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Table of Contents

Sleep Deprived Crank

In Defense of TPBs

Trouble With Titans

Comics History Quiz

Rick Veitch Interview

Writing Challenge

By the Dawn's Early Light

Silent Knight, Lonely Knight

Best of Fandom Award

End of Summer

FANZING:

The Independent Online DC Comics Fanzine

Issue 41 December, 2001

BE SURE TO READ OUR MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!

This Issue:
Times Past

In Defense of Trade Paperbacks

by Brian MacDonald

A well balanced look at the pros and cons of TPBs!

by John Wells

A definitive and exhaustive look at the world's first superteam!

The Trouble With the Titans

by Andrew Pellerito

The second generation super team has been in a rut recently...

Comics History Quiz

by Michael Condon

Can you solve it before we do?

Rick Veitch Interview

by David J. LoTempio

The writer/artist of titles including Swamp Thing, Maximortal, and Greyshirt discusses his career, his thoughts on the comics medium, and much, much more!

Golden Age vs. Modern Age!

"Golden Age & Modern Age Wonder Women, Cheetahs, & Drs. Psycho" by Kevenn T. Smith

Comic Book Quote of the Month:

Vandal Savage: "You have no idea whom you're up against, do you old man? I was using a sword a thousand years before you were born!"
SFX: KLANG! KLANG!
Vandal Savage: "Give up and I might let you live!"
Bat Lash: "Savage, you're dumber than veal if you think I believe that! Still, Lord knows you make a right fair dance partner!"
SFX: KLANG! FWUMP! AGGHH!
Bat Lash: "Like Momma Lash always said: Pick 'em homely and stupid and keep 'em waltzin' close!"
Bat Lash: "Reckon you fit the bill on all accounts!"

Guns of the Dragon #4

Major Announcement!

Fiction:

Writing Challenge

Elseworlds!

by Syl Francis

Elseworlds: Gotham City's defender, Catwoman, must stop the new threat to her city, a mysterious thief known only as the Batman!

By the Dawn's Early Light

by Sandra Miller

Elseworlds: As the heroes of Earth battle Ch'ton invaders, Dick Grayson wonders if being a costumed crimefighter is the best way to help his world!

by Rachel Ehrlich

Elseworlds: The Titans go medieval

Silent Knight, Lonely Knight

by Syl Francis

It's Christmas Eve and all through Gotham a lonely Bat stirs!

by Michael Lane

Mr. Freeze is back...and he'll do anything to reunite with his wife!

Art:

Cover Parodies!

Departments:

Sleep Deprived Crank

by Ye Olde Editor

by Chaim Mattis Keller

Columns:

by Matt "Stars" Morrison

It's TV Time!

art by Bill Wiist

Crisis on Earth-Fanzing!

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In Limbo!

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