Dr. Wonder

    (Old Town, 1996-1997)
™ and ©1997 Old Town Publishing, Ltd.

Part magazine, part comic book and all love, this creation of publisher/editor David Allikas, put out by Old Town Publishing, Inc., is one big homage to the Silver Age of Marvel and DC Comics.

Dick Ayers draws a Dr. Wonder adventure penned by Allikas, while Jim Lawless offers a creepy prose short. How did anyone get along without the nifty grid detailing the powers of various mean monsters before this, let alone manage without the useful tidbits in the convention report? Academics are covered, ranging from an essay about Superman’s marriages to burning questions answered by Craig “Ask Mr. Silver Age” Shutt, whose column also appears in Comics Buyers Guide. And in the letters page, everyone from Silver Age artist Herb Trimpe to then-Image offical Jim Valentino offers comments.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jun 1996
    Cover: $2.95
    W: David Allikas  ·  A: Dick Ayers, Irwin Hasen
    Origin of Doctor Wonder; B&W
    3 copies from $1.10
  • 2
    #2
    Jul 1996
    Cover: $2.95
    W: David Allikas  ·  A: Dick Ayers, Irwin Hasen
    B&W
    3 copies from $2.98
  • 3
    #3
    Aug 1996
    Cover: $2.95
    W: David Alikas, Steven Shinkarus, Scott Saavedra, Craig Shutt  ·  A: Dick Ayers, Mike Lilly
    B&W
    3 copies from $3.50
  • 4
    #4
    Oct 1996
    Cover: $2.95
    B&W
    2 copies from $20.40
  • 5
    #5
    Sep 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Brian Saner-Lamken, Craig Shutt, David Allikas, Jacob Gilbert, Jim Lawless, Mark Voger, Mike Giacoia, Scott Saavedra  ·  A: Dick Ayers, Mark Voger
    Fall 1997; Magazine-sized; B&W
    1 copy for $44.99