Comicana

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Comicana appears to have been a comics zine. They were recovered by Steve Leahy through old discs or OCR (?). Years are guessed.

Issue 1

• Editorial
• Whatever happened in Secret Wars? - A year after the popular series Marvel Super Heroes - The Secret Wars has finished, we see if it really has lived up to its promise to make significant changes to the Marvel universe. Have any of the "changes" lasted the year? Also, a special article on the new characters.
• The Comics Code Authority - The story of every comic hero's worst enemy.
• The Legion of Super Heroes - A history of the Legion, which tries to recall each member to date (wish me luck).
• Heroes of the Grim Reaper - Our first requiem shall be for the popular X-Man, Phoenix.
• Reviews
• Feature News
• Comic Hero Trivia - A nice, easy quiz to calm you down (he he he).

Issue 2

Published in 1986(?).

• Editorial
• News
• News Report: DC after Crisis. - Has Crisis on Infinite Earths really solved any of DC's problems? by Mark Juddery.
• Sneak Preview - Steve Leahy presents a sneak preview of the new, post Crisis... Winder Woman title.
• Aging the Heroes Part 1 - by Mark Juddery. Part one tries to explain the "ageless" DC heroes.
• Comic Hero Trivia - by David Grills and Mark Juddery.
• Heroes of the Grim Reaper - by Mark Juddery. Remember the old Doom Patrol?
• Images '85 - Quotes by Steve Leahy.
• The IPC Invasion - by Steve Leahy. A brief history of the British company. Future issues will present histories of the individual heroes.
• Reviews
• Aging the Heroes? - Even back in the sixties, Mad Magazine noticed that many comic heroes weren't aging at the same rate as the rest of us. So they decided to show us their ideas on what these characters would be like if they did age normally. We present an example....

Issue 3

Published in 1987(?).

• Editorial
• News
• News Report - Australia's favourite current comics, plus another view on the new DC. Craig Taylor and the editor.
• Comic Hero Trivia - by the editor.
• Reviews
• Special Section: Survey Results - The top ten stories ever told, improving the comic book world.
• Best of '86 - Yes, 1986 had some good comics which are still available. Mark Williams gives us a selection.
• Letters

Issue 4

• Editorial
• Aging the Heroes part 2 - Mark Juddery on Marvel heroes.
• Heroes of the Grim Reaper - David Grills of The Huntress.
• Australian Comic Checkup - by the editor. Including the Strange Story of the mysterious Parallel Dimensions and the survey results.
• The Great Debate - "That comics are a Health Hazard."
• Comics Trivia - Yes. Again.
• Cosmic Comics Rundown - Whatever happened to the publishers of Megalight?
• R.I.P. Phantastique - Although we were going to find out the writer's name first, we just had to put this in. An insider's story about how Australia's best-selling comic was made, before its recent, untimely demise.
• Feature News - Oh dear. The editor was not smart enough to drop this feature, even though it was always years out of date. Well, look, it's slightly different this time.
• Comic Story: The Appointment - by Peter Markmann. From the man responsible for Powerpoint-Head, Shinee Hed Comics snd [sic.] other pure, unadulterated smut, comes a previously unpublished work, circa 1982.

Issue 5

• Editorial
• Aging the Heroes - Mark Juddery on Marvel heroes.
• After Millenium - Analysis by David Grills.
• Who's Who in Trudeau's Doonsbury - Mark Juddery explores one of the best compic strips currently seen.
• Impact News - by "Zone"
• Reviews - Some of the recent scatter of comics and magazines, as seen by Peter Troughtker and Jon Hartson.
• Special: The Wit and Wisdom of The Gallifrey Gazette - Before Comicana, there was The Gallifrey Gazette, on of the most popular doctor Who fanzines in the country. This section looks back on the issues of TGG, to remember the fanzine that was...
• Letters - We've held them off for several issues, but now they're back!

Issue 6

Never published, but later included in Vertical Hold #2.

• Editorial to the insert
• What you didn't know about the Turtles Now that these adult comic-book heroes have officially become the greatest thing in the history of the world (until next month, at least), everyone under twelve is an authority on these dudes. But - as Riard, Mark and Steve will point out - there are some things you didn't know...
• Relating to the Marvel Age - The Marvel Age may be dead, but that doesn't mean that Marvel hasn't left an important legacy...
• Whatever happened to The Squadron? - After over a year, Australia's best-selling comic book, The Southern Squadron, is being published again - in the USA. Mark Juddery interviews the men behind the Squadron, David De Vries and Gary Chaloner, about what the devil's been going on.
• Cover of the Issue - A cover you've never seen. Plus (on page 31) the story behind the cover.