Media Release -- In ALTER EGO #109 (84 pages with FULL COLOR, $8.95) focuses on the Golden Age Justice Society of America—behind a fabulous cover by GEORGE PÉREZ, never before printed full-size! There's a spotlight on Spectre/Hour-Man creator BERNARD BAILY—startling additions to the 4 volumes of The All-Star Companion—the JSA-style 1940s super-groups that might have been—a gorgeous JSA Color Section—and many surprise features, amid art and artifacts by ORDWAY, INFANTINO, KUBERT, ROBINSON, NODELL, HASEN, MOLDOFF, GIELLA, ASCHMEIER, NAYDEL, BURNLEY, et al.! Plus LEONARD STARR interviewed by JIM AMASH (Part I)—MIKE PEPPE interviewed by DEWEY CASSELL (Part II)—BILL SCHELLY on the "50 Years of Fandom" Celebration in San Diego 2011, FCA, MICHAEL T. GILBERT's Comic Crypt, and MORE! Edited by ROY THOMAS.

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Media Release -- In ALTER EGO #108 (84 pages with FULL COLOR, $8.95), behind a Sub-Mariner vs. Human Torch cover by BILL EVERETT & CARL BURGOS, 1970s Bullpenner WARREN REECE talks about Marvel Comics and his encounters with legends EVERETT, BURGOS, JOHN ROMITA, STAN LEE, MARIE SEVERIN, NEAL ADAMS, GARY FRIEDRICH, ROY THOMAS, and more--with rare and never-seen art and artifacts!

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Media Release -- After 25 years, legendary comic book writer ROY THOMAS has once again teamed up with artist and co-creator RON HARRIS for a brand-new issue of the ALTER EGO comic book.

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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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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 -- ALTER EGO #105 (84 pages with color, $7.95) proudly presents "Tales from the Code!" The coming of the Comics Code Authority in 1954-55 changed comics greatly—and this issue documents that process with comic art and script "BEFORE" and "AFTER" the CCA got hold of them, with art by SIMON & KIRBY, DITKO, BUSCEMA, SINNOTT, GOULD, COLE, STERANKO, KRIGSTEIN, O'NEIL, GLANZMAN, ORLANDO, WILLIAMSON, HEATH, and many others! Plus: FCA ("Fawcett Collectors of America") with MARC SWAYZE & ROY ALD, MICHAEL T. GILBERT exploring more comics history in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, BILL SCHELLY on early comics fandom, JIM AMASH's interview with Timely/Atlas artist CAL MASSEY, and more! Featuring a fabulous new Spider-Man cover by JOSH MEDORS! Edited by ROY THOMAS.

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Media Release -- ALTER EGO #104 proudly celebrates the 50th anniversary of Fantastic Four #1—and the birth of Marvel Comics! Editor ROY THOMAS presents a new, never-before-published interview with STAN LEE—featuring a number of real surprises—and rare art and artifacts by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, JOE SINNOTT, DICK AYERS, ROY THOMAS, and others, plus lots more secrets behind the Marvel Mythos! Also included are JIM AMASH’s interview with 1940s Timely editor AL SULMAN, P.C. Hamerlinck's FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) with MARC SWAYZE and C.C. BECK, and MICHAEL T. GILBERT presenting another episode of Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt. It's all behind a new cover by RON FRENZ and JOE SINNOTT, offering a pastiche of the cover of Fantastic Four #1.

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Media Release -- As part of a crossover with Back Issue magazine, ALTER EGO #103 (just nominated for "Best Comics-Related Journalism" in the 2011 Eisner Awards) takes an in-depth look at the career of STEVE ENGLEHART. The issue ships in late July, and debuts at Comic-Con International: San Diego at the TwoMorrows Publishing booth #1301, where editor and former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief and writer ROY THOMAS will be on hand to meet fans and sign copies each day.

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