- Issue #91 -
December 27, 1996
MARVEL files for protection under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy laws, DC announces changes to Superman in March, Comic Shop News Red K Awards, TOPPS takes loss, REVIEWS: Innocent Bystander #3, Lobo and What If ..., plus a review of 1996!
- Issue #90 -
December 20, 1996
CHRISTMAS ISSUE: Kesel quits Daredevil, Top 50 comics Top 10 Black & White for NOV/DEC, Espers optioned for TV, Review: ETERNAL WARRIORS #1, Short story: The Night the Animals Talked - Issue #89 -
December 13, 1996
X-Men movie news, Suspended Animation, Reviews of BACCHUS and Quantum & Woody #1, press release of INNOCENT BYSTANDER #3 - Issue #88 -
December 6, 1996
Top Comics for December, Marvel gets $15 million from banks, Marv Wolfman working on T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents cartoon, Reviews: KABUKI, VIRTUAL COMICS. Guest columnist Lonnie Johnson. - Issue #87 -
November 29, 1996
Ultraverse ends in December, Milestone to stop line in March, Rich's Revelations, REVIEW: Template, Brian Matus discusses censorship.
- Issue #86 -
November 22, 1996
MARVEL lays off 115, Top 50/top 10 B&W for Oct/Nov, reviews of Vampirella Lives #1 and Snowman, the return of CSNsider from COMIC SHOP NEWS! - Issue #85 -
November 16, 1996
MARVEL stock hits all time low, some stockholders sue, BONE leaving Image, Review: SILVER, Xeric winners announced, TOP 150 for November.- Issue #84 - November 8, 1996
BROADWAY ceases publication; Image announces many self publishers joining, including Matt Wagner's MAGE: The Hero Defined; reviews: CAVEWOMAN, JLA #1, QUEST COMICS, MAGNUS #1, MAN OF THE ATOM - Issue #83 - November 1, 1996
- Issue #82 - October 25, 1996
- Issue #81 - October 18, 1996
- Issue #80 - October 11, 1996
- Issue #79 - October 4, 1996
- Issue #78 - September 27, 1996
- Issue #77 - September 20, 1996
- Issue #76 - September 13, 1996
- Issue #75 - September 6, 1996
- Issue #74 - August 30, 1996
- Issue #73 - August 23, 1996
- Issue #72 - August 16, 1996
- Issue #71 - August 9, 1996
- Issue #70 - August 2, 1996
- Issue #69 - July 29, 1996
- Issue #68 - July 19, 1996
Issue #67 - July13, 1996 - Issue #66 - July 5, 1996
- Issue #65 - June 29, 1996
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- Issue #63 - June 15, 1996
- Issue #62 - June 7, 1996
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- Issue #58 - May 10, 1996
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- Issue #54 - April 12, 1996
- Issue #53 - April 5, 1996
- Special Edition #1 - April 1, 1996
- Issue #52 - March 29, 1996
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- Issue #50 - March 15, 1996
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January 1, 1996
Wildstorm announces "Fire from Heaven" crossover. Fox to air "Generation X" TV movie in February.
MARVEL gets new President while ACCLAIM takes
a loss and a stock drop. Rich's Revelations is here and reviews of
Thundergod, Madman, Creepsville, and 3 from Mythic Comics.
More KINGDOM to COME, Marvel has new VP, DC to aid
Bosnia, Reviews of Copybook Tales, Portrait of a Young Man as a Cartoonist,
Masks of the Noh, and our favorite Comic Shops!
Liefeld responds to open letter and drops
Darkchylde, Review: DR WONDER #4, DePace looks at Lillith, a NEW column
reviews Ship of Fools, Top 50 & Top 10 B & W, Suspended Animation
returns.
MARVEL stock dives 40% on 3rd QTR loss, Image
replies to Liefeld suit, Top Cow returns to Image in January, TOP 150 comics
for October. Reviews: TROUBLEMAKERS #1, WARRIOR NUN/SCORPIO ROSE, AGE OF
HEROES. M!ke Too!
Liefeld sues IMAGE for $1,000,000! REVIEWS of
Sinnamon #7 and Fastlane Illustrated #3, M!ke has a new contest, keep up with
DePace on Body Bags, Justin talks Astro City and Leave it to Chance, PLUS
Rich's Revelations for October!
Reviews of the upcoming SHADOWMAN #1 and
NINJAK #1, The CSN Top 50/Top 10 B&W for September, Canzine '96 details, The
Bible According to M!ke!
Howard the Duck declared Dead! Sirius end exclusive
with Diamond, Review: Dr. Cyborg preview, new CD-ROM Comics from DC, all the
news that fits - we print!
Underground Press Conference and Independent
Comics Exposition, Top 150 comics for September, Rich's Revelations,
REVIEWS: Canus & Manya, Just In, Name This Column - HUGE!
ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! Rob Liefeld leaves IMAGE!
M!ke still needs to name his column, Kurt Busiek's THUNDERBOLTS, and the
NCRL from Chuck LePage joins the mag.
SUPERMAN will wed in comics the same week Lois &
Clark do on TV! JUST IN: looks at Hilly Rose and Harlan Ellison's Dream
Corridor, Rich's Revelations, The Tick gets animated feature film!
Marvel picks new president, Dr. Wonder wants you to
send in material, Software Review: COMIC MASTER, Justin Steiner begins a new
column, SMALL PRESS EXPO details.
Mark Gruenwald dies of heart attack, Top 50 Comics for
July/Aug, X-O MANOWAR Preview, Marvel takes 2nd quarter loss, HOMAGE Comics
will be Image imprint after all.
Golden Books Inc. buys BROADWAY, Review: DR. WONDER #3,
Suspended Animation returns, Mike Imboden returns with a NAME THIS COLUMN
contest.
LOIS & CLARK plan *real* wedding for Fall, The
Keith interviews Terry Laban of CUD, Justin Steiner's Recommended Reading is
back, and Dr. Wonder's Top Ten!
DIAMOND BUYS CAPITAL, Fox Kids cartoons become
CD-comics, Dallas Fantasy Fair cancelled, SINNAMON #6 reviewed.
Top 50 Comics/Top 10 Black & White for July, Out
of Africa & Recommended Reading . Bane & Elle Macpherson to
appear in Batman & Robin movie.
Mike Parobeck dies, Winners of Eisner and Inkpot Awards
announced, review of VOLUNTEER COMICS, Rich's Revelations for July
Marvel signs with America OnLine & issues stock to
fund Marvel Studios, Angelo Furlan gives a creator's convention report from
Chicago, reviews of TABOUX #1 and THE COPYBOOK TALES #1. Keady's Komments!
Ducks sweep CBG Awards, Wizard Fan Awards listed, Valiant
Heroes relaunch details, Howard the Duck returns, Fox and Marvel sign multi
year deal.
Curt (Superman) Swan dies, CBG Fan Award Finalists,
list of Industry Resources, Review: STEVEN'S COMICS, "Steel" and "Ash" headed
for silver screen!
Top 50 comics for May/June, new reviewer on Recommended
Reading, New Executive VP joins Marvel, Rich's Revelations for June.
Top Cow leaving Image, The Keith interviews Phil Foglio,
HARVEY nominations, buy a sketch from George Perez, Mark Waid chats
about Kingdom Come.
Reviews of Strangers in Paradise and Kingdom Come in
Recommended Reading, Bill de Haan looks back at Sludge #1, Suspended
Animation critique's Stray Bullets, DC announces CD-ROM project.
Top 50 comics for May, The Keith interviews Mary
Fleener, Diamond GEM awards, HERO Illustrated no longer online, Marvel puts
investor news on web page AND has Email address, Harras speaks on AOL, HULK
Cartoon Cast
Marvel puts ONSLAUGHT on the World Wide Web, while
Nintendo 64 plans to go dinosaur hunting with Turok, Top 200 comics for April
and Recommended Reading joins Suspended Animation this issue.
The Keith is back with Trina Robbins, Review of
FASTLANE ILLUSTRATED, Dream Factory files for Chapter 7, Marvel posts 1st
Quarter loss, Classics Illustrated moving to Acclaim.
The EISNER AWARD NOMINEES for 1996, Review of INNOCENT
BYSTANDER, Recommended Reading returns, Fabian drops some names!
Homage Comics will NOT go exclusive, Margot Kidder dazed
and confused, NEW->INTERVIEWS by Keith O'Brien, Writers and Artists needed,
Review of HILLY ROSE, BAT-Women of Gotham?
James Robinson and Paul Smith to "Chance" joining the
Homage Comics imprint, Harlan Ellison has quadruple bypass, Top 50 Comics for
April, Recommended Reading and lots of Web resources announced.
George Perez off Avengers, Marvel plans Orlando theme
restaurant, Suspended Animation, Keady's Komments, Short Stuff, and Out of
Africa are all here!
Diamond appeals to publishers, Heroes World downsizes,
REVIEW: Jack Split-Undergut Private Eye, Nate's Top Ten, Strangers in Paradise
will join Homage Comics in August
Sandman #75 recalled, Lee & Liefeld
contract cancelled, 5th ink found to be toxic, NEW web page coming
soon!
Moot Comics and Copybook Tales reviewed, Asterix
invades America, Hepcats moving to Antarctic Press and Nate takes on DC
TOP 200 Comics for March, Malibu trims Ultraverse and
takes on Paramount Comics duties, Bad Girls that go too far, more Out of
Africa, Suspended animation and NEW - Recommended Reading
Suspended Animation returns, Top 50 comics for March,
Keady's Komments and Some Stuff, DR. WONDER #1 reviewed and the network lists
our favorite places to buy comics!
Astro City to launch new imprint, Master of Comics
explains Amalgamations, Nate takes on Dark Horse, Marvel loses $50 Million and
cuts prices/increases page count, Rich's Revelations, the winter from
Hell!
NYC Great Eastern Con is postponed at last minute!
Nate's column "Some Stuff" returns, Terror Tots comes to the Web, Out of
Africa, and a trivia contest in memory of a friend.
1st Anniversary Edition! 1995 SQUIDDIES,
Review of SINNAMON #5, a long time feature ends, and news about Star Slammers!
Jeff Smith of "BONE" is interviewed,
Rich's Revelations for February, ComicBkNet vs. the Internet, and a new
editor takes over!
The Marvel vs. DC battles heat up, a review of #2, also Powers that
Be and more! NEWS: The Romitas leave Marvel, and Waid leaves Capt.
America.
Rich's Revelations for January from Rich Johnston, Jeff Archer
sounds off in his Retailer Rant Column.
Marvel reduces workforce by 275 including Fleer and Toy Biz. Diamond
closes warehouses, Out of Africa and more!