Alter Ego (1999 Magazine) comic books 2008-2010

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Behind a fabulous cover by Alex Ross, Alter Ego is double-sized FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) dynamite, with Walt Grogan and P.C. Hamerlinck on the many 'Captains Marvel' over the years, from centuries past to Fawcett to Fass to Marvel Comics, and beyond - spotlighting a previously unseen Shazam! proposal from Alex Ross! Plus, there's C.C. Beck on 'The Death of a Legend!' Also, there's an engrossing interview with Golden Age artist Marv Levy, featuring art by Bernard Bailey, Carmine Infantino, Mac Raboy, Charles Sultan, Howie Post, Dan Barry, Mort Meskin, and more! Cover price $6.95.

Behind a Fighting American cover by Joe Simon is Alter Ego's Joe Simon special! Interviewed in-depth by Jim Amash, Joe Simon reveals secrets behind the creation of Captain America, Fighting American, Stuntman, Adventures of The Fly, Sick Magazine, and more, in this spectacular issue-filling talkfest with one of the titans of the Golden Age of Comics! The interview also spotlights art by Jack Kirby, Bob Powell, Al Williamson, and many others greats from comics history. Plus, there's P.C. Hamerlinck's FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) with Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, and others, Michael T. Gilbert and Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more! Cover price $6.95.

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Learn the Comic Book Gospel According to St. John, behind a fabulous Golden Age Tor cover by Joe Kubert! Inside, Ken Quattro relates the full legend of St. John Publishing and the man behind it, Archer St. John - with art by Kubert, Norman Maurer, Matt Baker, Lily Renee, Bob Lubbers, Ruben Moreira, Ralph Mayo, Al Fago, Enrico Bagnoli - and the very special reminiscences of Arnold Drake! Plus, Jim Amash interviews Golden Age artist Tom Sawyer. There's also other features on the Golden and Silver Ages of Comics, including P.C. Hamerlinck's FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) section with Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, and others, Michael T. Gilbert and Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more! Cover price $6.95.

A Dave Cockrum tribute special! Wrapped in a great Dave Cockrum cover featuring the X-Men, this special issue features Cockrum tributes from contemporaries and colleagues, plus an interview with Paty Cockrum on Dave's life and legacy! Articles cover The Legion of Super-Heroes, Captain Marvel Jr., the X-Men, Star-Jammers, Blackhawk, and more! Plus, an amazing interview with 1950s Timely/Marvel artist Marion Sitton on his own incredible career - and his Golden Age contemporaries! Plus, more on the Golden and Silver Ages of Comics, including P.C. Hamerlinck's FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) section with Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, and others, Michael T. Gilbert and Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more! Cover price $6.95.

Alter Ego shines a spotlight on Superman and his Creators! Behind a fabulous new cover by Michael Golden, expect a Kandor-size bottleful of features on the first and greatest super-hero ever! From an exclusive and revealing interview with Joe Shuster's sister, Jean Shuster Peavey to Mike W. Barr on Superman the detective, Dwight Decker on the Man of Steel and Hitler's Third Reich, and the Nembo Kid (that's Italian for 'Superman,' to you)! Look for art by Shuster, Boring, Swan, Adams, and Kane! There's also more on the Golden and Silver Ages of Comics, including P.C. Hamerlinck's FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) section with Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, and others, Michael T. Gilbert and Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more! Cover price $6.95.

Take a look at the Sword-and-Sorcery genre in comics behind an awe-inpspirng new cover by Rafael Kayanan! Conan the Barbarian was only the tip of the iceberg! Learn about Crom the Barbarian, Viking Prince, La Reina de la Costa Negra, Nightmaster, Kull, Red Sonja, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Beowulf, Warlord, Dagar the Invincible, Wulf the Barbarian, Ironjaw, and more - with rare art by Rafael Kayanan, Barry Windsor Smith, John Buscema, Gil Kane, Bernie Wrightson, Mike Ploog, Frank Thorne, Frank Brunner, Howard Chaykin, Frank Frazetta, Jerry Bingham, Mike Grell, Pablo Marcos, Neal Adams, Joe Kubert, Jesse Santos, Larry Hama, Mike Sekowsky, and more - plus other comics features, including P.C. Hamerlinck's FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) section with Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, and others, Michael T. Gilbert and Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more! Cover price $6.95.

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Get ready for Alter Ego's ever-haunted Halloween issue! Behind a new Frank Brunner Man-Thing cover, Richard Arndt throws a spooky spotlight on the late-'60s black-&-white horror comic Web of Horror that featured early work by Brunner, Bernie Wrightson, Jeffrey Jones, Barry Windsor-Smith, Walter Simonson, Dave Cockrum, and Howard Chaykin - plus an interview with Web of Horror editor and award-winning science fiction writer Terry Bisson! Then, an amazing interview by Jim Amash with comics and fine artist Everett Raymond Kintsler! Plus, Roy Thomas' 1971 origin synopsis for the first Man-Thing story, and more of Bob Rozakis on 'The Secret History of All-American Comics, Inc.' Cover price $6.95.

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Alter Ego goes 'All the Way with MLJ!' Michelle Nolan's ultimate Golden Age MLJ index is lavishly illustrated with vintage (and later) images of The Shield, Hangman, Mr. Justice, Black Hood, and more by Irv Novick, Jack Cole, Bob Fujitani, Charles Biro, Paul Reinman, Irwin Hasen, Mort Meskin, Gil Kane, Harry Shorten, Jack Binder, Harry Lucey, Bob Montana, and others, all behind a marvelous MLJ-heroes cover by Bob McLeod! Plus, interviews with Irv Novick and Joe Edwards, P.C. Hamerlinck's FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), Bill Schelly's 'Comic Fandom Archive,' Bob Rozakis' 'Secret History of All-American Comics, Inc.,' and more! Cover price $6.95.

Alter Ego presents Sword-and-Sorcery in the Comics - Part II! Behind a powerful barbarian cover by Arthur Suydam, Alter Ego takes an in-depth look at the likes of Marvel's Conan the Barbarian (and his Robert E. Howard henchmen), DC's Sword of Sorcery (starring Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser), Dagar the Invincible, the Seaboard/Atlas barbarians Ironjaw and Wulf, Arak, Son of Thunder, among others, and includes the never-before-seen Valda the Iron Maiden series by a youngster named Todd McFarlane! Plus, check out awesome art and artifacts by Adams, Alcala, Chaykin, Colon, the Brothers Buscema, DeZuniga, Fleischer, Hama, Kane, the Severins, Simonson, Stalin, the Thomases, and Windsor-Smith - also, Joe Edwards (Part 2), FCA, Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, Comic Fandom Archive, and more! Cover price $6.95.

Behind a previously-unseen Jim Aparo cover featuring Aquaman, John Schwirian talks with Silver Age writer Steve Skeates about his early comics work - from 1965 to the early 1970's - for DC, Charlton, Marvel, and Warren, illuminated with art and artifacts by Adkins, Aparo, Aragonés, Boyette, Ditko, Giordano, Kane, Keller, Morisi, Orlando, Sekowsky, Stone, Thomas, Wood - and the great Warren Savin! Plus, Jim Amash interviews writer Charles Sinclair about his own career - and his partnership with Batman co-creator Bill Finger! Cover price $6.95.

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It's Captain Marvel vs. Superman as Alter Ego explores the earliest battles of the Shazamer and the Kryptonian (in cosmic space, in candy stores, and in court), with art by Wally Wood, Curt Swan, Gil Kane, and more. Also, an in-depth interview with Golden Age great Lily Renee (Planet Comics, Jungle Comics), plus an overview of Centaur Comics, the home of Bill Everett's Amazing-Man, Lew Glanzman's Shark, Martin Filchock's Mighty Man, Paul Gustavson's Fantom of the Fair, Frank Thomas' Eye, and other heroes from that odd early-1940s company. Cover price $6.95.

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Alter Ego examines the frantic four-color MAD wannabes of 1953-55, the era when every published was copying Harvey Kurtzman's new EC smash! See Captain Marble, Mighty Moose, Dragula, 'I Love Loosely,' and more, lavishly illustrated by Golden and Silver Age giants. Plus, the first part of an interview with artist Frank Bolle (Dr. Solar). Cover price $6.95.

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When Captain Marvel was deep-sixed in 1954, Marvelman erupted in Great Britain, decades before he transformed in Alan Moore's Miracleman. We chart the sensational 1954-1963 saga of Marvelman, Marvelman Jr., and Kid Marvelman, and present an interview with writer/artist/co-creator Mick Anglo, plus rare Marvelman/Miracleman work by Alan Davis, Alan Moore, and more! Cover price $6.95.

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Behind a cover by Win Mortimer, Alter Ego presents the first-ever, in-depth look at National/DC's legendary founder, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, and early editors Whitney Ellsworth, Win Sullivan, and Mort Weisinger with rare art and artifacts by Siegel & Shuster, Bob Kane, Gardner Fox, Sheldon Moldoff and more. Cover price $6.95.

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Alter Ego #89 presents this special issue focusing on Harvey Comics' pre-Code horror mags of the 1950s! Behind a dynamic cover featuring Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Sandman - and Howard Nostrand horror - you'll find John Benson interviews with Sid Jacobson, Warren Kremer, and Howard Nostrand, plus Harvey artist Ken Selig talks to Jim Amash! Mr. Monster presents the wit and wisdom (and worse) of Dr. Frederic Wertham, plus FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) with C.C. Beck and Marc Swayze, and more. Cover price $6.95.

Alter Ego #90 presents a Big MARVEL Issue! Have a Merry Marvel Marching Society Christmas starting with a Jack Kirby holiday cover, and featuring special salutes to Marvel legends Joe Sinnott and Dick Ayers, plus the likes of Stan Lee, George Tuska, Bill Everett, and Martin Goodman. Also included is a glimpse at the 'Marvel Super-Heroes' TV animation of 1966, plus late 1940s Timely writer and editor Leon Lazarus is interviewed by Jim Amash. Cover price $6.95.

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Alter Ego #91 features a Fantastic Fawcett Festival! Behind a brand-new Captain Marvel cover by Jerry Ordway and Emilio Squeglio, there's a huge FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) section headlining Golden Age Fawcett artists Marc Swayze and Emilio Squeglio. Plus, Part 2 of 'The MAD Four-Color Wannabes of the 1950s,' more on Dr. Lauretta Bender and the teenage creations of Steve Gerber, and Jack Katz spills Golden Age secrets to Jim Amash! Cover price $6.95.

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Behind a fantastic painted cover by Conan the Adventurer artist Rafael Kayanan, Alter Ego shines the spotlight on DC's Sword & Sorcery by the likes of O'Neil, Chaykin, and Simonson, as well as Claw the Unconquered by Michelinie & Chan, Charlton's Hercules by Glanzman, Gold Key's Dagar the Invincible by Glut & Santos, Marvel S&S art by Buscema, Kane, Kayanan, and Wrightson, and Jack Katz on his classic First Kingdom! Plus FCA, Michael T. Gilbert, Bill Schelly, Steve Gerber's fan-creations (Part 3), and more! Cover price $6.95.

Beginning this month, each issue features a 16-page full-color section! 'Earth-Two - 1961 to 1985' - two Flashes, two Green Lanterns, two Wonder Women, two Atoms, and more, with rare art by Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane, Jim Aparo, and many others. Plus, a no-holds-barred interview with Golden/Silver Age DC editor George Kashdan and much more, including a new cover by Infantino and Jim Amash. Cover price $7.95.

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Cover by Joe Staton and Dick Giordano. It's 'The Earth-Two Companion, Part II!' with more on the classic 1963-1985 series that changed comics forever! The Huntress, Power Girl, Dr. Fate, Freedom Fighters, and more, with art by the greats of the period. Plus, part 2 of the George Kashdan interview, profiles on C.C. Beck and Marc Swayze courtesy of the Fawcett Collectors of America, and much more. Cover price $7.95.

Who says a comic book has to be good? Not Brand Echh, from 1967-69! Behind a fabulous cover by Marie Severin, we feature a look at Marvel's madcap parody mag, with rare art and artifacts by Ross Andru, John Buscema, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and more! Plus the conclusion of the cataclysmic George Kashdan interview. Cover price $7.95.

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This issue of Alter Ego focuses on The Mighty Crusaders - the Archie group's 1960s challenge to Marvel Comics! This historical overview features vintage art and artifacts by Jerry Siegel, Paul Reinman, Simon & Kirby, and John Rosenberger - plus titanic tributes to the Crusaders by Bob Fujitane, George Tuska, Bob Layton, and others. Also: Ron Goulart on 1940s MLJ, an interview with 1950s comics artist Mell Lazarus, FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) with C.C. Beck and Marc Swayze, and more about Mary Marvel on TV. Plus, Michael T. Gilbert's Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt! Cover price $7.95.

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We examine the other guys - the non-EC Horror Comics of the 1950s! From Menace and House of Mystery to The Thing!, we'll take an in-depth look at some classic horror gems, with vintage art and artifacts by Bill Everett, Dick Briefer, Steve Ditko, Joe Maneely, Gene Colan , Mort Meskin, Shelly Moldoff, Russ Heath, Bob Powell, Jack Cole, Simon & Kirby, Bob Fujitani, and others! Cover price $7.95.

Superman takes the spotlight in Alter Ego #98 as the light shines on editors Whitney Ellsworth and Mort Weisinger, writer Alvin Schwartz, and artists Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring, Curt Swan, Al Plastino, Neal Adams, and more. The cover features Superman and Captain Marvel as drawn by Jerry Ordway. Cover price $7.95.