Issues 12-20 also featured backup stories by different writers and artists.

In 1986, a "Special" issue was released with work by different creators, some of whom had done backup stories for volume 2.

While you were putting together a backup story, I've been trying to figure out where you could hide a whale.

Only the first issue was printed, though parts 2 and 3 were printed as backup stories in the pages of Supreme.

The backup stories were intended to be read in the same order as the lead stories.

The issue's backup story had the Huntsman as a guest star, his first appearance in over a decade.

The series contained a three-part backup story featuring Hybrid.

Like other such pulps of the day, there were short backup stories by other authors.

Swords collected four issues per volume, each with a backup story and new cover.

It is best to have backup stories available at tax time, however.