Comic Book Creator #42

Plot

CBC #42 features Pat Broderick, in two — count ’em, two! — interviews by CBC editors, where he shares about a varied career bouncing between DC Comics and Marvel, starting as DC junior bullpen contest winner in the early ’70s, hitch as a Continuity Crusty Bunker, unforgettable work on Firestorm, Micronauts, and Captain Marvel, creation of “Creature Commandos,” and life to date as a professional stalwart toiling in and out of the mainstream. We also present an amazing campaign comic book artifact from the 1940s about a KKK-crushing district attorney, Fighting Lawyer! Additionally, there’s our Paul Buhle profile about one radical academic comics editor you need to know about, as well as the first half of our Shary Flenniken interview about her runaway youth, stint in the Air Pirates, and start with Trots ’n Bonnie at National Lampoon. We include a look at a batch of ginchy super-heroes created in 1972 by Wrightson, Reese, Windsor-Smith, and others for Esquire magazine. There’s also all the usual contributor goodies and Hembeck, plus bonus section about Steve Willis! Edited by Jon B. Cooke.