Front Cover -- FANTASTIC FOUR tribute to JACK KIRBY, illustrated by JOHN BYRNE & BJORN HEYN

Editorial:  On The Importance Of Heroes -- by J. MICHAEL CATRON

STAR WARS (newspaper comic strip) -- written by ARCHIE GOODWIN, illustrated by AL WILLIAMSON

Comics Report:

     DC News:  DC Jumps To 60 Cents -- Fewer Ads, More Story Pages

                       DC Comics Price Changes (1951-1981)

                       Executive Shifts At DC (with photo of JOE ORLANDO with JENETTE KAHN)

                       DC Taps Fan Market For MADAME XANADU

                       Colan Quits MARVEL - Will Draw BATMAN For DC (with photo of GENE COLAN)

                       DC Hires New Editors

                       Slifer Named To Promo Post

                       Thomas Revives WW II Superheroes (with photos of ROY THOMAS & RICH BUCKLER)

                       Thomas's Indian/Viking To Roam Medieval Europe

                       SUPERMAN Movie Tie-Ins Set

                       Funny Super Animals

                       Harrison Retires From DC Presidency (with photo of SOL HARRISON)

                       Heroes In The News

                       DC Miscellania

                       1981 Digest Schedule Announced

     Marvel News:  Marvel Movies -- STAN LEE On MARVEL PRODUCTIONS (with photo of STAN LEE with JIM                                    SHOOTER)

                            MARVEL Heroes Bound For Stage, Screen, TV

                            SPIDER-MAN/SUPERMAN Tabloid Due In April

                            Hembeck Roasts FF (with photo of FRED HEMBECK)

                            Duck Squawk:  Gerber Vs. Marvel

                            The Axe Act

                            MARVEL Miscellania

                            MARVEL Shuffles Editors

                            MARVEL Mug Shots (with photos of JIM SHOOTER ; AL MILGROM ; JACK ABEL ; JIM                                              SALICRUP ; BOB BUDIANSKY ; LOUISE JONES ; DANNY FINGEROTH ; DAVID ANTHONY                                    KRAFT ; HELLEN KATZ ; DENNY O'NEIL ; RALPH MACCHIO ; TOM DeFALCO ; MARK                                            GRUENWALD ; ARCHIE GOODWIN ; MARY JO DUFFY

                            AVENGERS Re-Assemble

                            Movie Comics Due In June

                            Heroes In The News

Full page ad for Forbidden Planet Comic Book Store -- illustrated by JOHN BOLLAND

JOHN BYRNE Gets Back To Basics -- with photo of JOHN BYRNE (on revamping THE FANTASTIC FOUR)

The FANTASTIC FOUR's 20th Anniversary Issue

JOHN BYRNE's Time At MARVEL

     

DIAL "H" FOR HERO :  Robby Reed And His Amazing Super-Hero Machine -- by RICHARD MORRISSEY

Contracts And Creators' Rights

Hero Index:  954 To Go

DIAL "H" FOR HERO Index

WALT DISNEY's CONDORMAN -- with photos of BARBARA CARRERA ; MICHAEL CRAWFORD ; OLIVER REED ; JAMES HAMPTON ; & JEAN-PIERRE KALTON ; plus newspaper comic strips illustrated by RUSS HEATH ; plus MIKE SEKOWSKY's character sketches

STAR HAWKS (newspaper comic strip) -- written by ARCHIE GOODWIN, illustrated by GIL KANE