This landmark first issue celebrates the diversity of comics'' formative years, while highlighting the best and brightest of it''s early creators. Start off with an armload of high-resolution reprints of great Fawcett comics gems, starring Bulletman, Spy Smasher, Mr. Scarlet, Ibis, El Carim and more- followed by an interview with Joe Simon of Simon and Kirby fame; discussing Fighting American, Bullseye, Boy''s Ranch and more- plus full-story reprints of Captain 3-D, and The Black Owl!! Then, it''s the “big three” of Western comics artists; Al Williamson, Dick Ayers, and John Severin, on Billy The Kid, Ghost Rider and The Cheyenne Kid! See classic superhero sagas starring Captain Flash, The Green Lama, Blue Bolt, The Yellowjacketand others. Then, there''s exotic vintage adventure comics with Son of Sinbad, Frankenstein, The Little Wise Guys, The Black Ace and more! Beautiful, crisply reproduced stories featuring the art of Will Eisner, Joe Kubert, Dan Barry, Kurt Schaffenberger and a dozen other greats. 240 pages, black and white with color covers, paperback-style perfectbound bookshelf format, in standard comic book size. Printed in 2003. ( Please note that this book contains material previously printed in Men of Mystery Comics #''s 15, 18 & 36; America''s Greatest Comics #4 and Blazing Western #2).