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Volume 1, Number 7 December 2004 Celebrating the Best Comics of the '70s, '80s, and Today! EDITOR Michael “Brave and Bold” Eury
EDITORIAL ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 A salute to B&B and Teen Titans writer Bob Haney
PUBLISHER John “Two-in-One” Morrow
FLASHBACK: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD ............................................................................. 3 The history of DC’s much-more-than-just-a-team-up title
DESIGNER Robert “World’s Finest” Clark PROOFREADERS John Morrow and Eric Nolen-Weathington —in one issue together! SCANNING AND IMAGE MANIPULATION Rich “Super Friend” Fowlks COVER ARTISTS Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson COVER COLORIST Murphy Anderson III BATMAN CREATED BY BOB KANE SUPERMAN CREATED BY JERRY SIEGEL AND JOE SHUSTER SPECIAL THANKS Jason Adams Neal Adams Murphy Anderson Jim Aparo Terry Austin Mike W. Barr Spencer Beck Jerry Boyd Tom Brevoort June Brigman Rich Buckler Mike Burkey Cary Burkett Kurt Busiek John Byrne Nick Cardy Chris Claremont Dave Cockrum Gerry Conway Don Corn Tom DeFalco Mike Dunne Kieron Dwyer Steve Englehart Ric Estrada John Eury Mark Evanier Ramona Fradon Marguerite Haney French Kerry Gammill Dick Giordano Grand Comic-Book Database David Hamilton Wallace Harrington Jack C. Harris Russ Heath Heritage Comics Carmine Infantino
Dan Johnson Randy Kerr Karl Kesel Chris Khalaf Scott Kress Joe Kubert Stan Lee Rick Leonardi Paul Levitz Willie Lumpkin Andy Mangels Will Meugniot Moebius Cookie Morris Brian K. Morris Dennis O’Neil Jerry Ordway George Pérez Adam Philips John Romita, Sr. Alex Ross Steve Rude Rose Rummel-Eury Paul Ryan Jim Shooter Bill Sienkiewicz Walter Simonson Joe Sinnott J.E. Smith Jay Stephens Roger Stern Roy Thomas Alex Toth George Tuska Mark Waid Len Wein Marv Wolfman
FLASHBACK BONUS: THE BRAVE, THE BOLD, AND THE BOB ........................ 21 Bob Haney, through the eyes of Mike W. Barr PRO2PRO MINUS 1: JIM APARO INTERVIEW ................................................................... 23 The Bat-artist supreme looks back on his Brave and Bold days THE ULTIMATE TEAM-UP GUIDE................................................................................................. 28 A checklist of B&B, Marvel Team-Up, and other team-up titles ROUGH STUFF: SUPER TEAMS ...................................................................................................... 32 Pencil art by Brigman, Byrne, Cockrum, Gammill, Heck, Infantino, Leonardi, Newton, Robbins, Ross, Swan, and Toth THE GREATEST STORIES NEVER TOLD: TEEN TITANS SWINGIN’ ELSEWORLDS (AND THE SUPER-SONS) ................................................... 44 Jay Stephens talks Titans and Bob Haney, daddio! With unpublished art PRO2PRO ROUNDTABLE: FANTASTIC FOUR .................................................................... 47 The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine, as seen by 21 top creators PRO2PRO INTERVIEW: MARK EVANIER AND WILL MEUGNIOT ................... 62 The writer and artist recall DNAgents, with tons of juicy Meugniot artwork OFF MY CHEST: DENNIS O’NEIL .................................................................................................. 74 A guest editorial on the perils of writing super teams BACKSTAGE PASS: METROPOLIS LIVES! ............................................................................. 76 BACK ISSUE’s guided tour of the “home” of Superman GREATEST STORIES NEVER TOLD STOCKING STUFFER ........................................ 80 Marvel’s Santa Claus, plus Christmas comics of the ’70s and ’80s DVD BACK ISSUES, PART TWO ..................................................................................................... 81 Our checklist of comics-to-film-to-DVD titles continues BACK TALK ....................................................................................................................................................... 88 Reader feedback on issue #5
BACK ISSUE™ is published bimonthly by TwoMorrows Publishing, 10407 Bedfordtown Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614. Michael Eury, Editor. John Morrow, Publisher. BACK ISSUE Editorial Office: BACK ISSUE, c/o Michael Eury, Editor, 5060A Foothills Dr., Lake Oswego, OR 97034. Email: euryman@msn.com. Six-issue subscriptions: $30 Standard US, $48 First Class US, $60 Canada, $66 Surface International, $90 Airmail International. Please send subscription orders and funds to TwoMorrows, NOT to the editorial office. Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Spectre, Phantom Stranger, Brave and the Bold, and Teen Titans TM & © 2004 DC Comics. Fantastic Four TM & © 2004 Marvel Characters, Inc. DNAgents TM & © 2004 Mark Evanier and Will Meugniot. All characters are © their respective companies. All material © their creators unless otherwise noted. All editorial matter © 2004 Michael Eury and TwoMorrows Publishing. BACK ISSUE is a TM of TwoMorrows Publishing. Printed in Canada. FIRST PRINTING.
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