Alter Ego (1999 Magazine) comic books 2021
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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.$9.99
$7.99
$5.99
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.
