Media Release -- ALTER EGO #107 (84 pages with FULL COLOR, $8.95) is a big BATMAN issue, featuring an unused Golden Age cover by definitive Dark Knight artist DICK SPRANG! Headlining this bat-centric issue is an interview with SPRANG (Batman, the Superman/Batman team, etc.) and JIM MOONEY (Batman, Superman, Robin, Supergirl, Tommy Tomorrow, Spider-Man, Marvel Team-Up, Son of Satan, etc.)! Plus there's rare and unseen Batman art by BOB KANE, JERRY ROBINSON, WIN MORTIMER, SHELLY MOLDOFF, CHARLES PARIS, and others! Part II of the TONY TALLARICO interview, conducted by JIM AMASH! Plus FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), MICHAEL T. GILBERT in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, BILL SCHELLY, and more! Now in FULL COLOR! Edited by ROY THOMAS.

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The kind folks at TwoMorrows Publishing have supplied ComicList with their solicitations for comics and other products featured in the February 2012 Previews, scheduled to ship starting April 2012.

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Media Release -- TwoMorrows loves its customers, and they love our COMPANION books—the ultimate resources on comics history and LEGO. So now through FEBRUARY 14, they're all on sale for 40% OFF!

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Media Release -- The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art – MoCCA – is proud to announce a special MoCCA Thursdays event: A celebration and signing of The Stan Lee Universe, Danny Fingeroth and Roy Thomas's new book about the co-creator of Spider-Man, The X-Men, Iron Man, and so many other iconic characters. The panel features Lee-colleagues (and contributors to the book) Denny O'Neil, Al Jaffee, Peter Sanderson, David Bennett Cohen (of rock band--and Stan-fans--Country Joe and the Fish), and co-editor Danny Fingeroth. (And don't be surprised if a guest-star or two shows up as well!)

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Media Release -- ALTER EGO #106 (84 pages with color, $7.95) looks at the career of DICK GIORDANO through the 1960s—from his early years as a freelance artist through the "Action-Hero" era at Charlton and the first time around at DC! Featuring art by STEVE DITKO, PAT BOYETTE, PETE MORISI, FRANK McLAUGHLIN, JIM APARO, GIL KANE, et al.! Plus DICK's final panel at the Charlotte (NC) Heroes Con in 2009, with STEVE SKEATES & ROY THOMAS! Part I of JIM AMASH's interview with Charlton artist TONY TALLARICO (Blue Beetle, Son of Vulcan, The Great Society Comic Book)! Plus FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) with MARC SWAYZE & ROY ALD; MICHAEL T. GILBERT in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt; BILL SCHELLY; & more! Cover by GIORDANO & Company! Edited by ROY THOMAS.

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Media Release -- BrickJournal #17 (84 full-color pages, $8.95), the magazine for LEGO enthusiasts, launches a special SPACE WAR issue, as we hurtle into hostile territory, LEGO-style! There's a lesson in starfighter building by Peter Reid, a look at why Space Marines are so popular by Mark Stafford, and a trip behind the scenes of Alien Conquest, the new LEGO theme that hit the shelves earlier this year! Plus, there's our regular column on minifigure customization, building tips, event reports, our step-by-step "You Can Build It" instructions, and much more, so set your course for BrickJournal! Edited by Joe Meno.

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Midwest Book Review: Marvel Comics In The 1970s
Pierre Comtois
TwoMorrows Publishing
10407 Bedfordtown Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614
1605490342, $27.95, www.twomorrows.com

Any comics history holding must acquire Marvel Comics in the 1970s, a foundation title providing an issue by issue field guide to Marvel's various comic productions in the 1970s. Here is a sequel to Comtois' history covering the 1960s, offering an ongoing consideration of the company's evolution, artists, and major achievements during which Stan Lee moved from writing to publishing, Jack Kirby moved over to DC, and Roy Thomas fostered in a new era of Marvel artists and writers. Interviews and black and white comic page reproductions make this a winner for any serious comic history holding!

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Midwest Book Review: The Stan Lee Universe
Danny Fingeroth & Roy Thomas, editors
TwoMorrows Publishing
10407 Bedfordtown Dr., Raleigh, NC 27614
9781605490298, $26.95, www.twomorrows.com

Anyone who's ever touched a comic book knows the name Stan Lee. "The Stan Lee Universe" is a devoted biography surrounding Stan Lee, who five decades ago began to change the way people viewed comics and became the force that made Marvel into the goliath it is today. With many interviews by and about Stan Lee, any fan of Stan Lee and the man's work would do well in choosing "The Stan Lee Universe", packed cover to cover with black and white and color photography all throughout.

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