Editorial
Gary Groth, “Editorial” (p. 4)
News
Newswatch (p. 8)
Interviews
Richard Morrissey, Dwight R. Decker, and Gary Groth, “Curt Swan: An Interview With Superman’s Main Artist” (p. 64)
Reviews
Peter Sanderson, “Spirited Adventures” (p. 19)
J.J. Pierce, “It’s Dead, Jim” (p. 24)
Fred Patten, “One of the Best” (p. 28)
R.C. Harvey, “A Cat Book for Comics Lovers” (p. 32)
Heidi D. MacDonald, “Archetype Meets Angst” (p. 35)
Kevin McConnell, “Reflections on an Insect in Amber” (p. 42)
Dale Luciano, “Stop! In the Name of the Carrot!” (p. 43)
Bryan Uhlenbrock, “The American Dream Machine” (p. 48)
Kim Thompson, “Death Warmed Over” (p. 50)
Essays
Dwight R. Decker, “Carl Barks: The Good Duck Artist” (p. 54)
Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet, Gilbert Hernandez (illustration), “Formula and the Superhero” (p. 82)
Columns
Richard Marschall, “Polychromatic Effulgence: Death at the Drawing Board” (p. 91)
Dale Luciano, “Cinema Journal: Paul Schrader’s ‘Erotic Horror Fantasy’” (p. 98)
Dale Luciano, “Cinema Journal: Neanderthal Silliness Camouflaged as Anthropology” (p. 99)
Carter Scholz, “The Lake Isle: Science Fiction in the Comics” (p. 103)
