Thursday, August 22, 2013

Not one, but THREE new titles shipping TODAY from TWOMORROWS Publishing! 

(RALEIGH, NC) TwoMorrows Publishing (the leading publisher of books and magazines for comics fandom) today releases the latest issues of BACK ISSUE and ALTER EGO magazines, plus AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CHRONICLES: THE 1950s. All three are currently available for immediate ordering from TwoMorrows' website (www.twomorrows.com), and at comic book retailers worldwide.


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BACK ISSUE #67 (84 pages, FULL-COLOR, $8.95) features “Heroes Out of Time”, featuring a look back at Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, with MIKE MIGNOLA, MARK WAID, and BRIAN AUGUSTYN. Also: Booster Gold, with DAN JURGENS; X-Men: Days of Future Past, with CHRIS CLAREMONT; Bill & Ted, with EVAN DORKIN; an interview with P. CRAIG RUSSELL; “Pro2Pro” with Time Masters’ BOB WAYNE and LEWIS SHINER; and star-studded looks at Karate Kid, New Mutants: Asgardian Wars, and Marvel’s time-hopping villain, Kang. With a vintage Mignola steampunk Batman cover. Edited by MICHAEL EURY.

You can view a FREE preview and order the PRINT EDITION (at 15% off with a FREE digital edition) or DIGITAL EDITION ONLY (just $3.95) at:


SAVE MORE WITH A PRINT or DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION:
Eight-issue subscriptions are $60 US for Print (only $7.50 each with FREE digital edition, and FREE US shipping), $23.60 for Digital Only (just $2.95 each):


Or order the PRINT EDITION at your local comic book shop using DIAMOND ORDER CODE: MAY131419

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ALTER EGO #120 (84 pages with FULL COLOR, $8.95) is a salute to the first series of THE X-MEN (1963 to 1969)—behind JACK KIRBY's unused cover for issue #10! There's secrets behind the mag's first decade—rare late-'60s BRAZILIAN X-Men stories—a long-lost '60s X-Men "character sheet" by STAN LEE himself—and ROY THOMAS on the 1970s revival that turned into a mutant explosion! With art and artifacts by LEE, KIRBY, ROTH, ADAMS, O'NEIL, HECK, FRIEDRICH, DRAKE, and BUSCEMA—plus the story of MMMS fan club! Extra: An interview with Golden Age writer ED SILVERMANFCA (Fawcett Collectors of America)—MICHAEL T. GILBERT and Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt—BILL SCHELLY on comics fandom—and more! Edited by ROY THOMAS.

You can view a FREE preview and order the PRINT EDITION (at 15% off with a FREE digital edition) or DIGITAL EDITION ONLY (just $3.95) at:


SAVE MORE WITH A PRINT or DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION:
Eight-issue subscriptions are $60 US for Print (only $7.50 each with FREE digital edition, and FREE US shipping), $23.60 for Digital Only (just $2.95 each):


Or order the PRINT EDITION at your local comic book shop using DIAMOND ORDER CODE: MAY131418
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The American Comic Book Chronicles is TwoMorrows Publishing's ambitious new series of FULL-COLOR HARDCOVERS, where its top authors documenting each decade of comic book history from the 1940s to present. In the tradition of such groundbreaking history books as The Steranko History of Comics—which informed a generation of fans in the 1970s about the roots of comic books—these books compile over 2000 pages of heavily-researched information, in a friendly, searchable year-by-year format. Taken together, the series forms a cohesive, linear overview of the entire landscape of comics history, sure to be an invaluable resource for any comic book enthusiast.

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Bill Schelly documents the 1950s era of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, with a year-by-year account of the most significant publications, notable creators, and impactful trends in comics, including EC's Tales of the Crypt, Mad, Carl Barks’ Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge, re-tooling the Flash in Showcase #4, return of Timely's Captain America, Human Torch and Sub-Mariner, Fredric Wertham’s anti-comics campaign, and more! 

1950s Volume: (256-page FULL-COLOR HARDCOVER) $40.95
(Digital Edition) $12.95
ISBN: 978-1-60549-054-0
Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: MAY131285 
See a preview and order at: 


Since 1994, TwoMorrows Publishing has been bringing a new day to comics fans, through its award-winning line of magazines and books.

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