Alter Ego (1999 Magazine) comic books 1999-2001

Fabulous First Issue! From the pages of Comic Book Artist comes Alter Ego ? Roy Thomas¹ legendary fanzine ? now a solo magazine! Alter Ego #1 is an all-new 80-page giant with color covers by Jerry Ordway and Golden Age great Irwin Hasen! On the Silver Age side: Stan Lee gets roasted by Julius Schwartz, Chris Claremont, Peter David, John Romita, Sal Buscema, Jim Shooter, and others; ³Da Frantic Four² (a classic parody by Grass Green); Ordway and Thomas on Infinity, Inc., and more! On the Golden Age side: an interview with Irwin Hasen; unseen H.G. Peter Wonder Woman pages; a team-up of the original Captain Marvel and Human Torch; an ongoing FCA (Fawcett Collector¹s of America) section, this time with Fawcett artist Marc Swayze; a regular column featuring Michael T. Gilbert¹s Mr. Monster; plus plenty of rare and unpublished art! Don¹t miss it! (TwoMorrows Publishing) Magazine, 80+pg, b&w$5.95" Cover price $5.95.

Editor Roy Thomas brings comics history to life in Alter Ego #2, an all-new 80-page giant with color covers of The Atom by Gil Kane and Starman by Golden Age great Jack Burnley! For the first time, learn the full story behind the creation of the Silver Age Atom, starring Gil Kane, Gardner Fox, Julius Schwartz, and Jerry Bails (plus a postscript by Mike W. Barr)! See a never-before-reprinted 1966 Spirit story by Will Eisner, presented by Mr. Monster and Michael T. Gilbert! Read a candid interview with Larry Lieber, first scripter of Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man, and other Marvel features! Plus Gil Kane talks with Roy Thomas about the Golden Age of Timely Comics and the people who made it; Marv Wolfman tells how he rescued hundreds of pages of original Golden Age artwork from destruction; and a Jack Burnley interview, showcasing rare art from Starman, Batman, the JSA, and more! All this, plus another exciting edition of FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) featuring art by C.C. Beck, Marc Swayze, and others! Don't miss it! (TwoMorrows Publishing) Magazine, 80pg, b&w" Cover price $5.95.

Celebrate three Golden Age 60th Anniversaries in the all-new, 100-page Alter Ego #3! Behind color covers by Alex Ross and Bill Everett, editor Roy Thomas takes a look back at the 60-year careers of the Human Torch and Sub-Mariner, with plenty of rare and unpublished art by creators Carl Burgos and Bill Everett! Then, Captain Marvel's 60th birthday is commemorated with a double-size helping of FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), featuring art and commentary by Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, and other Fawcett fantasticks, courtesy of P.C. Hamerlinck! Plus, Alex Ross' previously unseen Shazam! art, and a mini-interview with Alex about this fabulous work! Also, Gil Kane talks about the Golden Age of Timely Comics and the people who made it; Michael T. Gilbert and Mr. Monster present a long-lost 1943 interview with Captain Marvel's greatest writer Otto Binder; Bob Ingersoll looks at the infamous Superman/Captain Marvel lawsuit; archivist Bill Schelly takes a look at 1960s Marvel fanzines; and more! (TwoMorrows Publishing) Magazine, 96pg, b&w" Cover price $5.95.

This issue, we salute the 60th anniversaries of Flash and Hawkman! Behind a cataclysmic Joe Kubert cover, editor Roy Thomas presents an all-new, 100-page issue featuring interviews with Flash co-creator Harry Lampert and Hawkman artists Joe Kubert and Shelly Moldoff! You'll also find rare Golden and Silver Age artwork by Kubert, Moldoff, Lampert, Carmine Infantino, Lee Elias, and others! Plus: never-before-seen Silver Surfer artwork by Moebius! Michael T. Gilbert on the Golden Age goodies in Mr. Monster's Comic Vault! Another great FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) session with Marc Swayze and C.C. Beck! Bill Schelly on the 1960s "Save Hawkman" campaign, and more! Magazine, 100pg, b&w Cover price $5.95.

Marvel, Fawcett, and DC! This one's got it all! Double-dynamite color covers ? a magnificent 1969 Dr. Strange piece by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, and a never-before-seen Mac Raboy portrait of Captain Marvel, Jr., done in the early 1940s! Inside: Roy Thomas on the birth of the All-Star Squadron ? with rare and unpublished art by Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway! Gene Colan, Herb Trimpe, and others talk about Marvel in the 1960s and 70s! A weird, untold tale of 1969 Marvel, with fantastic unseen Sgt. Fury art and comments by Dick Ayers, John Severin, and Gary Friedrich! A double-sized FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) section with C.C. Beck, Marc Swayze, Joe Simon, and more! Mac Raboy's fantastic 1940s art explored by Roger Hill ? with rare and unpublished art of the Fawcett heroes! All this, plus Stan Lee and Robert Kanigher on their "how-to-write-comics" books of the 1940s; Michael T. Gilbert and Mr. Monster on Superman in The New Yorker in 1939; never-before-printed Golden Age art by Carmine Infantino; and more! (TwoMorrows Publishing) Magazine, 96pg, b&w Cover price $5.95.

Presents super-team of the Golden and Silver Ages, featuring a new JLA JAS cover by Rich Buckler and a Marvel Family #1 re-creation cover by C. C. Beck. Inside, you'll find Julius Schwartz on the Justice Society and Justice League ? his first interview since publication of his memoir Man of Two Worlds! There's also a complete guide to two decades of JSA JLA team-ups with new commentary by writers Mike Friedrich, Len Wein, Gerry Conway, and others. Then, you'll find rare art by Rich Buckler and Jerry Orday, as editor Roy Thomas reveals the origins of the All-Star Squadron. Plus, the Many Oaths of the golden Age Green Lantern, examined by Craig Delich ? with rare art by Mart Nodell, Irwin Hasen, Paul Reinman, and others. And a special FCA section featuring Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck and Will Lieberson, with unpublished art by Alex Ross and P.C. Hamerlinck, along with part two of the look at the work of the legendary Mac Raboy! Michael Gilbert and Mr. Monster rummage through the Comics Vault, and Bill Schelly gives you a guided tour of the first true comics convention ever! (TwoMorrow's Publishing) Magazine, 100pg, b&w Cover price $5.95.

Alter Ego #8 presents Wood's World ? and Kubert's Eon! Featuring two glorious color covers, by Wally Wood & Dan Adkins, and Tor by Joe Kubert! Inside you'll find a Wally Wood Special with tons of scarce art from EC, Marvel, DC, and more, annotated by Adkins, Michael T. Gilbert, Bill Schelly, Bill Pearson, and Roger Hill! Also, there's a huge section spotlighting rare Joe Kubert art of his greatest creation, Tor! Then we present Part Three of our examination of the work of Mac Raboy, a look at Captain Marvel's many, many, imitators, examined by John G. Pierce, and Roy Thomas continues the secret origin of the All-Star Squadron (with art by Jerry Ordway, Rich Buckler, and others)! Plus, there's another FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) section featuring Marc Swayze and C.C. Beck, Michael T. Gilbert and Mr. Monster dig through the Comics Vault, and more! Edited by Roy Thomas! (TwoMorrow's Publishing) Magazine, 100pg, b&w Cover price $5.95.

This issue spotlights Jazzy Johnny Romita! Behind a colorful all-new Romita cover is the longest Alter Ego interview yet ? with a wondrous webful of unpublished art of Spider- Man, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, X-Men, you name it ? from one of Marvel's most important artists ever! And, on the flip side (featuring a new cover by Dick Giordano), Just Imagine! What If all of Roy Thomas' dream projects of the '80s & '90s had come true!? Featuring rare and never-seen art of The Invaders, JSA/All-Star Squadron, Captain Marvel, and others by Dick Giordano, Herb Trimpe, Jorge Santamaria Garcia, Jesus Merino, Dave Hoover, Mark Beachum, Rick Hoberg, Don Newton, Steven Butler, Rafael Kayanan, and more! Plus, great 40s artist Mort Leav, Fawcett Collectors of America with C.C. Beck and Marc Swayze, and more fabulous surprise features on the Golden and Silver Ages of Comics! (TwoMorrows Publishing) Magazine, 100pg, b&w Cover price $5.95.

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In this issue: Carmine Infantino talks about his life and times. Never before printed Infantino Flash and Green Lantern art. Plus: John Broome, Robert Kanigher, Joe Kubert, Frank Harry, Arthur Peddy, Nick Cardy and Gil Kane. Cover price $5.95.

11 is the Shazam cover painted by Don Newton. This issue is a double Marvel issue spotlighting the Golden Age of Timely/Marvel ?? and the real Captain Marvel! There are two great full-color covers ?? Timely's Big Three (by Carlos Burgos and Syd Shores), plus a great Captain Marvel painting by Don Newton! Great new interviews with Mickey Spillane (1940s Timely writer and creator of Mike Hammer), Vince Fago (artist and Timely's third editor-in-chief), and Syd Shores (1940s Captain America). Also includes rare, vintage and unpublished art by Burgos, Shores, Bill Everett, Jack Kirby, Carl Pfeufer, Mike Sekowsky, Vince and Al Fago, Don Rico, and other Timely stars! Also, a double-size FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) section featuring C.C. Beck, Marc Swayze, Don Newton, Alex Ross, and others! Plus, Magazine Enterprises ? the sequel! Scarce art from the 1940s-'50s by Bob Powell, Dick Ayers, Joe Certa, John Belfi, Fred Meagher, & Frank Bolle! Len Wein, Rich Buckler, Dick Giordano, and Roy Thomas on the birth of All-Star Squadron! Plus, M.T. Gilbert revisits Wally Wood ? Bill Schelly on early comics fandom! (TwoMorrow's Publishing) Magazine, 100pg, b&w $5.95 Cover price $5.95.