Alter Ego (1999 Magazine) comic books 2016
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Issue #140
Published Jun 2016 by TwoMorrows.$7.00
$7.00
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.
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Issue #142
Published Sep 2016 by TwoMorrows.$7.00
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.
