Alter Ego (1999 Magazine) comic books 2021-2023
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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.
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Issue #179
Published Jan 2023 by TwoMorrows.$7.80
Cover by Jack Kirby. Celebrating the 61st Anniversary of Fantastic Four #1-'cause we kinda blew right past its 60th-plus a sagacious salute to Stan Lee's 100th birthday, with never-before-seen highlights-and to FF #1 and #2 inker George Klein! Spotlight on Sub-Mariner in the Bowery in FF #4-plus sensational secrets behind FF #1 and #3! Also: FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, a Jack Kirby cover, and more! 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.
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Issue #180
Published Mar 2023 by TwoMorrows.$8.80
$8.80
Cover by Brian Murray. The Young All-Stars-the late-1980s successor to All-Star Squadron! Interviews with first artist Brian Murray and last artist Lou Manna-surprising insights by writer/co-creator Roy Thomas-plus a panorama of never-seen Young All-Stars artwork! All-new cover by Brian Murray! Plus FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and beyond! Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.
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Issue #181
Published May 2023 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.
Written and Art by VARIOUS. Cover by Neal Adams. It's a special Neal Adams issue, paying tribute to one of the giants of the Silver and Bronze Ages of comics! Featuring in-depth interviews with Neal by Howard Chaykin, Bryan Stroud, and Richard Arndt. Also: a 'lost' Adams Brave & The Bold cover with Batman and Green Arrow, and unseen Adams art and artifacts. Plus FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more! Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.
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Issue #182
Published Jul 2023 by TwoMorrows.$8.80
$8.80
Written and Art by VARIOUS. Cover by Jerry Ordway. An FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) special, behind a breathtaking Jerry Ordway cover! It include features on Uncle Marvel and the Fawcett Family (presided over by P.C. Hamerlinck), and a focus on artist Kenneth Landau (illustrator of Commander Battle and The Atomic Sub and many ACG horror stories) and writer Lee Goldsmith, who wrote Golden Age Green Lantern, Flash, and others. Plus Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt by Michael T. Gilbert, and more! 40 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.
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Issue #183
Published Aug 2023 by TwoMorrows.$8.80
Written and Art by VARIOUS. Cover by Irv Novick. Don't miss the wall-to-wall coverage of Golden/Silver/Bronze Age legend Irv Novick (artist of Shield, Steel Sterling, Batman, The Flash, and some of the great DC war stories) by John Coates and Dewey Cassell. It includes interviews with Irv and family members, tributes by Denny O'Neil, Mark Evanier, and Paul Levitz, Irv's involvement with painter Roy Lichtenstein (who used Novick's work as the basis for his paintings), and more! Plus Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America). Cover by Novick. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $10.95.
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Issue #184
Published Sep 2023 by TwoMorrows.$8.80
$8.80
Written and Art by VARIOUS. Cover by Tom Palmer. Known as one of the finest inkers in comics history, the late, great Tom Palmer also was an accomplished penciler and painter, as you'll see in this special tribute issue featuring an-depth interview with Palmer by Alex Grand and Jim Thompson. Learn his approach to, and thoughts on, working with Neal Adams, Gene Colan, John Buscema, and others who helped define the Marvel Universe. Plus Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, FCA, and more! Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $10.95.
