Captain Victory #2 - January, 1982

By Tom Brevoort

CAPTAIN VICTORY #2 is noteworthy for containing the only fan letter I ever had published--and, inevitably, they spelled my name wrong. It's also evidence of how, as I moved into the 1980s, I began to explore the burgeoning independent comics market.

I was fortunate in that a comic shop--PORT COMICS AND COLLECTABLES in Medford, Long Island (which is still there, by the way, just under different management)--opened up within biking distance of my house around 1980. This gave me easy access to affordable back issues as well as the "direct sales only" comics of the time.

I greeted CAPTAIN VICTORY with enthusiasm--my fan letter proclaimed the first issue to have been superior to NEW TEEN TITANS #13, X-MEN #151 and X-MEN ANNUAL #5, all of which had come out the same day.