EXCLUSIVE Preview: POPEYE CLASSIC COMICS #55
The eternal question: What happens when the spinach punches you?
Publisher TwoMorrows fills out the selections for the second half of next year — and moves into 2028! TwoMorrows has added six editions of Back Issue to its publishing slate for 2027 and early 2028, led by a special Gerry Conway tribute. Dig the solicitations for Back Issue #176 to #181: — BACK ISSUE #176 Gerry Conway Tribute issue! We lost one of the Bronze Age greats with the passing of writer/editor Gerry Conway in 2026, so this issue, we spotlight some of his most important contributions to comics. Featuring Conway’s Kirby Konnections for DC Comics (Kamandi, Hercules Unbound, Return of the New Gods, and even Secret Society of Super-Villains), Gerry’s many co-creations, Conway’s pivotal runs on Spider-Man and Batman, and so much more. This issue shines a light on his work with Paul Levitz, Don Newton, Jim Aparo, Gene Colan, John Romita, Ross Andru, Sal Buscema, Tom DeFalco, and others. With a Spider-Man and Scorpion cover by Gil Kane and John Romita Sr. Edited by Roger Ash. Print: $10.95 Digital: $4.99 Sale Date: 6/16/27 — BACK ISSUE #177 The color purple is associated with royalty, Oprah, and Prince—and is also a featured color on some of our favorite Bronze Age comics characters, which we explore in this Purple Issue! There’s no purple prose here—just hero/villain histories of The Purple Man, the Inhumans’ Medusa, Clea, Shrinking Violet, Grape Ape, Baron Zemo, and more! Spotlighting the work of Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, Gene Colan, Paul Smith, Gil Kane, Frank Miller, Herb Trimpe, George Pérez, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and others. With a deep purple Clea cover by Michael Golden. Edited by Roger Ash. Print: $10.95 Digital: $4.99 Sale Date: 7/21/27 — BACK ISSUE #178 There’s good business and bad business, but definitely no monkey business this issue, as we’re Taking Care of Business! We get serious with retrospectives on post-Crisis Lex Luthor, Maxwell Lord, Morgan Edge, the Cadmus Project, Damage Control, the Green Lantern Corps, and other movers and shakers of comics’ Bronze Age. Featuring the work of John Byrne, Marv Wolfman, Jerry Ordway, Dwayne McDuffie, Ernie Colón, Roger Stern, Ron Frenz, Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, and others. With a classic Guardian cover by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta! Edited by Roger Ash. Print: $10.95 Digital: $4.99 Sale Date: 9/15/27 — BACK ISSUE #179 Just like a certain...
The Bronze Age artist and fan-favorite gets the notice he deserves… I’ve long said that the highest praise I can give an artist is that I’d want to see them on Batman full time. Trevor Von Eeden, the pioneering Bronze Age illustrator, was one of those guys. He did some Bat-work here and there — most notably, the superb Batman Annual #8 from 1982 — but I would have loved to see him over a long haul. Of course, Black Lightning is where he made his mark, and putting all of it together, TwoMorrows’ Comic Book Creator #53 will give the artist the cover spotlight. Dig the solicitation info: COMIC BOOK CREATOR #53 Said to be the first-ever Black — and possibly youngest — DC Comics hire, amazing artist and co-creator of Black Lightning Trevor Von Eeden basks in the spotlight of CBC #53, where we talk about his early years at DC Comics on “Green Arrow” and co-creation of the ground-breaking Thriller series, Heavy Metal contributions, and more. In the “thriller” spirit, we look at the Harvey Comics “Thriller” line edited by Joe Simon, with the wonkiest ’60s super-heroes ever to see print, plus chat with ’70s comics writer Lark Russell, gal pal of comics’ young Turks and scribe of Crazy magazine and many a Gold Key title. In addition, we showcase the great Peter Poplaski, Eisner-winning best buddy (and next-door neighbor) of Robert Crumb, whose astonishing artwork for Kitchen Sink traverses the lifespan of the publisher, and whose dedication to Zorro will impress! There’s a talk with Dick Arnold, son of Quality Comics’ “Busy” Arnold, by intrepid investigator Shaun Clancy, and the second portion of a 1990 British interview with fabled writer/editor Robert Kanigher, and the story of the unpublished underground, Skull Vol. 2 #1. All this and Hembeck, too! Edited by Jon B. Cooke. $10.95 $4.99 12/15/27 — Buncha thoughts: — Von Eeden also did a fantastic Batgirl. She was always cool, but he was the first artist who ever made her intimidating. — The ish will be available in comics shops, but you can also pre-order it right now directly from publisher TwoMorrows. For the fully updated 2027 catalogue, click here. For the 2027 update flyer, click here. Each is interactive and allows you to place orders. Dates are tentative and subject to change. — There’s...
The eternal question: What happens when the spinach punches you?
