Mattman Lives On
This comic saw Mattman abandoning his light blue and royal blue tights for the darker, sleeker black "muscle" outfit (much like the transformation Batman went through when those movies were made).  Blue Jay also got a bit of a make over as well (which only lasted this comic before yet another costume was created for him).  In this comic, the Hero of Justice faced off against his four greatest foes -- The Yoker, Bird Man, Fantastic Woman, and the Giggler.  It also featured the most non-sensical, anti-climatic ending to a comic when the boat they are all fighting on spontaneously explodes (with no explanation), and Mattman was somehow safe because he was frozen (The Yoker shot him with an ice gun he -- once again -- inexplicably had) and Blue Jay swam into a shark (yes, you read that correctly....)  It was not clear if the villains died, were captured, got away, or anything else.  I was not trying to be suspenseful or anything...

Mattman:  Fantastic Fight
The second of the sole-villain issues saw the return of Ghost Town's femme fatale, Fantastic Woman.  The story was admittedly unusual, which saw Fantastic Woman get a new pink and green costume, only for the readers to discover it was a fraud.  Strangely, Fantastic Woman WOULD end up getting a new costume a little later, exchanging the green body suit to black.  Her newest incarnation (for "Hero of Justice") I believe is the best, by far -- wearing a black tube top, black leather pants, black platform shoes, and exchanging the maroon trim for silver.

Mattman:  Birdman's Revenge
This story was extremely forgetable (I read it a couple weeks ago and still can't fully remember what it was about).  At this point, I recall probably rushing through a lot of these comics to get to Mattman vs. The Yoker and Phantom Revealed:  Mattman 8 because both of those stories would lead to much bigger things.  Also, by this time I may have already made the decision to kill of Birdman, so that may be why I wasn't so into developing this issue.  What basically happened was that Bruce Basilo was kidnapped, Blue Jay had to save him so that he could become Mattman and save Ghost Town.  Not terribly interesting.

Mattman vs. The Yoker
This issue in particular set the tone for when I was planning on turning Mattman into a series instead of a movie like comic.  This issue saw Yoker murdering Charles Morton -- with a little help from a distracting Phantom.  The seeds were starting to set with who exactly the Phantom was (as it would be revealed in the next issue), as well as the debut of a new hero -- Mattgirl.  Mattgirl was actually Matilda Morton (Commissioner Morton's daughter), and she initially blamed Mattman for her father's death (beause he was unable to save him).   Ultimately she realized Mattman was not responsible, and dedicated her life to fighting crime under a mask.  Interestingly, Mattman would not reveal to her his secret identity until she joined the Super Team much later on.  This issue also brought the return of the Giggler -- who from this point on would work with the Yoker -- to create the ultimate villainous team:  The Demented Duo.  I do believe this was also the first issue where the villains escaped without being caught at the end.

Preview Magazine
This was not so much a comic as a magazine I created (but never actually really started) that would give previews to all the comics I was worked on at the time (mostly just Mattman and Super Team -- what started out a Justice League style series in which all the Super Heroes teamed up, but after one issue basically became much more a Power Rangers rip off).  The cover of this issue (the only issue, once again never really started) features the somewhat new look of Mattman (he's a bit more bad ass looking than he once was), John MacArthur as a CIA Agent (in the modern version of him I made, I decided to abandon the whole Men in Black look), the mysterious Black Hero from the Super Team series (who would was supposed to later be revealed as Ninja Master -- their former leader), and intended new character Ben Hellner, who I will talk about more when I scan and post his character.  The casket with the roses on it is supposed to be, I believe, Nalfred -- Mattman's trusted bulter.

Mattman Detective Series Article
This was the article that was supposed to be in the Preview Magazine.  Click on the image to see it full sized so that you can read the writing.  The article basically previews the fact that Mattman will be a bit darker than he had been in the past (one way I did this was by adding the gruff facial hair, and making the eyes on his mask smaller.  I also made him a bit leaner and added some muscles).  It also reveals that Nalfred will die, John MacArthur and Matilda Morton (Mattgirl) will get engaged, the Demented Duo (Yoker and Giggler) will manipulate new villain Titanium in hopes of destroying him, and Fantastic Woman will become obsessed with returning villain Mr. Moneybags.  After this point, I never again completed a Mattman comic, so none of this stuff actually ended up happening.

Mattman Detective Series (Issue #1)
Before this point, all of the Mattman comics (aside from the New World Saga, which I won't get into....) were supposed to be "movie" type comics.  The Detective Series were supposed to be more television type, as in stories would not be started and concluded within one issue.  Instead, stories would be continued from one issue to the next.  This one is titled "Trust is a Fantastic Thing" which leads me to believe it was supposed to center around Fantastic Woman, most likely coinciding with the return of Mr. Moneybags.  Aside from the cover, I did not even start this issue, and -- like I said before -- I never again finished a Mattman comic.  So, basically, this is the last Mattman comic picture/cover ever drawn.