Alter Ego (1999 Magazine) comic books 2020-2022
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Issue #162
Published Jan 2020 by TwoMorrows.$9.99
$9.99
Has Alter Ego uncovered 'A Prophecy in Four Colors?' Will Murray presents an amazing array of possible prototypes of Batman (by artist Frank Foster in 1932!), Wonder Woman (by Star-Spangled Kid artist Hal Sherman), Tarantula (by Air Wave artist Lee Harris), and others! Plus a rare interview with Hal Sherman! Extra: Michael T. Gilbert with still more on artist Pete Morisi, FCA, Bill Schelly, John Broome, and more! Cover by Shane Foley, an all-star homage to Bob Kane, H.G. Peter, and Arthur Peddy! ncludes: The Golden Bat - Dan Hagen tells us all about Japan's "Dark Samurai" of 1931; "Welcome Home, Roy Thomas!" - a photo-strewn remembrance of a comics celebration in Jackson, Missouri, Feb. 2019; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The Other Stan Lee, Part 2 - Michael T. Gilbert continues to compare and contrast Smilin' Stan and Charles Biro; Fawcett Collectors of America #221 - P.C. Hamerlinck and Michael D. Frahley showcase early DC and Fawcett artist Sven Elven. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #163
Published Mar 2020 by TwoMorrows.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Alter Ego examines the great early days of Dave Cockrum, Legion of Super-Heroes artist and co-developer of the revived mid-1970s X-Men, as revealed in art-filled letters to buddy Paul Allen and augmented by rare, previously unseen illustrations provided by wife Paty Cockrum! You'll be startled by Dave's amazing 1960s-70s drawings of Edgar Rice Burroughs heroes such as John Carter of Mars, et al.! Plus FCA-Michael T. Gilbert on Pete Morisi-John Broome-Bill Schelly, and more! Includes: From the Tomb: A Step Into the Unknown! - Peter Normanton brings his celebrated horror-comics fanzine to the pages of Alter Ego; John Broome: Letter to an Unknown Reader - we return to the 1998 memoir of the late great Golden/Silver Age comics writer; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The Other Stan Lee, Part 3 - Michael T. Gilbert winds up his compare-and-contrast of two of comics' greatest (Smilin' Stan and Charles Biro); Comic Fandom Archive: In Memoriam...Malcolm Willits - the final column prepared by the late Bill Schelly...Jim Korkis on a major collector; Fawcett Collectors of America #222 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents R. Arndt's talk with David Drake re Manly Wade Wellman. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #164
Published May 2020 by TwoMorrows.$7.99
$5.99
Alter Ego shines the spotlight on Mike Friedrich, the DC and Marvel writer who went on to jumpstart the independent comics movement with Star*Reach! Art by Neal Adams, Gil Kane, Dick Dillin, George Tuska, John Buscema, Jim Starlin, Howard Chaykin, Frank Brunner, et al.! Plus: Mark Carlson-Ghost on Rural Home Comics -- home base of Captain Wizard, The Bogeyman and The Green Turtle! Also: Fawcett Collectors of America #223 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents Brian Cremins on the day Otto Binder met Walter B. Gibson. And: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The PAM Papers, Part 6 - Michael T. Gilbert spotlights more of artist Pete Morisi's voluminous correspondence. Justice League of America cover by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #165
Published Sep 2020 by TwoMorrows.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Alter Ego showcases Martin Goodman, original publisher of Timely/Atlas/Marvel Comics, 1939-1971, with coverage by comics historian Will Murray and addendum by Mike Tiefenbacher. With art and artifacts by the likes of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Lloyd Jacquet, Syd Shores, Joe Maneely, Steve Ditko, John Romita, Sr., Dick Ayers, Don Rico, Alex Schomburg, Marie Severin, and many others! Plus: Comic Fandom Archive: Tributes to Bill Schelly - Jeff Gelb introduces a celebration of the life and work of a dedicated comics historian; From the Tomb Presents: Step Into My Parlor - Peter Normanton on the horror (and other) art of the unique Rudy Palais; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The PAM Papers, Part 7 - Michael T. Gilbert presents more of artist Pete Morisi's letters to Glen Johnson; John Broome: Anna and the "King" of Iran - Part XII of the Golden/Silver Age comics writer's offbeat 1998 memoir; Fawcett Collectors of America #224 - P.C. Hamerlinck's conversation with Captain Marvel mega-collector Harry Matetsky. Cover painting by Drew Friedman. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #166
Published Nov 2020 by TwoMorrows.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
This issue of Alter Ego is a Fawcett Collectors of America Special (FCA #225), with twin spotlights on Golden/Silver Age artist Kurt Schaffenberger (Captain Marvel, Ibis the Invincible, Marvel Family, Lois Lane) and modern day's Alex Ross (Marvels, et al.)! Featuring: The 1996 San Diego Comic-Con Kurt Schaffenberger Panel; "Comics Are My Living - Not My Life!" - The Public & Private Times of artist Kurt S., as recalled by Mark Voger; Echoes of Shazam! - Alex Ross' titanic tapestries of the multitude of super-heroes influenced by the original Captain Marvel, and his own story behind that awesome artwork; Tributes to Bill Schelly, Part 2 - Jeff Gelb showcases more memories of comics' foremost biographer and fan historian; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Mort Weisinger: The Superman Behind Superman - Michael T. Gilbert spotlights Part 1 of Sam Moskowitz's portrait of a major DC editor; Ping-Pong & Peggy - Golden/Silver Age scripter John Broome's 1998 memoirs, lucky Part XIII; From the Tomb Presents: Pre-Code Horror: Girls in Peril - Peter Normanton portrays damsels in distress (and how!) back in the fear-fraught '50s. Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #167
Published Jan 2021 by TwoMorrows.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Alter Ego #167 is a star-spangled salute to Syd Shores, Golden Age artist of Captain America, the All Winners Squad, Black Rider, Human Torch, The Vision, Black Knight, and Silver Age artist of Red Wolf, Frankenstein, Cracked, Creepy, Eerie, Web of Horror, et al. This issue, Syd is remembered by daughter Nancy Shores Karlebach, fellow artist Allen Bellman ("Syd Is Really Unrecognized for the Contributions He Brought to Comics"), Dr. Michael J. Vassallo (a comics historian's view), and interviewer Richard Arndt. Plus: The Voice of The [Green] Turtle Is Heard in the Land - the life and tough times of Chinese-American artist Chu Hing, profiled by Alex Jay; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The Superman Behind Superman, Part 2 - Michael T. Gilbert presents Sam Moskowitz's account of DC editor Mort Weisinger; The Family Car(s) - Part XIV of Golden/Silver Age writer John Broome's "offbeat autobio"; A Tribute to Allen Bellman; Fawcett Collectors of America #226 - P.C. Hamerlinck showcases Shaun Clancy on Golden Age Fawcett staffer Harvey Janes. Cover by Syd Shores. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #168
Published Mar 2021 by TwoMorrows.$9.99
$7.99
$7.99
This issue of Alter Ego shows two very different sides of World War II, revealed in Richard Arndt interviews! The wartime life of Aquaman artist/co-creator Paul Norris, with a Golden/Silver Age gallery of art featuring Aquaman, Flash Gordon, Brick Bradford, and other fabulous heroes of comic books and strips - plus the story of Willie Ito, who endured the WWII Japanese-American relocation centers to become a Disney and Warner Bros. animator and to draw such comicbooks/strips as Pogo, Winnie the Pooh, Beany and Cecil, etc. Also: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Raiders of the Lost Art - Michael T. Gilbert stripmines some gems from the 100-year-old Cartoons Magazine; Feel the Vern! - Part XV of the serialization of John Broome's memoirs, starring writer David V. Reed; Tributes to Mort Drucker and Cal Massey; Fawcett Collectors of America #227 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents Brian Cremins on Fawcett's Jackie Robinson Comics. Cover by Paul Norris. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #169
Published May 2021 by TwoMorrows.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Alter Ego shines its spotlight on Groovy Gary Friedrich-co-creator of Marvel's Ghost Rider! It features an in-depth interview with Roy Thomas on his and Gary's six-decade friendship in and out of comics; Gary's wife Jean Friedrich and nephew Robert Higgersom on his later years; and Peter (From the Tomb) Normanton on GF's horror/mystery comics! With art by Ploog, Trimpe, Romita, The Severins, Ayers, et al.! Plus FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more! With a Ghost Rider cover by Mike Ploog! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #170
Published Jul 2021 by TwoMorrows.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
In AE #170, it finally happens! Jack Kirby showcased cover-to-cover in an issue of Alter Ego-behind a never-before-printed Kirby cover! Will Murray on Kirby's crucial contributions to the creation of Iron Man-FCA on his Captain Marvel/Mr. Scarlet work at early-'40s Fawcett-special Kirby sections by Michael T. Gilbert & Peter Normanton-Kirby in 1960s fanzines-Stan Lee's colorful quotes about 'The King'-Roy Thomas on being a Kirby fan (and occasional foil) from 1946 till today-plus other klassic Kirby sightings! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #171
Published Sep 2021 by TwoMorrows.$7.99
$7.99
Alter Ego features Paul Gustavson-Golden Age artist extraordinaire of The Angel, Fantom of the Fair, The Arrow, The Human Bomb, The Jester, Plastic Man, Alias the Spider, Quicksilver, Rusty Ryan, Midnight, and many more-is the issue's centerpiece as his son Terry Gustafson (nope, that 'F' isn't a typo!) talks in-depth to Richard Arndt. Lots of lush comic art from Centaur, Timely, and (especially) Quality! Plus-FCA, Michael T. Gilbert, John Broome, and more! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #172
Published Nov 2021 by TwoMorrows.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
In the 1970s, talented artists from the Philippines were uncrowned kings of the comics-and no one drew more or better than Alfredo Alcala! He's best known in the U.S. for his dreamscape work on Savage Sword of Conan-but wait'll you get a look at Voltar, the barbarian hero Alcala created before the Cimmerian came to comics! Richard Arndt interviews his sons Alfred and Christian, where you'll see the best of the Master's work for Marvel, DC, Warren-and, perhaps most amazingly of all, from his native Philippines, where Alfredo had his own comicbook named after him! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #173
Published Jan 2022 by TwoMorrows.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Black super-heroes (and others) in U.S. comicbooks! An awesome overview by comics historian Barry Pearl-from Voodah to Black Panther and beyond! Plus-an in-depth interview with Dr. William Foster III, author of Looking for a Face Like Mine! Showcasing Baker, Graham, McDuffie, Fitzgerald, Hollingsworth, Cowan, Greene, Herriman, Jones, Ormes, Stelfreeze, Barreaux, Stoner, et al.-plus FCA, Michael T. Gilbert, and more! Cover by Kirby, Graham, Tuska, and Colan! Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #174
Published Mar 2022 by TwoMorrows.$9.99
$9.99
Cover by C. C. Beck. Fabulous FCA [Fawcett Collectors of America] issue - spearheaded by a feisty and informative article or two by Captain Marvel co-creator C.C. Beck himself - plus a fabulous feature on vintage cards created in Spain and starring The Marvel Family! In addition: Dr. William Foster III interview (conclusion); Michael T. Gilbert on the lost art of comicbook greats; the haunting of John Broome; and more! Cover by C.C. Beck! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #175
Published May 2022 by TwoMorrows.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Arvell M. Jones. Spotlighting the artists of Roy Thomas' 1980s DC series All-Star Squadron! Featuring illuminating interviews with artists Arvell Jones, Richard Howell, and Jerry Ordway, conducted by Richard Arndt! Plus-the Squadron's final secrets-including an amazing universe of previously unpublished Squadron art, including covers for issues that never existed by pro and amateur artists alike! Also: FCA, Michael T. Gilbert, and more! Wraparound cover by Arvell Jones! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.
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Issue #176
Published Jul 2022 by TwoMorrows.$9.30
$8.70
The Shadow! Doc Savage! Red Dragon! Supersnipe! The grandiloquent Golden Age comics of major pulp-magazine publisher Street & Smith, examined in loving detail by Mark Carlson-Ghost! Tons of art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, et al.! Also: Anthony Tollin on 'The Shadow/Batman Connection'! Bonus features: FCA, Michael T. Gilbert, John Broome, Peter Normanton, and more! Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.
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Issue #177
Published Sep 2022 by TwoMorrows.$6.80
$6.80
$8.70
Celebration of veteran artist Don Perlin-artist of Werewolf By Night, The Defenders, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, 1950s horror, and just about every other adventure genre under the four-color sun! Plus Golden Age artist Marcia Snyder-Marvel's early variant covers-Marvelmania club and fanzine-FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), Michael T. Gilbert on Cracked Mazagine, et al. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.
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Issue #178
Published Nov 2022 by TwoMorrows.$5.70
$5.70
Alter Ego features Golden Age great Emil Gershwin, artist of Starman, Spy Smasher, and ACG horror in a super-length special Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt by Michael T. Gilbert, plus a Gershwin showcase in Peter Normanton's From The Tomb, even a few tidbits about relatives George and Ira Gershwin to top it off! Also FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), and other surprise features! Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.
