Home › The Comics Journal › #65
The Comics Journal#65
Cover: Jack Kirby
The Comics Journal #65
“Shaggy Dog Story”
writer Dwight R. Decker · writer Carter Scholz · writer Gary Groth · writer Dale Luciano · writer R. Fiore · writer David Stallman · writer Kim Thompson · cover Jack Kirby
Sell my copy
Have this issue — or a whole collection? Get a fair offer from us, skip the marketplace fees and the hassle.
We Buy Collections ▸Fast, fair offers · we handle grading & shipping
Cast · 40 characters
Ace HoleAgent WaspAlley OopAnt-ManArt SpiegelmanBarry AllenBatmanBen GrimmBruce BannerBruce WayneCaptain AmericaCaptain ColdCaptain VictoryCharlie BrownClark KentDaddy WarbucksDane WhitmanDaredevilDenny ColtDick TracyEclipsoEel O'BrianFlashHank PymHulkHuman TorchIgnatz MouseInvisible GirlIron ManJanet Van DyneJay GarrickJim ShooterJohn ClaytonJohnny StormKrazy KatLeonard SnartLittle LuluLittle Orphan AnnieLulu MoppetMatt Murdock
Full credits
writer Dwight R. Decker
writer Carter Scholz
writer Gary Groth
writer Dale Luciano
writer R. Fiore
writer David Stallman
writer Kim Thompson
cover pencils, inks Jack Kirby
Full plot ⚠ may contain spoilers
▸ Reveal full plot — may contain spoilers
Decker reviews the first issue of Roy Thomas' Arak, Son of Thunder from DC Comics. He also pans the Flash Gordon the Movie comic adaptation; "Practical Eclipse" / "Eclectic Banality" - Scholz and Groth both give a negative review of Eclipse magazine #1; Luciano reviews Superman in "Victory by Computer," "Deadspawn #3," "Mystery in Space #111-117 and the cancelled Time Warp series. "Mary Worth with Tarot Cards" - Fiore gives a negative review of Madame Xanadu #1. "Is This the Magic Moment?" - Stallman mostly pans Doctor Strange #48
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).