The Comics Journal #50
A standout issue in the early run of *The Comics Journal*, #50 (1979) delivers sharp, thoughtful criticism from a rotating cast of writers including Margaret O'Connell, Dwight Decker, and Beppe Sabatini, with insightful takes on *More Than Human* by Alex Nino and Doug Moench, Marv Wolfman’s *Fantastic Four: Doomsday*, and Joe Silva’s *Holocaust for Hire*. Featuring art by Fred Hembeck, Scott Pellegrini, and Jeff MacNelly—whose work also appears in the cover by Dennis Fujitake—this issue blends literary critique with comics culture, offering a rare glimpse into the medium’s evolving critical discourse.
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"It Doesn't Blesh" - Dawson reviews Theodore Sturgeon's More Than Human the Graphic Story Version by Alex Nino and Doug Moench; Huneryager on the novel Fantastic Four: Doomsday by Marv Wolfman; O'Connell reviews Jeff MacNelly's "The Very First Shoe Book;" ""Trigan Empire": Dazzling but Uninspired" - Decker on The Trigan Empire by Don Lawrence; "The Door to Cell Twenty-Six" - Sabatini on Holocaust for Hire by Joe Silva.
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