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The Comics Journal, often abbreviated TCJ, is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels. [1] Known for its lengthy interviews with comic creators, pointed editorials and scathing reviews of the products of the mainstream comics industry, the magazine promotes the view that comics are a fine art, meriting broader cultural respect, and ...
Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938) is the first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series Action Comics.It features the first appearance of several comic-book heroes—most notably the Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster creation, Superman—and sold for 10 cents (equivalent to $2 in 2023).
Amazing Heroes' first 13 issues were magazine-sized, while the rest were comic book-sized. The regular content included industry news, comics creator interviews, histories of comic book characters and reviews. Features included Hero Histories of various characters/features, previews of upcoming series, and letters page.
Critics gave the series positive reviews. According to the review aggregator Comic Book Roundup, the first issue scored an average 9.2/10 based on 41 reviews, the series as a whole averaged 8.9/10 based on 154 reviews, and the final issue averaged 9.6/10 based on 9 reviews. [28] The series won the 2016 Eisner Award for "Best Limited Series". [29]
Epic Illustrated was a comics anthology in magazine format published in the United States by Marvel Comics.Similar to the US-licensed comic book magazine Heavy Metal, it allowed explicit content to be featured, unlike the traditional American comic books of that time bound by the restrictive Comics Code Authority, as well as offering its writers and artists ownership rights and royalties in ...
Comics Feature was an American magazine of news, criticism, and commentary pertaining to comic books, comic strips, and animation. Published by New Media Publishing , it produced 57 issues (and a number of specials) between 1980 and 1987.
The first five issues included a 16-page insert of Speakeasy, [2] the remnants of the long-running comics news & reviews magazine. The final two issues featured articles and reviews alongside the comic strips. [3] Each issue ran 64 pages with a color cover, black-and-white interior pages, and was labeled for mature readers.
Issue #550, dated April 2018, was the final issue of the first volume of the magazine which launched at EC Comics in 1952. MAD Magazine was rebooted with a new #1 dated June 2018 and a new look. After 30+ years editor John Ficarra retired, with illustrator and comic book artist Bill Morrison becoming the new editor and the magazine shifted ...