Issue Description

ALTER EGO #49 spotlights CARL BURGOS and his fumin’ HUMAN TORCH, plus other hot topics from the Timely/Marvel Age! We lead off with a fantastic new painting by MARK SPARACIO, from a never-before-seen 1941 layout by CARL BURGOS—of the Torches giving Hitler a hotfoot! CARL BURGOS—creator of Iron Skull, The Thunderer, White Streak, the 1966 Captain Marvel—and, oh yeah, The Human Torch—is revealed at last in the first-ever interview with his daughter SUE BURGOS—conducted by JIM AMASH, and featuring art by BURGOS—BILL EVERETT—ED ASCHE—JIMMY THOMPSON—MIKE SEKOWSKY—DICK AYERS—et al.! A dozen-plus fierily fabulous unused, previously-unpublished 1941 cover layouts almost certainly by CARL BURGOS and other Timely titans—including Human Torch and Sub-Mariner in battle! TOM LAMMERS on the 1957 Atlas Implosion—GER APELDOORN on a villainous Human Torch by artist MANNY STALLMAN—plus the one-and-only flare-up of The Blue Flame! Also, a Fawcett Collectors of America (FCA) section with MARC SWAYZE and BILL BLACK—BILL SCHELLY on comics fandom—MICHAEL T. GILBERT and MR. MONSTER—and MORE!! Edited by Roy Thomas.    

Alter Ego (1999)

Publisher

TwoMorrows Publishing

Volume Description

Roy Thomas' magazine about the history of comics featuring essays, interviews, exclusive and previously unreleased art, and short stories by various writers and artists. 8x11-inch format; 80-108 pages.

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