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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 ...
The Consumer Reports auto test track in East Haddam, Connecticut. In the July 1978 issue, Consumer Reports rated the Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon automobile "not acceptable", the first car it had judged such since the AMC Ambassador in 1968.
October 6: The first issue of the British comics magazine Valiant is published. It will run until 16 October 1976. [18] Fantastic Four (1961 series) #7 - Marvel Comics; Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #85 - Marvel Comics; First appearance of Loki, Balder, Sif, Odin & Asgard. Little Annie Fanny by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder makes its ...
Comics Revue is a bi-monthly small press comic book published by Manuscript Press and edited by Rick Norwood. Don Markstein edited the publication from 1984 to 1987 and 1992 to 1996. As of 2020, it has published more than 350 issues, making it the longest running independent comic book (beating the record of Cerebus the Aardvark ).
This category contains magazines about comic books and the trade (featuring primary text pieces with illustrations), as opposed to the regularly printed magazines in serial format published for the sequential art medium. For magazines with comics, see Category:Comics magazines
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).
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]
According to review aggregator Comic Book Roundup, the first issue scored an average of 8.2/10 based on 10 reviews, while the series as a whole averaged 7.6/10 based on 66 reviews. [4] The first issue received generally positive reviews for both Barber's script and Zama's art from ComicsVerse, [5] IGN, [6] and Comicosity. [7]