fanzine and comix reviews by Robert Strauss, and James Van Hise. 

“The Empire Strikes Mitch” by Ken Mitchroney. 

“Metal and the White Boy’s Cool” (about Ted White’s tenure at Heavy Metal) by Robert Strauss. 

“The Return of the Lone Ranger” by JVH. 

“Megacon Blues,” strip by Doug Potter. 

“An Interview with Mike Friedrich” by Gerald Brown. 

“The Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (book/movie/book/movie review) by JVH. 

“Weird Tales: Back from the Dead and Needing a Facelift” by JVH.  “Have Broom, Will Travel” (a review of Broom-Hilda” Life Begins at 1500” by JVH.   

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This was the final issue, until Van Hise resumed as both editor and publisher with a “New First Issue” in May 2000.

PARODY issue, with parodies of THE COMICS JOURNAL and STARLOG.

Editorial features include:

Cover by John Turek.  

“What’s So Funny About Comics?” by Robert Strauss. 

“MAD Index 1-23” by Bill Hansen and Dan Ciminelli. 

“The Truth About Pirate’s Gold” (about the Donald Duck story by Carl Barks) by Jim Korkis. 

“The Case of the Bogus Avery” by Jim Korkis. 

“Captain Kentucky: The Comic is Put Back Into Comic Strips” by James Van Hise. 

“CRITIQUE” fanzine and comix reviews by Robert Strauss, Vernon Clark, and JVH. 

“THE OLD BOOKDEAL’R — GUD BOOX” by Stephen Bissette.  “COMICOPIA” by RC Harvey. 

"MARK BURBEY’S INTERVIEW,” featuring a transcript of a radio interview with Moe Howard. 

“The Three Stooges in Nuclear Knuckleheads” by Mark Burbey, Richard "Grass" Green, and Eddie Eddings.  

(The Three Stooges material in this issue was from a one-shot Stooges fanzine Mark Burbey was putting together, but was never published because Norman Maurer required a $2500 licensing fee to proceed.)

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Roughly 5 x 8"
32 pages
Color cover

Hand-printed cover. At least three color variants exist.

Edited by Dan Wicker.

Cover-dated November-December 1966 but dated June 1967 on the contents page.