The Best of Alter Ego: Vol 2

Kubert, Joe (Contributor)/ Thomas, Roy (Contributor)/ Schelly, Bill (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 1605490482 / ISBN 13: 9781605490489

Published by Twomorrows Pub, 2013

About this Item

160 pages. 10.87x8.43x0.63 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # xr1605490482

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Best of Alter Ego: Vol 2
• Publisher: Twomorrows Pub
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605490482
• ISBN 13: 9781605490489
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.47 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

This sequel to Alter Ego: The Best of the Legendary Comics Fanzine presents more fantastic features from the fabled mag begun in 1961 by Jerry Bails & Roy Thomas―covering undiscovered gems from all 11 original issues published between 1961 and 1978! Editors Roy Thomas and Bill Schelly uncover never-revealed secrets about the first super-hero fanzine ever published, with vintage articles about Tor, Hawkman, the Spectre, Blackhawk, the Justice League of America, the All Winners Squad, Robotman, Wonder Woman, the Heap, the Lensmen/Green Lantern connection, and so much more! Plus rarely-seen comics stories by Joe Kubert (a gorgeous, unsold "Tor" newspaper strip), Ronn Foss ("The Eclipse"), and Roy Thomas and Sam Grainger (adapting Gardner Fox's novel "Warrior of Llarn"), as well as Roy's entire "Bestest League of America" parody, collected for the first time ever! There's even a never-before-reprinted 1977 interview with Jean Giraud ("Moebius"), plus special sections on Bails' adzine The Comicollector and on "the A/E #10 that almost was"! It's all behind a classic cover of Gardner Fox and his greatest creations by then-future Marvel artist Sam Grainger!

About the Authors

Roy Thomas was the first Editor-in-Chief at Marvel Comics after Stan Lee stepped down from the position. Roy is a longtime comic book writer and editor, who has written comics for Archie, Charlton, DC, Heroic Publishing, Marvel, and Topps over the years.

William Carl Schelly was an Eisner Award-winning author who chronicled the history of comic books and comic book fandom, and wrote biographies of comic book creators, including Otto Binder, L.B. Cole, Joe Kubert, Harvey Kurtzman, John Stanley, and James Warren as well as silent film comedian Harry Langdon.