#235: October 1974 - "The Yesterday Connection!" (w/Ibrahim Moustafa)

Ibrahim Moustafa is the brilliant writer-artist
behind the original graphic novels Count
and Retroactive, as well as the
co-creator of the Eisner Award-nominated High
Crimes (with Christopher Sebela), and yes, a bunch
of Marvel stuff too! His latest OGN, Cyn,
comes out this summer from Humanoids, and you can order it
right now from your local comics shop — Previews order
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Stories Covered in this Episode: 


"Convention of Fear!" - Iron Man #72, written by Mike Friedrich,
art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta, letters by Tom
Orzechowski, colors by Stan Goldberg, 1974 Marvel Comics


"The Yesterday Connection!" - Giant-Size Spider-Man #3, written
by Gerry Conway, art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito, letters by
Ray Holloway, colors by George Roussos, 1974 Marvel Comics


 


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