Writers / Artists: Russ Martin

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Front cover by Mark Shultz, back cover by Al Feldstein.
Editorial features include:
“BLAST FROM THE READERS,” featuring a letter from Peter Krupkowski reminiscing about his involvement with SPA FON. “Fan Fun in the Sunshine State” by Gary Brown, with reproductions of numerous COMIC COMMENTS covers. “Steve Ditko’s Spider-Man” by James Van Hise. “A Look at Some of the Lee/Ditko Spider-Man Reprints, or Moving the Sixties into the Eighties” by JVH. “Reed Crandall — Illustrator of Super-Heroes” by JVH. “The Monster Squad” by JVH. “The Monster Maker,” comic story written by JVH and drawn by Tom Sutton (reprinted from GRAVE TALES #2 (1991). “A Thousand Heroes with One Face” by Stuart Hopen. “The Crimson Wings of Silence,” preview of a graphic novel written by Stuart Hopen and drawn by Russ Martin. “Mark Schultz on Drawing Comics” by JVH.
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