Alter Ego (2024)

Alter Ego #188 is a special double-size (160-page) issue with twin (flip) covers-one for Marvel, one for DC-celebrating 25 years of Alter Ego at TwoMorrows! The Marvel side includes David Armstrong's Comic-Con mini-interviews with John Buscema, Marie Severin, Jim Mooney, and George Tuska-plus "Stan Lee's Dinner with Alain Resnais," as annotated by Sean Howe! On the DC side: Armstrong's short talks with Carmine Infantino, John Broome, Julius Schwartz, Joe Kubert, & Murphy Anderson-plus a special photo-feature on Gardner Fox, featuring his extended family! All this, plus FCA, Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more!

Alter Ego is a titanic and well-deserved tribute to the late, great John Romita! Featuring a transcript of a podcast recorded shortly after the Jazzy One's passing featuring John Romita Jr., Jim Starlin, Steve Englehart, Brian Pulido, Roy Thomas, Jaime Jameson, John Cimino, Steve Houston, and Nile Scala! Plus David Armstrong's con mini-interview with John Romita-and John Cimino on John's ten greatest hits! With FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more!

"It's a Jungle Comic Out There!" in Alter Ego #190 as Mitch Maglio, historian of the Fiction House group, examines vintage jungle heroes from Kaänga to Ka-Zar... from She to Sheena... not to mention Rulah, Frank Buck, Jo-Jo/Congo King, Lorna, Jungle Jim, Princess Pantha, Congo Bill, Dorothy Lamour, Thun'da, Cave Girl, and - oh yes! - Tarzan of the Apes! With art by Lou Fine, Will Eisner, Frank Frazetta, Matt Baker, Bob Powell, Robert Webb, Alex Schomburg, Fran Hopper, H.C. Kiefer, Ralph Mayo, Maurice Whitman, Joe Doolin, John Celardo, and many others! Plus, the comic book career of real-life jungle explorers Martin and Osa Johnson, FCA, Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more!

Alter Ego #191 is an FCA (Fawcett Collectors Of America) issue! Documenting the influence of Mac Raboy's Captain Marvel Jr. on the life, career, and look of Elvis Presley during his stellar career, from the 1950s through the cataclysmic concerns of the 1970s! Plus: Captain Marvel co-creator Bill Parker's complete testimony from the DC vs. Fawcett lawsuit, Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and other sensational surprises!

If you thought there was a super-hero shortage in comics between All-Star #57 and Showcase #4-Mark Carlson-Ghost says to think again! In Alter Ego #192, witness the mid-1950s super-hero revival featuring The Human Torch, Captain America, Sub-Mariner, Fighting American, The Avenger, Strongman, Nature Boy, Black Cobra, Phantom Lady, The Flame, Samson, Wonder Boy, Tomboy, and Captain Flash-with art by John Romita, John Buscema, Bill Everett, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Mike Sekowsky, Mort Meskin, Bob Powell, and other comicbook greats! Plus Fawcett Collectors of America, Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more!