In this issue: Apparently, comics creators feel that they have certain rights to their own artwork or writing, control over working conditions and freedom of speech. Are conditions for creators improving, deteriorating or the same as they've ever been? In the second of our special 2-issue focus (part 1 is in #236), the Journal looks at present and emerging struggles between creators and corporations, including the recent legal setback of Marv Wolfman. Also featuring an investigation of the ongoing wave of copyright wars and how they could affect the comics industry: Can comics creators get it together? Individual courtroom disputes versus organized struggle. Plus, TCJ continues to provide you with all the groundbreaking news, incisive criticisms and pithy remarks that have made them the best in the business for over 25 years!

Letters
Blood and Thunder (p. 3)
News
Newswatch (p.4)
Reviews
Danny Hellman, "2024: Whatever" (p. 16)
Ted Rall, "Legal Action Comics: A Rainbow of Hatred (p. 17)
Trina Robbins, "Erika Lopez, urban Terrorist in a Tutti-Frutti Hat: Hoochie Mama" (p. 19)
Bill Randall, "Adapting the Unadaptable" (p. 20)
Leonard Rifas, "Conference Papers Probe the Medium: The Graphic Novel" (p. 22)
Anne Elizabeth Moore, "The Seamy Underbelly of Ordinary Life: Grickle" (p. 23)
Rich Kreiner, "In The Toilet of the Sense: Ultra-Gash Inferno" (p. 24)
Essays
Cinders McLeod, "The Right to Create: A Casualty of Dissent" (p. 28)
Bob Levin, "The Pirate and the Mouse: Part 2" (p. 34)
Interviews
Transcript: Marv Wolfman Trial--Creators' Rights on Trial: Marv vs. Marvel, Part 2 (p. 68)
Columns
Viva La Comix (p. 15)
On The Boards (p. 115)
Illustrations
Dan O'Neill (Front Cover)