Profile of Bernie Wrightson by Bruce Jones, profile of John Stanley by Don Phelps, auto-bio by Frank Thorne, article about the annual costume parade by Jim Burns.

Interview with Gil Kane.

Green Lantern history, interview with Mart & Carrie Nodell, interview with Jack Mendelsohn, interview with Betty Tokar ("the woman who probably inspired Betty Cooper"), letterer Abe Kanegson, interview with Rudi Franke, more.

Feature on Asterix, Gary Groth interviews Gil Kane.

Roughly 8 × 10¾"

"Maus and Other Topics" by Harvey Pekar, interview with Mark Evanier, Robert Crumb and Gil Kane in discussion.

A few artists are unidentified:  Daredevil on p. 30, Submariner on p. 32, Thor on p. 34, Batman on p. 35

Contents include an interview with Dave Sim and tributes to Burne Hogarth and Jerry Siegel.

Contains a one-page Harvey Kurtzman/MAD tribute comic by David Tosh and Mark Stokes.

Scheduled guests included Forrest J. Ackerman, Sergio Aragones, Mike Allred, Clive Barker, Daniel Clowes, Mark Evanier, Ray Harryhausen, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Joe Linsner, Scott McCloud, Julius Schwartz, Mark Schultz, Reed Waller, Larry Welz, Al Williamson, Bill Willingham, Jim Woodring, Bob Burden, Brian Biggs, Steve Englehart, Gary Groth, Hanther, Denis Kitchen, Jeff Rovin, David Spurlock and many others.

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Interviews with Mike Kaluta, Vaughn Bode, Tom Sutton, John Severin, Bernie Wrightson, and Jeff Jones.  Strips by Steve Hickman, Jim Miller, Vaughn Bode.  “The EC Answer to Comic Book Originality” by Meade Frierson III.

The second image is simply a color scan of the original cover painting.

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Interview with Len Wein & Marv Wolfman, interview with E. Nelson Bridwell, 1975 Comic Art Convention report, more.

Editorial features include:

Debut of CRITIQUE  fanzine and comix review column, with reviews by James Van Hise, Mark Burbey, Andy Warner and Jack Reid.  “PULPS — ERA OF ADVENTURE” by James Van Hise and Robert Weinberg.  “RBCC INFORMATION CENTER” by Raymond Miller.  “COMIC COLLECTOR’S COMMENTS” by Howard P. Siegel, including a FANDOM PROFILE of Bob Overstreet, and a salute to Don Newton who had recently turned pro.  “THE CLIFFHANGERS” by Earl Blair, Jr.  “THE WILLIAMSON COLLECTOR” by James Van Hise and Larry Bigman.  “THE KEYHOLE” by Hamilton Benedict.

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The second scan is an insert that came with #1 promoting four-issue subscriptions.