X-Men Fever Galore in new Comic Heroes magazine!

By John Freeman on April 13, 2016

Comic Heroes 27 is out now in UK newsagents and editor Will Salmon describes it as “the best issue yet”. Spread across 148 fine pages of print, the X-Men are on the cover, and there’s a preview of “Apocalypse Wars” with contributions from creators Cullen Bunn, Jeff Lemire and Dennis Hopeless, alongside a rundown of the 20 best X-Men stories of all time, as picked by author Carl Anka – and a preview of Civil War 2.

Also in the issue: Paul Dini and Eduardo Risso talk about about Dark Night: A True Batman Story, and Stephen Jewell interviews Charles Soule; @graGraham Kibble-White takes a look at Mark Millar’s comics’ debut, The Saviour, complete with art from the unpublished Issue 7; director and Doctor Who star Noel Clarke delivers the low-down on his x-rated comics debut, The Troop, published by Titan Comics and its forthcoming sequel

But there’s more: Rat Queen‘s artist Tess Fowler shares her favourite work from subversive fantasy series; the creators of indie hit Beast Wagon tell Comic Heroes about their darkly funny series, and there’s a brand new, exclusive two-page short story in the issue; Overrun’s Andi Ewington is interviewed and, for comic creators, there’s the third part of Mike Garley’s ongoing Creating Indie Comics feature, this issue looking at crowdfunding.

Plus, there’s interviews with Jill Thompson, Brian Stelfreeze, George Mann, Eric Stephenson; and opinion from Leah Moore and Marc Makes Comics.

On sale now in all good news agents, you can buy a copy here if your local WH Smiths is too crap to stock it.

• Read Lew Stringer’s review of the new issue of Comic Heroes on Blimey! It’s Another Blog About Comics

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.