The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. This issue, Superman Confidential creator Darwyn Cooke confides about his early career in animation, collaborating on Catwoman, re-pioneering DC's superhero mythology in The New Frontier, and providing his current takes on Batman, The Spirit, and Superman. Plus: Ernie Colon, the artist for the best-selling The 9/11 Report: a Graphic Adaptation, talks about representing one of the defining traumas of our age, as well as working on Casper the Friendly Ghost, Magnus: Robot Fighter, Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, and his current weekly comic strip, SpyCat. Also: the full-color comics section captures Marvel mainstay John Buscema's weird-crime comics from Wanted Comics, circa 1950. And: an interview with alt cartoonist Keith Knight. Cover by Darwyn Cooke.

Letters
Blood & Thunder (p. 17)
News
Greg Stump and staff, Journal Datebook (p. 21)
Interviews
Markisan Naso, The Darwyn Cooke Interview (p. 30)
Kent Worcester, The Ernie Colón Interview (p. 74)
Andrew Farago, The Keith Knight Interview (p. 88)

Reviews
Bill Randall, "Monsieur Lambert" (p. 108)
Tim O'Neil, "Alice in Sunderland" (p. 110)
Noah Berlatsky, "Antique Bakery" (p. 113)
Simon Abrams, "Rex Mundi" (p. 115)
Kent Worcester, "City of Laughter" (p. 122)
Rob Vollmar, "The Black Diamond Detective Agency" (p. 125)
Joe McCulloch, "Blab! #17" (p. 127)
Mini-reviews of "The Complete Universe of Dupuy-Berberian", "Dork #11", "Paradigm Shift" and "Alias the Cat" (p. 129)
Essays
R.C. Harvey, "I Remember Roger" (p. 18)
Michael Dean, John Buscema's Wanted Comics (p. 131)
Columns
Bill Randall, Lost in Translation: "Kids These Days" (p. 157)
R.C. Harvey, Comicopia: "Political Cartoonists Face Their History and Fate in Washington" (p. 162)
Rich Kreiner, Meet the Comics Press: "The Horror. The Horror." (p. 170)
Donald Phelps, "Coney Island Gothic" (p. 172)
Kenneth Smith, Time Out of Joint: "The Crypto-Revolution of Our Age: XX. Power Versus Reality" (p. 173)
Coming Comics (p. 182)

Tags
Greg Stump, Markison Naso, Darwyn Cooke, Kent Worcester, Ernie Colon, Andrew Farago, Keith Knight, Bill Randall, Tim O'Neil, Simon Abrams, Rex Mundi, Kent Worcester, Rob Vollmar, Joe McCulloch, Blab!, R.C. Harvey, Michael Dean, John Buscema, Rich Kreiner, Donald Phelps, Kenneth Smith