There I go, being legendary again ...

BACK ISSUE #56 (84 pages, and now in FULL COLOR, $8.95) lets the “Avengers Assemble,” starring Marvel Comics’ mightiest super-team! This issue features: Writer ROGER STERN’S acclaimed 1980s Avengers run, West Coast Avengers, early Avengers toys, and histories of Hawkeye, Mockingbird, and Wonder Man. Featuring art by and/or commentary from JOHN and SAL BUSCEMA, JOHN BYRNE, BRETT BREEDING, TOM DeFALCO, STEVE ENGLEHART, BOB HALL, AL MILGROM, TOM MORGAN, TOM PALMER, JOE SINNOTT, and more. With a GEORGE PÉREZ cover spotlighting the Avengers’ “Big Three.” Edited by MICHAEL EURY.

(You'd think there was a movie coming out or something.)

-- Uncle Rog

Back Issue does excellent articles and retrospectives. You really learn a lot about the behind the scenes stuff and it's always fascinating.

Did anybody see this issue at the store this week? I want to buy it, but it wasn't there, and when I asked they said it didn't come.

I'm not sure of the exact on-sale date for the issue. The publisher send me a digital copy earlier in the week.

Received comp copies the other day, so they should be out there soon.

WARNING: The article on my Avengers stories is almost embarrassingly long.

-- Uncle Rog