The Next Issue Project is a series of American comic-book anthology one-shots published by Image Comics beginning in February 2008. The multi-title project, edited by Erik Larsen, creator of Savage Dragon, features comic book characters that have fallen into the public domain.

The premise behind the series, according to Larsen, is:

Publication history

Each issue of the Next Issue Project utilizes features from a title published during the 1930s and 1940s period historians and fans call the Golden Age of Comic Books, with similar dimensions and page count, both larger than the modern-day standard. Each issue continues the name and numbering of each title.

The first issue, Fantastic Comics #24 came out in February 2008. It was followed by Silver Streak Comics #24 in December 2009 and later Crack Comics #63.

Issues

Fantastic Comics #24

Continuing from Fox Feature Syndicate's Fantastic Comics. This issue was released on February 13, 2008. It contained the following stories:

• Samson, written and illustrated by Erik Larsen

• Flip Falcon, written by Joe Casey and illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz, with colors by Erik Larsen and lettering by Chris Eliopoulos

• Golden Knight, co-written and illustrated by Thomas Yeates and co-written by Bryan Rutherford, with colors by Erik Larsen

• Yank Wilson, written and illustrated by Andy Kuhn, with lettering by Thomas Mauer

• Space Smith, written and illustrated by Tom Scioli

• Captain Kidd, co-written and illustrated by Jim Rugg and co-written by Brian Maruca

• Professor Fiend, written and illustrated by Fred Hembeck, with colors by Erik Larsen

• Stardust the Super Wizard, written by Joe Keatinge and illustrated by Mike Allred, with colors by Laura Allred and lettering by Van Nunez

• Sub Saunders, written and illustrated by Ashley Wood

• a prose piece featuring Carlton Riggs by B. Clay Moore with illustration by Jason Latour

Silver Streak Comics #24

Continuing from Lev Gleason Publications' Silver Streak Comics. Released in December, 2009. It contained the following stories:

• Daredevil, written and illustrated by Erik Larsen

• Silver Streak, written and illustrated by Paul Grist, with colors by Erik Larsen

• Kelly the Cop, written and illustrated by Joe Keatinge, with colors by Erik Larsen

• The Claw, written and illustrated by Michael T. Gilbert

• Captain Battle, written by Steve Horton and illustrated by Alan Weiss, with colors by Derek Muthart and lettering by John Lowe

Crack Comics #63

Continuing from Quality Comics' Crack Comics. This issue was released on November 2, 2011. It contained the following stories:

• Captain Triumph, written and penciled by Alan Weiss, inked by Jim Fern, with colors by Lovern Kindzierski and lettering by John Workman

• The Space Legion, written and illustrated by Chris Burnham

• The Clock, written and illustrated by Paul Maybury

• Molly the Model, written and illustrated by Terry Austin

• Alias the Spider, written and illustrated by Adam McGovern and Paolo Leandri, with colors by Dominic Regan

• Spitfire, written and illustrated by Herb Trimpe

• Slap Happy Pappy, written and illustrated by Joe Keatinge

• Hack O'Hara (with a cameo by the Space Legion), written and illustrated by Erik Larsen

• Red Torpedo, written by B. Clay Moore and illustrated by Frank Fosco and Erik Larsen

Speed Comics #45

Advertised in Fantastic Comics #24 but never released, this issue was to continue from Harvey Comics' Speed Comics, and would heave featured Shock Gibson, Captain Freedom and War Nurse on the cover.

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