([February] 2008)
Evil Twin Comics,
2008 Series
- Price
- 3.95 USD
- Pages
- 44
- On-sale Date
- 2008-02-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Evil Twin Comics
- Brand
- Evil Twin Comics
- Barcode
- 649241855132
Legalese!
Comic Book Comics / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; The Crypt-Keeper; Dennis the Menace; Ignatz Mouse; Mickey Mouse; Richie Rich; Superman [Clark Kent]; Dick Tracy
- Reprints
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in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012) [Artwork rearranged and reduced to fit inside two pages.] which is reprinted - in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2016 series) #1 (November 2016)
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Indexer Notes
Illustrated list of copyrights and trademarks found in this issue.
This Isn't a Senate Hearing! This Is...Madness
Comic Book Comics / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; advocacy
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jack Kirby; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]; Fredric Wertham; Robert Warshow; Harvey Kurtzman; Al Feldstein; Maxwell C. Gaines; Joe Simon; William Gaines
- Synopsis
- The history of censorship in comics and how it lead to the downfall of EC comics, and other comics publishers, and the rise of Mad Magazine.
- Reprints
Pop
Comic Book Comics / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Art Spiegelman; Roy Lichtenstein; Andy Warhol; Benjamin Day; Hugh Hefner; William Dozier; Adam West; Frank Gorshin
- Synopsis
- Recounts Lichtenstein's appropriation of comic book art, the sixties' Batman TV show and their lasting impact on how comic books were perceived.
- Reprints
- in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012)
-
Fanbase Presents...
Comic Book Comics / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Robert Crumb; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Jack Kirby; Stan Lee; H. P. Lovecraft; Charles Crumb; Hugo Gernsback; Julius Schwartz; Forrest J. Ackerman; Joe Simon
- Synopsis
- Recounts the rise of comic book fandom, the return of DC's super heroes in the Silver Age and Jack Kirby's reluctant return to working for Stan Lee.
- Reprints
- in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012)
-
World's Greatest Comic Book Collection!
text article / 3 pages
- Script
- Fred Van Lente
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Letter Column Letters!
letters page / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Letters from Mike Schwalke, Mark Arnold, Matt Adler and George Metzger.
Wallow in One Man's* Greatness!**
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Ryan Dunlavey: A Retrospective (or: "Look Back in Shame").
Bonus!
Comic Book Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
reprints the first page of "The Texas Mafia!" from Staple! (2008 series) #[nn].
[no title indexed]
Comic Book Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- Fred Van Lente
- Pencils
- Ryan Dunlavey
- Inks
- Ryan Dunlavey
- Colors
- Ryan Dunlavey
- Letters
- Ryan Dunlavey
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You Only Think You Know Comics History!
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Welcome To... Comic Book Hell
Comic Book Comics -
1.
Legalese!
Comic Book Comics -
2.
This Isn't a Senate Hearing! This Is...Madness
Comic Book Comics -
3.
Pop
Comic Book Comics -
4.
Fanbase Presents...
Comic Book Comics -
5.
Next Issue!
Comic Book Comics -
6.
World's Greatest Comic Book Collection!
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7.
Letter Column Letters!
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8.
Wallow in One Man's* Greatness!**
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9.
Bonus!
Comic Book Comics -
10.
Read More Comics - Get More Smarter
Action Philosophers! -
11.
["You Only Think You Know Comics History!"]
Comic Book Comics
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- Michael Hoskin
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