This is big comics fandom issue with: a look at fandom before The Buyer's Guide was launched; a lot of history of TBG/CBG; bullet point highlights of TBG and CBG history; lots of fanzine art and covers; Maggie Thompson on her and Don Thompson's fanzine output; lots of reminicscing; funny animals at DC Comics; Fawcett Collectors of America #181; article about and six-page comic starring Alan "Jim" Hanley's Goodguy; more.

Artists include (new/obscure pieces): John Fantucchio (cover), Alan "Jim" Hanley, Jim Engel, Fred Hembeck (a strip just for this issue), Mark Lewis

Writers include: Bill Schelly, Brent Frankenhoff, John Jackson Miller, Alan Light, Murray Bishoff, Maggie Thompson, Terry Beatty, Stephan Friedt, Russ Maheras, R.C. Harvey, Bob Ingersoll, Batton Lash, John Lustig, Mark Evanier, Ward Batty, Cliff Biggers, Charles R. Rutledge, Andrew Smith, Michael T. Gilbert, Tony Isabella, Michelle Nolan, Craig Shutt, Peter David

Characters appearing in artwork (new/obscure pieces) include: Major Victory, U.S. Jones, Uncle Sam, Man of War, Captain Freedom, Fighting Yank, Jack Kirby, Mister Spock, Two-Face, Howard the Duck, Goodguy

Specs: 80 pages, 8½ x 11", perfect bound, full-color throughout. Published by TwoMorrows, 2014 (1st printing).

Condition: Minor wear, complete and intact, no tears or markings, tight binding, clean interiors. Please enlarge the images for a closer look.

From the Steven Ogden Collection.

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