Alter Ego (1999 Magazine) comic books

Alter Ego asks 'Who's Afraid of Victor Fox?' with an examination of the Fox Comics of the 1940s - Blue Beetle, Phantom Lady, The Flame, et al.. Plus 'Superman vs. Wonder Man' starring Will Eisner, Jerry Iger, Sheldon Mayer, Jerry Siegel, and Harry Donenfeld! Also, Part I of an interview with Jack Mendelsohn, artist/writer for MAD, Jacky's Diary, and much more! Cover by Spider-Man artist Dave Williams! Cover price $7.95.

The Emerald Spotlight falls on Green Lantern, and Alter Ego spotlights his 1940s creators Mart Nodell and Bill Finger, and his 1959 creators John Broome, Gil Kane, and Julius Schwartz! Learn unknown details behind both Lanterns' history, and see rare GL artwork by Carmine Infantino, Paul Reinman, Irwin Hasen, Neal Adams, and others! Plus, there's part 2 of the interview with Jack Mendelsohn, an FCA section, and Michael T. Gilbert with another installment of Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt! Cover price $7.95.

Alter Ego #103 focuses on the early career of ace comics writer Steve Englehart at Marvel, Warren, and more. We cover it all: The Defenders, Captain America, Master of Kung Fu, The Beast, Mantis with rare art and artifacts by Sal Buscema, Jim Starlin, Tom Sutton, Don Heck, Bob Brown, and others. Cover price $7.95.

Alter Ego proudly celebrates the 50th anniversary of Fantastic Four #1-and the birth of Marvel Comics! With a new, never-before-published interview with Stan Lee and rare art and artifacts by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Joe Sinnott, Dick Ayers, Roy Thomas, and others! Also: Jim Amash's interview with 1940s Timely editor Al Sulman, FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) with Marc Swayze and C.C. Beck, and Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt! All behind a new cover by Ron Frenz and Joe Sinnott! Cover price $7.95.

Alter Ego proudly presents 'Tales from the Code!' The coming of the Comics Code Authority in 1954-55 changed comics greatly - and we document that process with comic art and script 'Before' and 'After' the CCA got hold of them, with art by Simon & Kirby, Ditko, Buscema, Sinnott, Gould, Cole, Steranko, Krigstein, O'Neill, Glanzman, Orlando, Williamson, Heath, and many others! Featuring a fabulous new Spider-Man cover by Josh Medors! Cover price $7.95.

Alter Ego looks at the career of Dick Giordano through the 1960s, from his early years as a freelance artist through the 'Action-Hero' era at Charlton and the first time around at DC! Plus Dick's final panel at the Charlotte (NC) Heroes Con in 2009, with Steve Skeates & Roy Thomas and part one of Jim Amash's interview with Charlton artist Tony Tallarico. Cover price $7.95.

Alter Ego presents a big Batman issue, featuring an unused Golden Age cover by definitive Dark Knight artist Dick Sprang! Headlining this bat-centric issue is a Shel Dorf interview with Sprang and Jim Mooney! Plus there's rare and unseen Batman art by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Win Mortimer, Shelly Moldoff, Charles Paris, and others! Part II of the Tony Tallarico interview, conducted by Jim Amash!"" Cover price $8.95.

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Behind a 'Sub-Mariner vs. Human Torch' cover by Bill Everett & Carl Burgos, 1970s Bullpenner Warren Reece talks about Marvel Comics and his encounters with legends Everett, Burgos, John Romita, Stan Lee, Marie Severin, Neal Adams, Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas, and more with rare and never-seen art and artifacts! Plus Dewey Cassell throws a biographical spotight on Standard/Nedor Golden Age artist Mike Peppe, featuring art by Alex Toth, Ross Andru, George Tuska, John Celardo, Bob Lubbers, and others! Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego focuses this month on the Golden Age Justice Society of America, behind a fabulous cover by George Pérez, never before printed full-size! There's a spotlight on Spectre/Hour-Man creator Bernard Baily and Johnny Thunder creator John B. Wentworth, startling additions to the 4 volumes of The All-Star Companion, the JSA-style 1940s super-groups that might have been, a gorgeous JSA Color Section, and many surprise features! Cover price $8.95.

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Alter Ego is a special SHAZAM!/Fawcett issue, with an expanded FCA section! P.C. Hamerlinck presents the little-known 1940s 'Captain Marvel' Radio Show (featuring an interview with its 'Billy Batson,' Burt Boyar), commentary by PCH and co-creator C.C. Beck regarding the 1939 origin of the Big Red Cheese, Roy Thomas and Jerry Bingham on their 1980s Secret Origins 'SHAZAM!' take, and Marc Swayze's Golden Age memoirs! Cover price $8.95.

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Alter Ego shines the spotlight on the Golden Age Nedor super-heroes - Black Terror, Fighting Yank, Miss Masque, Pyroman, Grim Reaper, and more - with Mike Nolan's classic Nedor Index, profusely illustrated by Mort Meskin, Jerry Robinson, George Tuska, Ruben Moirera, Ken Battefield, Alex Shomburg, and others, plus never-revealed facts about Terror/Yank creator and ACG writer/editor Richard Hughes, with photos and never-published Herbie scripts! Plus: Continuing Jim Amash's in-depth interview (part II) with comic art great Leonard Starr; Michael T. Gilbert's private takes on some very public Golden Age images; The Golden Age of Fanzines Panel - part II of a major event from the 2011 50th-Anniversary of Fandom Celebration at San Diego, featuring Bill Schelly, Roy Thomas, Richard Kyle, Paul Levitz and more; In Memoriam - Jerry Robinson; P.C. Hamerlinck and some noted friends salute the 70th birthday of Mary Marvel. Cover by Shane Foley (after Frank Robbins & John Romita, Sr.). Cover price $8.95.

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Alter Ego presents a Stupendous Superman issue! Featuring Paul Cassidy, the second (or third?) Superman artist ever, the Italian Nembo Kid, and Arlen Schumer's look at the Mort Weisinger era of the Man of Steel, including an interview with son Hank Weisinger! Art by Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring, Murphy Anderson, Al Plastino, and numerous others! Plus: Continuing Jim Amash's epic interview with comic book, On Stage, & Annie artist Leonard Starr; Michael Vance views the Joseph Eacobacci artifacts of ACG editor/writer Richard E. Hughes; Suicide Squad Task Force X - Michael T. Gilbert showcases cataclysmic commission drawings of the Silver Age DC series; the "50 Years of Comic Book Fandom" Panel - Bill Schelly presents Mark Evanier's hosting of an event at San Diego Comic-Con 2011; Fawcett Collectors of America #171 - P.C. Hamerlinck shines the spotlight on a 1955 suspense story drawn by Marc Swayze. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego documents Marv Wolfman's first decade in comics - talking to Richard Arndt about his work on Tomb of Dracula, Teen Titans, Captain Marvel, John Carter, Daredevil, Nova, Batman, etc. - behind a wonderful Gene Colan cover depicting Marv! Plus: Concluding Jim Amash's 4-part interview with comics great Leonard Starr (On Stage, Annie); Tales From The Code: The Sequel, where Richard Arndt follows up on last year's look at the Comics Code in theory and practice; FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) #172 - P.C. Hamerlinck hosts a farewell salute to Fawcett stalwart (and nice guy) Emilio Squeglio; Michael T. Gilbert and Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt on the secret origins of Jim Steranko's legendary comics career; Comic Fandom Archive: The "50 Years of Comic Book Fandom" Panel, Part II - Bill Schelly finishes up a presentation held at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con; Tributes to Sheldon Moldoff & Eduardo Barreto. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego is a Big Marvel issue, concentrating on Captain America and Fantastic Four! Martin Goodman's Broadway debut - amazing speculations about Fantastic Four #1 - the secret history of the MMMS - an interview with Golden Age Timely writer/artist Don Rico - and more surprises than you could shake a Forbush at! Art by Kirby, Avison, Shores, Romita, Severin, Tuska, Bellman, and others! Plus: Michele Hart talks about her time with husband Don Rico, and her own colorful career; the life and Timely/Marvel times of Golden Age artist Allen Bellman; the Invaders issue that nearly was - Warren Reece and the almost-was secret origin of the original Human Torch; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Charles Atlas, Part 3 - Michael T. Gilbert and Mr. Monster examine parodies of the classic Charles Atlas ads; Wonder Woman's Last Kiss - John Lustig and nameless Charlton artists take an irreverent look at the Amazing Amazon; Fawcett Collectors of America #173 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents a classic George Evans tale from Captain Video #3. Cover by Allen Bellman and Mitch Breitweiser depicts Captain America getting physical with Adolf Hitler. Cover price $8.95.

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This issue comes polybagged, and includes free 3-D glasses so you can view the art in all its dimensions! Alter Ego takes a red and green look at those sensational stereoscopic comics of the 1950s in a special 3-D issue! There's an in-depth feature assembled and annotated by Ray (3-D) Zone, featuring never-before-revealed secrets of the era! Then prepare yourself, as we reproduce actual 1950s 3-D art by Simon & Kirby, Kubert, Meskin, Powell, Maurer, Nostrand, Swan, Boring, Schwartz, Mooney, Shores, Tuska, and many others! Plus: Joe Kubert and Norman Maurer discuss the origin of 3-D comic books; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt! Update Edition - Michael T. Gilbert revisits Kanegson, Eisner, Feldstein, and Charles Atlas; Comic Fandom Archive: Of Graphic Stories & Wonderworlds - Bill Schelly interviews Richard Kyle, the man who coined the term "graphic novel"; Fawcett Collectors of America #174 - P.C. Hamerlinck and Roy Thomas present George Evans' Captain Video - part II. Cover price $8.95.

Not polybagged, and lacks free 3-D glasses. Alter Ego takes a red and green look at those sensational stereoscopic comics of the 1950s in a special 3-D issue! There's an in-depth feature assembled and annotated by Ray (3-D) Zone, featuring never-before-revealed secrets of the era! Then prepare yourself, as we reproduce actual 1950s 3-D art by Simon & Kirby, Kubert, Meskin, Powell, Maurer, Nostrand, Swan, Boring, Schwartz, Mooney, Shores, Tuska, and many others! Plus: Joe Kubert and Norman Maurer discuss the origin of 3-D comic books; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt! Update Edition - Michael T. Gilbert revisits Kanegson, Eisner, Feldstein, and Charles Atlas; Comic Fandom Archive: Of Graphic Stories & Wonderworlds - Bill Schelly interviews Richard Kyle, the man who coined the term "graphic novel"; Fawcett Collectors of America #174 - P.C. Hamerlinck and Roy Thomas present George Evans' Captain Video - part II. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego pays tribute to comics artist Joe Kubert! There's a quartet of interviews with Kubert on the 1940s-1970s career of the legendary artist (and often writer) of Hawkman, Tor, Enemy Ace, Sgt. Rock, Viking Prince, Tarzan, et al.! With added art by Russ Heath, Neal Adams, Murphy Anderson, Sheldon Moldoff, Irv Novick, and others! Plus: A Brief Eulogy for Joe Kubert, Humanitarian - Kevin Brogan's speech posthumously presenting JK the Giordano Humanitarian Award; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The Joe Kubert Sketchbook - Michael T. Gilbert looks at Joe's re-visitations to his characters and concepts of yore; Fawcett Collectors of America #175 - The powerful finale of "The Indestructible Antagonist!" from Captain Video #3. Cover by Daniel James Cox and Joe Kubert. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego shines the spotlight on Golden Age artists and friends L.B. Cole & Jay Disbrow - with the latter writing an intimate memoir of his sometime boss! Cole's 1940s Cat-Man covers are classics, as was his work on Magno, Black Cobra, Black Venus, and many other features, while Disbrow drew numerous quirky horror tales for Star and ACG! Art by Bob Fujitani, Charles Quinlan, Irwin Hasen, and more! Plus: A Four-Color Dreamer - Ray Zone's conversation with 1950s comics artist Jay Disbrow; Richard E. Hughes: Life After ACG - Michael Vance continues his look at recently unearthed artifacts of an important writer & editor; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Evil Twins - Michael T. Gilbert on his favorite comic book cliche; Of Graphic Stories & Wonderworlds - Bill Schelly concludes his talk with writer, publisher & bookstore owner Richard Kyle; Fawcett Collectors of America #176 - P.C. Hamerlinck and Roy Thomas host the final chapter from Captain Video #3. Cover price $8.95.

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Hey, nifty - The Avengers are (is?) fifty! Alter Ego takes a look at the first-decade secrets of Earth's Mightiest Heroes including Will Murray on the group's behind-the-scenes origin; Roy Thomas on writing the Avengers; plus artifacts by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, the brothers Buscema, George Tuska, Neal Adams, Gene Colan, Rich Buckler, and Steve Englehart! Cover by Don Heck, originally intended for Avengers #37, never before printed in color! Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego is an FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) celebration of the life and art of the late, great Marc Swayze, on what would have been his 100th birthday, marking 119 issues in a row of his being a part of A/E! It includes salutes from past and present, from C.C. Beck and Otto Binder and all the usual SHAZAM! suspects plus Swayze Marvel Family cover art from the 1940s, a special interview with wife June Swayze on Marc and her own singing career, and a full Phantom Eagle story from Wow Comics! Plus: An interview with 1950s Dell/Western and Toby Press comic book artist Mel Keefer; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt - Michael T. Gilbert showcases the influence of the legendary Harvey Kurtzman on other great talents; Comic Fandom Archive: Spotlight on Bill Schelly - Gary Brown throws a 2011 San Diego Comic-Con spotlight on A/E's associate editor; Sheldon Moldoff's final FCA interview. Cover by Marc Swayze features Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel, Jr. from the splash page of Captain Marvel Adventures (1941) #18. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego is a salute to the first series of X-Men (1963 to 1969) behind Jack Kirby's unused cover for issue #10! There's secrets behind the mag's first decade - rare late-'60s Brazilian X-Men stories, a long-lost '60s X-Men 'character sheet' by Stan Lee himself, and Roy Thomas on the 1970s revival that turned into a mutant explosion! With art and artifacts by Lee, Kirby, Roth, Adams, O'Neil, Heck, Friedrich, Drake, and Buscema, plus the story of Marvelmania fan club! Plus: An interview with radio/TV journalist (and short-time comics writer) Ed Silverman; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The Men Who Would Be Kurtzman (Part 2) - Michael T. Gilbert details more of the Mad creator's influence on comic book artists & writers; Comic Fandom Archive: Spotlight on Bill Schelly (Part II) - concluding Bill Schelly's panel at San Diego 2011; Fawcett Collectors of America #179 - P.C. Hamerlinck ushers in Otto Binder, "Red" Mohler, & Captain Marvel Jr. Cover price $8.95.

The Golden Age Justice Society returns! Their kith and kin talk about JSA creators John B. Wentworth (Johnny Thunder), Len Sansone (The Atom), and Bernard Sachs (who inked Arthur Peddy's pencils on entire issues of All-Star Comics)! Plus rare art by Carmine Infantino, Paul Reinman, Mart Nodell, Stan Aschmeier, Ben Flinton, H.g. Peter, and others! Also: FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more! Detailed contents: John B. Wentworth, All-American Thunderbolt - daughter Rebecca Wentworth tells Richard Arndt about the creator of Johnny Thunder, Sargon the Sorcerer & The Whip; Special Interlude - "The Will of William Wilson"; Splitting the Atom, Three Ways - Mrs. Emily Sokoloff & Maggie Sansone talk to Shaun Clancy about Leonard Sansone -- inker & co-creator of the Atom -- and about co-creators Ben Flinton and Bill O'Connor; "The Life of a Freelancer...Is Always Feast or Famine" - Bernice Sachs-Smollet talks to Richard Arndt about her late husband, artist Bernard Sachs; Comic Fandom Archive: 2 Flashes Meet the Purple Slagheap - Bill Schelly presents Landon Chesney's fandom classic, in color for the first time since 1963; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Now That's A Fan - Michael T. Gilbert looks at the nutty house ads of Golden Age Ace Periodicals; Fawcett Collectors of America #180 - P.C. Hamerlinck with Otto Binder's madcap memoir -- & Captain Marvel's wartime record. Cover homage by Shane Foley to a vintage All-Star image by Irwin Hasen. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego is a final, flag-waving salute to the Comics Buyer's Guide! There was no CBG #1700 - but if there had been, this is what it might've looked like! History and remembrances from Alan Light and Murray Bishoff re: the original The Buyer's Guide for Comics Fandom; Maggie Thompson and Brent Frankenhoff on CBG; plus 'final' columns by CBG stars Mark Evanier, Tony Isabella, Peter David, Fred Hembeck, John Lustig, and classic art by Don Newton, Mike Vosburg, Jack Kirby, Mike Nasser, and many more! Plus: Fandom before TBG - Bill Schelly's overview of comics adzines prior to the dawn's early Alan Light; Bountiful Reminisces of TBG & CBG - 15 short memoirs by Brent Frankenhoff, Terry Beatty, Stephan Friedt, Russ Maheras, Fred Hembeck, John Lustig, Bob Ingersoll, Batton Lash, Mark Evanier, Cliff Biggers, Ward Batty, Andrew ("Captain Comics") Smith, Charles R. Rutledge, R.C. Harvey & Johnny Lowe; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt Buyer's Guide Scrapbook - Michael T. Gilbert relates his own sojourn with both incarnations of the long-lived adzine; Fawcett Collectors of America - P.C. Hamerlinck presents tributes to -- and a hilarious story by -- TBG's Alan Jim Hanley. Cover features the original cover art for TBG #1 by John Fantucchio, in color for the first time. Cover price $8.95.

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Alter Ego #123 has a special focus on Denny O'Neil's Silver Age career through the mid-1970s, from Marvel (Dr. Strange, S.H.I.E.L.D.) to Charlton (Wander, 'Children of Doom') to DC (Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Batman, The Shadow, Wonder Woman, Superman, JLA), as aided and abetted by the likes of Adams, Kaluta, Sekowsky, Lee, Giordano, Thomas, Schwartz, Aparo, Boyette, Dillin, Swan, Ditko, et al. Plus: Beginning the serialization of Amy Kiste Nyberg's groundbreaking book on four-color censorship, Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Now That's a Fan! Part 2 - more nutty fans, both inside and outside comics, studied and prodded by Michael T. Gilbert; Fawcett Collectors of America - an Otto Binder special hosted by P.C. Hamerlinck and featuring Brian Cremins. Cover art by Neal Adams, Pat Boyette, Michael W. Kaluta and Mike Sekowsky. Cover price $8.95.

Edited by Roy Thomas. Cover by Herb Trimpe and Tom Zuiko. Spotlighting Herb Trimpe - the Marvel man behind The Incredible Hulk for many crucial (and exciting) years! Not to mention his work on Iron Man, S.H.I.E.L.D., Ghost Rider, Ant-Man, Silver Surfer, War of the Worlds, Ka-Zar, even Phantom Eagle! And that means more of The Severin Siblings, Lee, Friedrich, Thomas, Grainger, Buscema, and others, as well! Plus more of Amy Kiste Nyberg's Comics Code history, as the controversy heats up in the late 1940s - FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) - Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more! 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego #125 telegraphs everything you ever wanted to know about Lee Harris (nee Harris Levey) - the artist/creator of the Golden Age Detective Comics super-hero Air Wave - as revealed by son Jonathan Levey to interviewer Richard J. Arndt! There's plenty of rarely-seen 1940's art treasures - including Lando, The Flame, Green Falcon, and mysterious, unpublished art of an alternate version of DC's Tarantula! Plus: Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code, Chapter 2 - strategies of would-be comic book censors, 1948-54, from the book by Amy Kiste Nyberg; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Inkspots! Part 1 - Michael T. Gilbert on his Kurtzman-inspired 1970's strip; Comic Fandom Archive - Part 2 of Bill Schelly's interview with noted 1960's fan/writer Steve Perrin; Fawcett Collectors of America #184 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents Otto Binder, Brian Cremins & Mr. Tawny. Cover by Harris Levey (aka Lee Harris). Edited by Roy Thomas. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego #126 is our second big issue on 3-D Comics of the 1950's! (Did you save your glasses from last time?) Ken Quattro looks at the controversy involving Joe Kubert, Norman Maurer, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein -- illustrated in 3-D! Plus, still more fabulous Captain 3-D by Simon & Kirby and Mort Meskin, as well as 3-D thrills from Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Jay Disbrow and others! Extra: 1940's Catholic comics artist Vee Quintal, remembered by daughter Robyn Dean McHattie; Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code, Chapter 3 - Amy Kiste Nyberg on the 1954 Senate investigation of comic books; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Inkspots! Part 2 - more of Michael T. Gilbert's first-ever comic strip; Comic Fandom Archive: Steve Perrin Part 3 - Bill Schelly covers the 1960's fan-writer... and Perrin covers SF/comics pro Edmond Hamilton; Fawcett Collectors of America #185 - P.C. Hamerlinck, John G. Pierce and C.C. Beck on Golden/Silver Age artist Pete Costanza. Cover by Joe Kubert. Edited by Roy Thomas. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego #127 uncovers the Will Eisner/'Busy' Arnold letters! Ken Quattro annotates 1940s exchanges - some humorous, some bitter, many revelatory - between the creator of The Spirit and his Quality Comics publisher/partner! Featuring art and artifacts by Lou Fine, Reed Crandall, Chuck Cuidera, Nick Cardy, Alex Kotzky, Toni Blum, Klaus Nordling, Alden McWilliams, et al.! Plus: "My Comic Mom!!" Part 2 - more remembrances by Robyn Dean McHattie of artist and mother Vee Quintal Pearson; Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code - Chapter 4 of Amy Kiste Nyberg's 1998 work on comic censorship...enter Dr. Wertham; "The Will of William Wilson" - still more of the long-lost 1940's "JSA" story, first time in color; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Now That's A Fan! Part 3 - Michael T. Gilbert showcases more fans who are nuttier than you are; Comic Fandom Archive: He Remembered Comic Books - Bill Schelly introduces Jim Harmon's seminal comics nostalgia piece...from 1957; Fawcett Collectors of America - P.C. Hamerlinck presents Otto Binder, Brian Cremins, C.C. Beck...and Pete Costanza. Cover painting by Daniel James Cox and Jason Paulos. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego #128 focuses on 'Seducing the Innocent with FREDRIC WERTHAM!', featuring Carol L. Tilley on the good Doctor's falsification of his research in the 1950's - and the destruction it wrought on the comics industry! Featuring art by Everett, Shuster, Peter, Beck, Costanza, Webb, Feldstein, Williamson, Wood, Biro, and of course Bob Kane! Plus: Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code Chapter 5 - the implementation of the Code in the mid-1950's, continuing Amy Kiste Nyberg's 1998 study; Special Interlude "The Will of William Wilson," PP. Y & Z - the final pages of the long-lost 1940's "Justice Society" story, first time in color; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Whatever Happened to the Boy of Tomorrow - Michael T. Gilbert presents Shaun Clancy's conversation with "The Superboy of 1940"; Comic Fandom Archive: Bhob Stewart In Memoriam - Bill Schelly on one of comic fandom's brightest lights; Fawcett Collectors of America - P.C. Hamerlinck with original Shazam! writer Denny O'Neil, plus more of Otto Binder's memoir. All behind a new cover featuring Dr. Wertham, Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Robin by Jason Paulos and Daniel James Cox! Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego #129 explores the great adventure heroes of Edgar Rice Burroughs - in comic strips and comic books! Featuring the art of Foster, Hogarth, Frazetta, Manning, Kane, Kubert, Morrow, Grell, Thorne, Weiss, Anderson, Kaluta, Amendola, Buscema, Marsh, Celardo, Lubbers and Yeates - with analysis by some of the foremost ERB experts! Plus: the 1970's ERB comics company that nearly was - and today's online ERB strips by Grindberg, Thomas, Marcos, Marz, Dixon, Kwapisz, Powell, Floyd, Leto, Poliwko, et al.! Also: FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) - P.C. Hamerlinck presents memories by "Captain Marvel" teammates Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. And: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Whatever Happened to the Boy of Tomorrow? Part 2 - Michael T. Gilbert presents the conclusion of Shaun Clancy's interview with William Aronis. Cover by Tom Grindberg and the ERB all-stars (Gil Kane, Dave Cockrum, Joe Kubert, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Jesse Marsh, Russ Manning and Alan Weiss)! Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego #130 is an FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) Christmas Fantasmagoria, starring the people who brought the original Captain Marvel & company to life: C.C. Beck, Otto Binder, Marc Swayze - and the Fawcett Family (presented by Paul C. Hamerlinck)! Plus: The Many Facets of Dan Barry - Alberto Becattini begins an in-depth study of a controversial comic book/comic strip artist; Seal of Approval: History of the Comics Code Chapter 6 - Amy Kiste Nyberg relates how the Code evolved, beginning in 1955; "I Want Kids To Grow Up Knowing Who Really Created Batman" - Marc Tyler Nobleman discusses his "children's book" about writer Bill Finger; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Twice-Told Covers - Michael T. Gilbert demonstrates that if a cover's worth using once, it's worth using again; Comic Fandom Archive: "Was I First in Remembering Comic Books?" - Bill Schelly showcases the late Jim Harmon's reminiscences of his 1957 Peon column. Cover by Charles Clarence Beck, from Xmas Comics #2. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

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Alter Ego #131 features an in-depth interview with Gerry Conway (star Marvel/DC writer in the early '70s), conducted by Richard Arndt - from House of Mystery and The Phantom Stranger to Daredevil, Black Widow, Thor, Fantastic Four, Werewolf by Night, The Inhumans, Kull the Conqueror, Sub-Mariner, Amazing Spider-Man - to the creation of The Punisher and the death of Gwen Stacy! Art by Romita, Colan, Kane, Ploog, Buscema, Morrow, Tuska, Adams, Sekowsky, the Severins, et al.! Plus: Dan Barry & Flash Gordon - Part II of Alberto Becattini's look at the life and career of a controversial comics talent; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt!: The Mystery of the Missing Comic! Part 1 - Michael T. Gilbert on Bob Powell's Man in Black Called Fate (among other things); Comic Fandom Archive: The 20-Cent Plague - Bill Schelly chats with Jiro Tomiyama, editor of a little-known January 1961 fanzine; FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) - P.C. Hamerlinck, Otto Binder, Brian Cremins...and Captain Marvel co-creator Bill Parker. Cover by Shane Foley and the Marvel all-star squad (Gene Colan, Gil Kane, Gray Morrow, John Buscema and Michael Ploog, plus inkers)! Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

A Special Crossover Extravaganza! Alter Ego celebrates 75 years of The Flash and Green Lantern (with Hawkman thrown in for good measure!) The era from 1940 to 1970, with Back Issue #80 picking it up from there! Vintage art by Infantino, Kane, Kubert, Elias, Lampert, Hibbard, Nodell, Hasen, Toth, Reinman, Sekowsky, and others! Plus: Golden Age JSA and Dr. Mid-Nite artist Arthur Peddy as known by stepson Dr. Michael Posner, in an interview by Richard Arndt! Also: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The Mystery of the Missing Comic (Part Two) - more by Michael T. Gilbert on Bob Powell's AWOL Man in Black issue; Comic Fandom Archive: Al Dellinges - "It's Been a Great Trip!" - Bill Schelly introduces the ultimate Kubert fan, recalling a lifetime of fan-publishing; Fawcett Collectors of America - P.C. Hamerlinck presents Elliot Maggin, John G. Pierce and Otto Binder. Cover reproduced from original art for All Star Comics (1940-1978) #49 by Arthur Peddy & Bernard Sachs -- or is it Irwin Hasen? We print...you decide! Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego #133 spotlights Gentleman Jim Mooney, the guy who drew 'em all - Batman & Robin, Supergirl, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Legion of Super-Heroes, Tommy Tomorrow, Ghost Rider, Dial H for Hero, Kaanga, The Invaders, The Moth, Wildfire, Lash Lightning - and a whole host more! This issue features an incredible in-depth interview conducted by Dr. Jeff McLaughlin, never before published! Plus: Seal of Approval: History of the Comics Code Chapter 6 (cont'd) - from Dr. Amy Kiste Nyberg's groundbreaking study, it's the aging of the CCA; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt!: Wertham Attacks! - Michael T. Gilbert takes a look at Wertham and the Code, pro & con, as seen in the 1950's; Comic Fandom Archive: The RBCC Story - beginning Bill Schelly's multi-part study of the foremost comics adzine of the 1960's; FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) - P.C. Hamerlinck presents Fawcett/Captain Marvel's Otto Binder & "The Fawcett Invasion of France"! It's all behind a cover montage by Jim Mooney of his greatest DC hits! Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

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This issue celebrates Sol Brodsky - one of the most important and underrated artists in comics! He inked Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) #3 and #4 and designed its logo; became Marvel's production manager during crucial years; and co-founded Skywald, then Marvel's British weeklies! Daughter Janna Parker talks about her father - and so do Stan Lee, Herb Trimpe, Stan Goldberg, David Anthony Kraft, Roy Thomas, John Romita and others! Learn about his work on Blue Beetle, Kid Colt Outlaw, Red Cross (his Holyoke creation!), Volton and Cracked Magazine! Plus: Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code - Continuing Dr. Amy Kiste Nyberg's 1998 book, with a look at the updating of the Code, 1971; Dan Barry & Flash Gordon, Part 3 - Continuing Alberto Becattini's study of a controversial comic art talent; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Get a Clue - Michael T. Gilbert spotlights the weirdly humorous covers of Hillman's crime comics; Comic Fandom Archive: The Super Labors of Love - Bill Schelly's tribute to G.B. Love and RBCC, Part 2; Fawcett Collectors of America - P.C. Hamerlinck presents Otto Binder's final chapter, and Captain Marvel Jr. in France! Cover portrait by John Romita. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

Alter Ego #135 commemorates Len Wein in the late Silver Age! The award-winning, Eisner Hall of Fame writer/co-creator of Swamp Thing, Human Target and Wolverine - also scripter of Justice League of America, Batman, Superman, Teen Titans, Phantom Stranger, Korak, X-Men, Spider-Man, Hulk, Fantastic Four, Star Trek, et al. - talks about his early days in comics at DC and Marvel! Art by Wrightson, Infantino, Trimpe, Dillon, Cardy, Aparo, Thorne, Mooney and others! Plus: Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code Chapter 6, Concluded - Our ongoing serialization of Dr. Amy Kiste Nyberg's 1998 study of comics censorship; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Get a Clue Part 2 - Michael T. Gilbert examines more of the hilarious hoodlums on those Hillman crime covers; Comic Fandom Archive: Chatting with Jim Van Hise - Bill Schelly continues a multi-part tribute to G.B. Love and RBCC; Fawcett Collectors of America - P.C. Hamerlinck presents two unseen essays by Captain Marvel co-creator C.C. Beck. Cover by Dick Giordano and Bernie Wrightson. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $8.95.

In Alter Ego #136, Roy Thomas talks to Jim Amash about celebrating his 50th year in comics - and especially about the '90s at Marvel! Get the end-of-century lowdown on Avengers West Coast, Dr. Strange, The Invaders, Fantastic Four Unlimited, Secret Defenders, Conan the Adventurer, Saga of the Sub-Mariner, and other Roy features. Art by Trimpe, Guice, Ryan, Ross, Buckler, Hoover, Kayanan, Buscema, Chan, Valentino, and others! Featuring: The Lee-Thomas-Smith Show - Stan Lee, Roy Thomas and Kevin Smith on 75 Years of Marvel...the book & the phenomenon; "I Felt I Belonged At Marvel" - Roy talks to Jim Amash about his life as a freelance comics writer, 1986-1999; Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code - Concluding Amy K. Nyberg's study of comics censorship; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Kid Stuff - Michael T. Gilbert on Roy T.'s 75th birthday...and other "boy wonders"; Fawcett Collectors of America - P.C. Hamerlinck introduces fans and pros who congratulate Captain Marvel on his 75th. Cover caricature of Roy by Marie Severin, surrounded by some of Roy's finest characters! This bonus-size issue is edited by (who else?) Roy Thomas. 96-page Anniversary Issue, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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.

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In Alter Ego we go "Aces High!" with the story of Ace Comics in the 1940s and '50s, told by Mark Carlson with super-heroes like Magno & Davey, Lash Lightning, The Raven, Unknown Soldier, Captain Courageous, Vulcan, The Flag, Mr. Risk, and more! Art by the likes of Harvey Kurtzman, Jim Mooney, Dave Berg, L.b. Cole, Rudy Palais, Harry Anderson, Harry Sahle, B. Currie, et al. Plus: Richard Arndt's interview with Bill Harris, 1960s-70s editor of Gold Key and King Comics, with art from The Phantom, Flash Gordon, Mandrake, etc. With FCA, Comic Crypt, and Comic Fandom Archive. Cover by B. Currie from a 1940s issue of Ace's Four Favorites! Plus: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Michael T.: The Fanzine Years - Fresh out of college in '74, Michael T. Gilbert faced the greatest horror of all -- the workplace; Comic Fandom Archive: Earl Blair, Jr. Remembers G.B. Love & Houston Fandom - The 7th chapter of Bill Schelly's salute to the legendary editor/publisher of RBCC; Fawcett Collectors of America #203 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents Brian Cremins on Captain Marvel & his controversial pal Steamboat. Edited by Roy Thomas. Full color. 80 pages. Cover price $8.95.

It's 40 years to the month after the debut of Star Wars (1977 Marvel) #1, and its writer/editor Roy Thomas tells Richard Arndt the story behind that landmark comic, going way beyond anything published before! Plus: Howard Chaykin, the artist/co-adapter of Star Wars (1977 Marvel) #1-10, takes a brief look backward; Rick Hoberg - From helping pencil Star Wars (1977 Marvel) #6 to a career at Lucasfilm; Bill Wray - Hoberg dragged him into inking Star Wars (1977 Marvel) #6, and Bill's glad he did. Also: The 1978 Star Wars comic adaptation - Lee Harsfeld takes us on a tour of veteran comics artist Charles Nicholas' version of Star Wars. And: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Comics and All that Jazz - Comics and jazz -- two American creations! So what happened when they got together? Plus: Comic Fandom Archive: Earl Blair, Jr. Remembers G.B. Love & Houston Fandom - Bill Schelly concludes A/E's multi-part look at the fan/entrepreneur behind RBCC. Also: Fawcett Collectors of America #204 - P.C. Hamerlinck completes a look at African-Americans in Fawcett's Golden Age comics. Monark Starstalker cover by Howard Chaykin. Edited by Roy Thomas. 96 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Spotlight on Doug Moench in the 1970s, with horror and The Spook for Warren - and even more for Marvel (Master of Kung Fu, Planet of the Apes, Deathlok, Werewolf by Night, Morbius, Moon Knight, Ka-Zar, Weirdworld, etc.)! Art by Buscema, Gulacy, Ploog, Buckler, Zeck, Day, Perlin, Heath, et al.! Michael T. Gilbert on EC's oddball 'variant covers'-FCA-and a never-before-published authentic Golden Age super-hero story, 'Bill of Rights,' written and drawn by Marv Levy and presented in full color by Larry Guidry! Far-out Master of Kung Fu cover by Paul Gulacy! Plus: The Clock Strikes! - a son's remembrance of creator George Brenner, as related to Mike Kooiman; Comic Fandom Archive: Ted White on Comics, Part 1 - the beginning of Bill Schelly's interview with one of the early true comic book fans; Fawcett Collectors of America #205 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents John G. Pierce's parade of South American Marvel Family covers. 96 pages. Cover price $9.95.

Few comics writers wrote more stories - or more important ones, with major heroes - than Golden/Silver Age star Otto Binder. For the first time, Alter Ego features a giant-size FCA [Fawcett Collectors of America] section, with special intros by P.C. Hamerlinck and Bill Schelly - and Binder's own personal script records, accompanied by illos from his greatest series, including Captain Marvel, Superman, The Marvel Family, Captain America, Mary Marvel, Black Owl, Captain Marvel Jr., Doll Man, Supergirl, Captain Battle, Legion of Super-Heroes, Captain Midnight, and a zillion more! With art by Beck, Simon & Kirby, Swan, Schaffenberger, Avison, Boring, [jack] Binder, Mooney, Plastino, Pfeufer, Shores, and the super-stars of two comics eras! Plus: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: It's an Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad World! - Michael T. Gilbert's tour of some of the strangest comic book ads of all time! With a cover of previously unpublished Captain Marvel/Uncle Sam art by C.C. Beck (probably). Edited by Roy Thomas. 96 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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Alter Ego is a special issue dedicated to Joe Petrilak's All-Time Classic New York Comic Book Convention, held in June 2000, with the greatest lineup of Golden & Silver Age talent ever assembled at a single con! Panels (on the 60th anniversaries of The Flash and Green Lantern, etc., etc.), art and photos featuring INfantino, Kubert, 3 Schwartzes (Julie, Alvin, and Lew Sayre), Nodell, Hasen, Giella, Cuidera, Boltinoff, Buscema, Ayers, Sinnott, [Marie] Severin, Goulart, Thomas, and a host of others! Plus, you've never seen anything like Russ Rainbolt's 60-foot comics mural, presented in a spectacular layout! Plus: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The PAM Papers! Part 1 - Michael T. Gilbert and Glen Johnson hail Pete Morisi, creator of Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt; Comic Fandom Archive: Ted White on Comics, Part 2 - Bill Schelly interviews the writer and editor about "The EC Four"; Fawcett Collectors of America #207 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents animator Paul Power, scribing about his Fawcett-related career. Cover by Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert and Gil Kane. Edited by Roy Thomas. 96 pages. Cover price $9.95.

Cover by Gil Kane. Showcasing Gil Kane, one of the Silver Age's greatest artists-with gleaming Golden Age roots in the Simon & Kirby shop! Incisive and free-wheeling Kane interview conducted in the 1990s by Daniel Herman for his 2001 book Gil Kane: The Art of the Comics-plus Gil's incisive article from the Spring 1974 issue of the Harvard Journal of Pictorial Fiction, and other surprise features centered around the artistic co-creator of the Silver Age Green Lantern and The Atom! And beginning the autobiography of Golden/Silver Age Flash/GL scripter John Broome! Plus: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The PAM Papers! Part 2 - Michael T. Gilbert and Glen Johnson with the secrets-revealing letters of artist Pete Morisi; Ted White on Comics, Part 3 - the SF writer and editor tells Bill Schelly about EC fandom and comics' Silver Age; Fawcett Collectors of America #208 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents Brian Cremins and Gerald Edwards on C.C. Beck and Captain Marvel. Edited by Roy Thomas. Full color. 96 pages. Cover price $9.95.

Alter Ego lights the candles for Stan Lee's 95th birthday with a special celebration! Rare Lee interview by Will Murray, conducted in 1988; Ger Apeldoorn on Stan's non-Marvel writing in the 1950's; rebooting the Marvel Age in Britain in the 1970's, by Robert Menzies; and more special features than you could shake Irving Forbush at! Also: My Life in Little Pieces, Part 2 - continuing John Broome's offbeat "autobiography"; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The PAM Papers! Part 3 - Michael T. Gilbert presents Glen Johnson's letters from artist Pete Morisi; Ted White on Comics, Part 4 - he tells Bill Schelly about interviewing Stan Lee, writing a Captain America novel, etc.; Fawcett Collectors of America #209 - P.C. Hamerlinck hosts Bill Black's account of Paragon and the Captain Marvel almost-revival. Colorful Marvel multi-hero cover by John Buscema & Joe Sinnott. Edited by Roy Thomas. 96 pages, full color. (Comes polybagged with TwoMorrows' new full catalog.) Cover price $9.95.