Brett Booth interview; Q & A with Marvel Art Director Darren Auck; Kurt Busiek, Peter Milligan, John Romita, Jr., Larry Hama, Barbara Kesel, Mark Waid and Val Semeiks comment on the Amalgam line; Scott Hanna interview; John Ostrander discusses Heroes For Hire; The History of Marvel's Horror Comics, Part 1; Time Slip: Phil Hester illo of the Human Torch; a look at Aunt May's history, with comments from Stan Lee and John Romita, Sr.; Marvel's Silliest Moments: the Thing is harassed by the Yancy Street Gang; The Greatest Comics Never Seen: Mark Bagley's pencils from the plot found in The Official Marvel Comics Try-Out Book #1; Beast Files: Dark Beast; article on Blade's journey to the silver screen; Pascual Ferry remembers his first Marvel comic; Marvel Chronicles: 1972. Cover by Brett Booth. Cover price $1.50.