Alter Ego (1999 Magazine) comic books 2018

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.

It's The Owl! The Eye! Dr. Hypno! Solarman! Fantom of the Fair! These are just some of the fabulous Golden Age heroes drawn by Frank Thomas, whose life and times are celebrated by Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt's Michael T. Gilbert! Also: from Captain Midnight to Korak - from Magic Morro to Magnus, Robot Fighter - the scintillating (and often offbeat) Golden & Silver Age super-heroes of Western Publishing's Dell & Gold Key comics, annotated by Stuart Fischer! Art by Manning, Ditko, Kane, Marsh, Gill, Spiegle, Springer, Norris, Santos, Thorne, et al.! Plus: My Life in Little Pieces, Part 3 - more of the "off-beat autobio" of Golden & Silver Age writing great John Broome; Ted White on Comics, Part 5 - concluding Bill Schelly's talk with the SF fan, writer and editor; Fawcett Collectors of America #210 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents Mike Tiefenbacher on the Captain Marvel copyright crisis. Cover by Frank Thomas. Edited by Roy Thomas. 96 pages. Cover price $9.95.

Alter Ego presents Larry Ivie, maybe the most important Silver Age comic book artist/writer you never heard of! He conceived (and named!) the Justice League of America, he helped develop the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, he brought EC art greats to the world of Edgar Rice Burroughs. and he created Monsters and Heroes, one of the first magazines ever to bridge the gap between fan and pro! Artist/friend Sandy Plunkett chronicles this unsung star's career, with art by Wood, Frazetta, Crandall, Krenkel, Doolin, and others, plus rarely-seen and never-seen Ivie art and story pages spotlighting Justice League, Hawkman, The Atom, Sandman, and Superman! Plus: My Life in Little Pieces, Part 4 - a brief excerpt from the 1998 memoir of Golden/Silver Age writer John Broome; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: Fox Love Comics Sleaze-a-Palooza - the supremely sleazy, suggestive and salacious romance comics of Victor Fox; Comic Fandom Archive - Sense of Wonder...Times Two - Bill Schelly revises -- and super-sizes -- his tale of his time in fandom; Fawcett Collectors of America #211 - P.C. Hamerlinck spotlights part 2 of Mike Tiefenbacher's Captain Marvel copyright crisis. Cover by Larry Ivie. Edited by Roy Thomas. 96 pages. Cover price $9.95.

Alter Ego shines the spotlight on the unforgettable Fabulous Flo Steinberg, Marvel's gal Friday during the Marvel Age of Comics, with anecdotes and essays by the pros and friends who knew and loved her! Art by a cavalcade of the Marvel Bullpen's finest - Kirby, Ditko, Wood, Adams, Trimpe, Williamson, Ploog, Severin, and others - plus: Flo's successor, Robin Green, interviewed by Richard Arndt about her time at Marvel - and, as a bonus, her 1971 article on Marvel for Rolling Stone magazine (and maybe a little bit about her days writing TV's The Sopranos, to boot)! Plus: Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: "Dan Adkins & The Incredible Tracing Machine" Revisited - Michael T. Gilbert examines the borrowings, homages and swipes of a skillful 1960's artist. Also: Fawcett Collectors of America #212 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents part 3 of Mike Tiefenbacher's Captain Marvel copyright crisis. Cover by Craig Wolden, Jack Kirby, Al Hartley and Stan Goldberg. Edited by Roy Thomas. 96 pages. Cover price $9.95.

In Alter Ego, Allen Bellman, artist in the original early-1940s Timely/Marvel bullpen, tells Dr. Michael J. Vassallo everything he didn't discuss in their 2004 interview, with art by Shores, Burgos, Brodsky, Sekowsky, Everett, Pfeufer, Klein, Burlockoff, Jaffee, Fago, et al. Plus, a spotlight on Marvel's trio of early-'70s heroine comics, featuring talks with Linda Fite and Paty Cockrum (The Cat), Carole Seuling (Shanna the She-Devil), and Roy Thomas (Night Nurse), with art by Severin, Fradon, Andru, and Mortimer! Plus: "A Trick of Memory" - Part 5 of major Golden/Silver Age scripter John Broome's offbeat memoir; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: "Dan Adkins & The Incredible Tracing Machine" Revisited - Chapter 2 of coverage of the Adkins "swiping" controversy of the latter 1960's; Comic Fandom Archive: In Memoriam...Raymond Miller - Bill Schelly's celebration of a prominent researcher, writer and Golden Age comics fan; Fawcett Collectors of America #213 - P.C. Hamerlinck winds up Mike Tiefenbacher's Captain Marvel copyright crisis. Cover by Allen Bellman and Dan Davis. Edited by Roy Thomas. 96 pages, Part FC, Part B&W Cover price $9.95.

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Cover by Norman Maurer. Golden Age great Norman Maurer, artist, writer, editor, and filmmaker, is remembered by his wife Joan Maurer! She shares memories of Charles Biro's Crime Does Not Pay, Boy Comics, and Daredevil-of St. John's 3-D and Three Stooges comics with fellow legend Joe Kubert of his 1960s movie starring the Three Stooges (moe Howard was Norm's father-in-law!), plus Maurer's work for Marvel, DC, Gold Key, Fox, et al! Then, learn about Larry Ivie's 1959 plans for a JUstice Society revival, more on John Broome, FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), Mr. Monster in his Comics Crypt, and Bill Schelly! Includes: Interview with Maddy Cohen, a.k.a. (during the Marvel Age) Mimi Gold; "Paris When it Sizzles" - Part 6 of Golden/Silver Age super-writer John Broome's offbeat memoir; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: "Dan Adkins & The Incredible Tracing Machine" Revisited, Part 3 - Michael T. Gilbert lets the late Silver Age artist speak for himself re the controversy; Comic Fandom Archive: My Friend, Raymond Miller - Bill Schelly presents Jeff Gelb's reminiscence of the 1960's ultra-fan; Fawcett Collectors of America #214 - P.C. Hamerlinck with Michael Browning's study of comics writer France "Ed" Herron. Edited by Roy Thomas. 96 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.