Dave Stevens and cheesecake - an illustrated interview with the creator of the Rocketeer; Alan Moore on censorship; Trudeau defends his forum; interview with Russ Heath; summer reading lists. Cheesecake cover by Dave Stevens.

Editorial
Gary Groth, "What Made Jimmy Run" (p. 5)

Letters
Blood and Thunder (p. 29)

News
Newswatch (p. 11)
International Newswatch (p. 23)

Interviews
Dave Stevens, "Unmasking the Rocketeer" (p. 68)
Russ Heath, "Shot from the Pencil" (p. 88)

Reviews
R. Fiore, "Funnybook Roulette" (p. 37)
Harvey Pekar, "Power Trip in a Milk Truck" (p. 41)
Rob Rodi, "The Big Three Get Smaller" (p. 42)
Russell Freund, "A Very Fine Pepper Jelly" (p. 45)
Dale Luciano, "Time, Effort and Expense" (p. 49)

Essays
Alan Moore, "The Politics of Ratings" (p. 35)
Gary Trudeau, "Who's Got the Arrogance?" (p. 63)
Bhob Stewart, "Dreamwalker" (p. 99)
Summer Reading ‘87 (p. 103)

Columns
Robin Snyder, Opening Shots: "Freedom of the Press" (p. 9)
Steve Monaco, A Waste of Trees: "Exploiting Social Relevancy" (p. 121)
R. C. Harvey, Reruns and Revivals: "Detectives and Deep Space" (p. 123)
C.C. Beck, Crusty Curmudgeon: "Sex and Violence in Comics" (p. 128)

Illustrations
Steve Rude (p. 114)