Alter Ego (1999 Magazine) 163

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Alter Ego examines the great early days of Dave Cockrum, Legion of Super-Heroes artist and co-developer of the revived mid-1970s X-Men, as revealed in art-filled letters to buddy Paul Allen and augmented by rare, previously unseen illustrations provided by wife Paty Cockrum! You'll be startled by Dave's amazing 1960s-70s drawings of Edgar Rice Burroughs heroes such as John Carter of Mars, et al.! Plus FCA-Michael T. Gilbert on Pete Morisi-John Broome-Bill Schelly, and more! Includes: From the Tomb: A Step Into the Unknown! - Peter Normanton brings his celebrated horror-comics fanzine to the pages of Alter Ego; John Broome: Letter to an Unknown Reader - we return to the 1998 memoir of the late great Golden/Silver Age comics writer; Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt: The Other Stan Lee, Part 3 - Michael T. Gilbert winds up his compare-and-contrast of two of comics' greatest (Smilin' Stan and Charles Biro); Comic Fandom Archive: In Memoriam...Malcolm Willits - the final column prepared by the late Bill Schelly...Jim Korkis on a major collector; Fawcett Collectors of America #222 - P.C. Hamerlinck presents R. Arndt's talk with David Drake re Manly Wade Wellman. Edited by Roy Thomas. 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.