Alter Ego (1999 Magazine) comic books 2016

Alter Ego #137 presents an incredible interview with Jim Shooter, who sold his first script to DC in 1965 -- at age 13! We chronicle the first decade of his color-splashed career, featuring The Legion of Super-Heroes, Superman, Supergirl, Captain Action, and others, with art by Curt Swan, Wally Wood, Gil Kane, George Papp, Jim Mooney, Pete Costanza, Win Mortimer, Wayne Boring, Al Plastino, et al.! Plus: Dan Barry: The Latter Days of Flash Gordon & A Return to Comic Books - Concluding Alberto Becattini's study of a controversial artistic talent; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: In the Interests of Science - Michael T. Gilbert talks about his very first comic strips; Comic Fandom Archive: Survivors of the First Comicon - Bill Schelly presents the 50th-anniversary panel of those who were there in 1964; Fawcett Collectors of America - P.C. Hamerlinck ushers in Gerald Edwards' take on Fawcett in the UK, 1943-62. Cover by Curt Swan & George Klein. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego #138 gives the floor to science-fiction great (and erstwhile comics writer) Harlan Ellison, as he talks about Captain Marvel and The Monster Society of Evil! Also, artist/Captain Marvel co-creator C.C. Beck writes about the infamous Superman-Captain Marvel lawsuit of the 1940's and '50s, in a double-size FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) section! Plus: Two titanic tributes to Golden Age artist Fred Kida (and a never-before-published interview); Seal of Approval: The Bibliography - Lushly illustrated listing of the sources of Amy K. Nyberg's 1998 study of the Comics Code; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: In Defense of Comic Books - Michael T. Gilbert shows Lev Gleason, publisher of Crime Does Not Pay, speaking out in '52; The Secret Lair of Dr. Strange - Paris Liu relates this history of Doc's abode at 177A Bleecker Street, NYC; Comic Fandom Archive: Survivors of the First Comicon Pt. II - Bill Schelly heralds the 2014 panel celebrating the 50th anniversary of a major event. Cover by C.C. Beck (with a bit of help from a photograph). Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

In Alter Ego, would you believe still more about Roy Thomas in the 1990s? Jim Amash interviews the Rascally One about his '90s work on Marvel's Conan and the stillborn Marvel/Excelsior line launched by Stan Lee, along with Roy's writing for companies like Cross Plains, Topps, DC, and others! Art by the likes of Kayanan, the Brothers Buscema, Maroto, Giordano, St. Aubin, Ditko, Simonson, Mignola, Lark, and many others! Plus: the sorcerous secrets of '177A Bleecker Street,' the Greenwich Village address Thomas gave to Dr. Strange! Also: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Stanley Taffet Interview - Michael T. Gilbert presents Shaun Clancy...and a 1940's comics fan's nightmare; Comic Fandom Archive: A Finger In Every Plot - Bill Schelly and Roy T. showcase Jerry Bails' 1965 unveiling of Batman co-creator Bill Finger; Fawcett Collectors of America - P.C. Hamerlinck shines an eerie spotlight on Golden Age artist Ray Harford & the Ghost Army. Cover by Rafael Kayanan. Edited by Roy Thomas. 96 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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Alter Ego #140 is a special issue devoted to Golden Age great Irwin Hasen, who passed away recently at nearly age 97! This feature is adapted from Dan Makara's film documentary on Hasen, the 1940's artist of the Justice Society, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Wildcat, Holyoke's Cat-Man, and numerous other classic heroes and, for 30 years, the artist of the famous Dondi newspaper strip! Bonus art by his buddies Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, et al.! Plus: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The Wallace McPherson Interview - Michael T. Gilbert presents Shaun Clancy and the fan who may have created MLJ's Black Jack; Comic Fandom Archive: Gordon Belljohn Love Changed My Life - Part 4 of Bill Schelly's multi-issue tribute to G.B. Love, founder of the RBCC adzine; Fawcett Collectors of America - P.C. Hamerlinck completes his study of artist Ray Harford & the Ghost Army of WWII. Cover by Shane Foley (adapting the work of Irwin Hasen). Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

From Detroit to Deathlok, Alter Ego #141 is devoted to the comet-splashed career of artist Rich Buckler! He drew it all: Fantastic Four, The Avengers, Black Panther, Ka-Zar, Dracula, Morbius, and a zillion mighty Marvel covers; Batman, Hawkman, and other DC stars; Creepy & Eerie horror; and that's just in the first half of the 1970's! Plus: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Fatman, The Lost Issue (Part 1) - Michael T. Gilbert on that strange 1967 comic by Otto Binder & C.C. Beck; Comic Fandom Archive: Remembering RBCC...with Love - Five fans reminisce about G.B. Love & the Rocket's Blast-Comicollector; Fawcett Collectors of America #200 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents a celebration featuring Beck, Swayze, Champlin, & a 1940 Hollywood party attended by Captain Marvel himself; and comics expert Hames Ware on fabulous Golden Age artist Rafael Astarita! All behind a great Deathlok painted cover by Buckler! Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

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In Alter Ego #142, super-fan David Siegel talks to Richard Arndt about how, from 1991 to 2005, he tracked down some of the greatest and hardest-to-find artists of the Golden Age and brought them to the San Diego Comic-Con! Featuring art and artifacts by those classic talents, including Ramona Fradon, Chad Grothkopf, Sheldon Moldoff, Harry Lampert, Chuck Cuidera, Creig Flessel, Paul Norris, Vin Sullivan, Joe Giella, Irv Novick, Kurt Schaffenberger, and others! Plus: Rich Morrissey on how Golden/Silver Age star writer John Broome got to the Con! Also: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Fatman, The Lost Issue (Part 2) - Michael T. Gilbert takes a look at Lightning Comics' Human Flying Saucer; Comic Fandom Archive: RBCC's Last Great Days...Jim Van Hise, Part II - Bill Schelly presents part 6 of a salute to G.B. Love and his important comics adzine; Fawcett Collectors of America #201 - P.C. Hamerlinck and John G. Pierce postulate a Shazam! revival published by...Marvel Comics? Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

Don Glut tells Richard Arndt about his early years as an amateur film-maker, rock musician - and comic book writer for Marvel, Warren, and especially Gold Key! Don talks about the creation of such series as Doctor Spektor, Dagar the Invincible, and Tragg and the Sky Gods, and about scripting Twilight Zone, The Invaders, Kull the Destroyer, Solomon Kane, Captain America, What If, et al.! Bonus: Sal Amendola and Roy Thomas tell all they can pull together about the 1970s professional Academy of Comic Book Arts, founded by Stan Lee and Carmine Infantino! Plus: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Michael T.: The Fanzine Years - Michael T. Gilbert on his early beginnings as a comic book artist; Comic Fandom Archive: We Called Ourselves TISOS - Richard Rubenfeld and Andy Yanchus on the 1960s-70s "Illegitimate Sons of Superman"; Fawcett Collectors of America #202 - P.C. Hamerlinck interviews Bill Schelly about the new edition of his Otto Binder biography. Edited by Roy Thomas. Full color. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.