Back Issue (2025)

This issue is Haunted! Revisit the Bronze Age’s House of Mystery, House of Secrets, Unexpected, Marvel’s failed horror anthologies, Haunted Tank, Eerie Publications, House II adaptation, Elvira’s House of Mystery, & more. Chills and thrills courtesy of Neal Adams, Mike W. Barr, Dick Giordano, Sam Glanzman, Robert Kanigher, Ralph Macchio, Howard Mackie, Joe Orlando, Steranko, Bernie Wrightson, & more. Featuring a previously unpublished alternate version of the House of Mystery #251 cover by José Luis García-López and Wrightson.

Mutant Mayhem issue, starring Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X Wolverine! Plus: The crazy romance of Havok and Polaris, Rogue and Nightcrawler limited series, villain histories of the Brood and Arcade, and more! Featuring Jon Bogdanove, John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, Louise Simonson, Mike Wieringo, and more! Re-presenting the 1991 Marvel Comics Presents #78 cover by Windsor-Smith. Edited by Roger Ash.

“BACK ISSUE Goes MAD!” Things get crazy this issue with Madman, Batman: Mad Love, MAD superhero movie parodies, the Mad Hatter, Madballs, and more! Featuring the work of Michael Allred, Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Gerry Conway, Doug Moench, Mike W. Barr, Jeph Loeb, and others. Madman cover by Michael Allred! Edited by Roger Ash.

People tell you not to, but this issue we’re Monkeying Around! Featuring your simian favorites including Gorilla Grodd, Gorilla-Man, King Kong, Angel and the Ape, and more monkey business. With the work of Carmine Infantino, John Broome, Cary Bates, Gerry Conway, Mark Waid, Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Don Simpson, Phil Foglio, Howard Chaykin, Philip Bond, and others. Gorilla Grodd cover by Arthur Adams! Edited by Roger Ash.

Look to the skies—it’s the “Alien Invasion” issue! Beings making planetfall include Starro the Conqueror, Aliens, Predator, Alien Legion, D.R. and Quinch, and more oddities sure to please. Featuring the work of David Michelinie, Gerry Conway, Bart Sears, Mark Verheiden, Mark A. Nelson, Chris Warner, Randy Stradley, Carl Potts, Frank Cirocco, Larry Stroman, Chuck Dixon, Alan Davis, and others. Starro the Conqueror cover by Brian Bolland! Edited by Roger Ash.

Great rivalries make for great comics, as you’ll discover in our “Rivals” issue! Featuring the Bronze Age classic The Kree-Skrull War, Superman and Flash races, Thing and Hulk battles, Archie Andrews vs. Reggie Mantle, and more epic clashes. Spotlighting the work of Roy Thomas, Neal Adams, Dan Jurgens, Jose Luis García-Lopez, Gerry Conway, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Peter David, Dan Parent, Mark Waid, and others. Avengers cover by Sal Buscema!

In Back Issue #166, it’s time to Partner Up! Whether it’s teammates, friends, employer/employee, sidekicks, or significant others, we look at the partnerships between Superman and Lois Lane, Love and Rockets’ Maggie and Hopey, Batman and Alfred, Milk and Cheese, and others. Plus, behind-the-scenes with Rick Veitch’s Brat Pack. Featuring the work of Jerry Ordway, Dan Jurgens, Marv Wolfman, Jaime Hernandez, Rick Veitch, Bill Mantlo, Doug Moench, Evan Dorkin, Steve Englehart, Al Milgrom, and others. Clark Kent and Lois Lane cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin. Edited by Roger Ash.

In Back Issue #167, we celebrate Girls, Women, and Ladies, as we spend some quality time with Squirrel Girl, Sue Richards, the Invisible Woman, Phantom Lady, Saturn Girl, and more. Featuring the work of Steve Ditko, Doug Moench, John Byrne, Mark Waid, Paul Levitz, Roy Thomas, Chuck Austen, Alan Martin, Jamie Hewlett, Kazuya Kudo, Ryoichi Ikegami, and others. Plus, a Pro2Pro interview with Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, and Patrick Olliffe about May “Mayday” Parker a.k.a. Spider-Girl! Spider-Girl cover by Patrick Olliffe and Al Williamson. Edited by Roger Ash.