''Comics Revue'' is a bi-monthly
small press comic book
A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...
published by Manuscript Press and edited by Rick Norwood.
Don Markstein edited the publication from 1984 to 1987 and 1992 to 1996.
As of 2020, it has published more than 350 issues, making it the longest running independent comic book (beating the record of ''
Cerebus the Aardvark''). It reprints
comic strip
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s such as ''
Alley Oop'', ''
The Amazing Spider-Man
''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American superhero American comic book, comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its title character and main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of t ...
'', ''
Barnaby'', ''
Batman
Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on M ...
'', ''
Buz Sawyer'', ''
Casey Ruggles'', ''
Flash Gordon'', ''
Gasoline Alley'', ''
Hägar the Horrible'', ''
Krazy Kat'', ''
Lance'', ''
Latigo'', ''
Little Orphan Annie
''Little Orphan Annie'' was a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and print syndication#Comic strip syndication, syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James ...
'', ''
Mandrake the Magician'', ''
Modesty Blaise'', ''
O'Neill'', ''
Peanuts'', ''
The Phantom'', ''
Rick O'Shay'', ''
Sir Bagby'', ''
Star Wars
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'', ''
Steve Canyon'', ''
Tarzan'', ''
Akwas'', and ''
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') is an American media franchise created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), D ...
''.
Artists whose work has appeared in Comics Revue include most of the best known names in comics art:
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby (; born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comics artist, comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew ...
,
Milton Caniff,
Hal Foster,
Charles Schulz,
Al Williamson,
George Pérez
George Pérez (; June 9, 1954 – May 6, 2022) was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence in the 1970s penciling ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' and ''The Avengers (c ...
,
Roy Crane,
Russ Manning, and
Burne Hogarth.
In issue #200, ''Comics Revue'' featured the only
English language
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publication of "The Dark Angels", the last ''
Modesty Blaise'' story, by
Peter O'Donnell and
Romero
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#A person on a religious journey or pilgrim ...
.
In 2006, it was revealed in ''
Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths'' that the Batman stories published newspapers from 1989-90, which were then collected in ''Comics Revue,'' actually happened on
Earth-1289.
In October 2009, the magazine re-launched as a bi-monthly title with twice the number of pages and reprinting
Sunday strip
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s in color. Each issue now includes at least one complete story.
Issue #400 includes a complete index to all comic strips published in ''Comics Revue'' #1-400 prepared by Bill Slankard.
References
* ''
Comics Buyer's Guide'', "Rick Norwood has produced this labor of love for years now, and it continues to be a bargain. (list of contents) Absolutely recommended." --
Maggie Thompson.
*
Tony Isabella, ''Comics Buyer's Guide'', "Not every strip will be a winner with every reader, but I like ''Comics Revue'' enough to give it four Tonys.
* Louis Cance, ''Hop!'' No. 112, "''Comics Revue'' Ce mensuel propose dans ses 68 pages une belle sélection de grands classiques de la BD américaine avec..." (Comics Revue. This monthly magazine reprints in its 68 pages a beautiful selection great classic comic strips from America, including...") (list of contents)
External links
Comics RevueThe Grand Comics Database
American comics titles
Comic strips
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