Alter Ego (2026)

Alter Ego #200 is a double-size bicentennial blitzkreig of Bronze Age comics history! A/E editor/co-founder Roy Thomas talks in-depth about his five favorite all-time comics series to write: All-Star Squadron, Conan the Barbarian, The Avengers, The Invaders, and Fantastic Four! With surprise interviews by Richard Arndt, and awesome art by the Brothers Buscema (John and Sal, natch!), Barry Windsor-Smith, Gil Kane, Jerry Ordway, Rich Buckler, Frank Robbins, George Pérez, Don Heck, Gene Colan, et al.! Plus a special installment of FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt—and lots more!

Alter Ego #201 shines the spotlight on DC human brain-trust E. Nelson Bridwell, the man behind countless tales of Superman, Shazam!, The Inferior Five, The Secret Six, and more! It's a stupendous study by Reed Tucker, with art by Swan, Boring, Beck, Newton, Orlando, Sekowsky, and others. Plus other special features, including FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) and Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt! Edited by Roy Thomas.

In #202, let’s hear it for Larry Lieber—original co-writer of Thor, Ant-Man, and Iron Man, not to mention the Human Torch—as well as writer/artist of Rawhide Kid! It's one of the earliest and most important scripters of the Silver (and Marvel) Ages of Comics—in a full-issue career retrospective conducted by Jesse Simon (Joe Simon's grandson), with art by Jack Kirby, Don Heck, and others. Plus FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more! Edited by Roy Thomas.