The Best of Alter Ego Volume 2: More Fabulous Features from the Legendary Comics Fanzine of the 1960s-70s

Alter Ego Collections

by Roy Thomas, Bill Schelly, Joe Kubert (Illustrations)

This sequel to Alter Ego: The Best of the Legendary Comics Fanzine presents more fantastic features from the fabled magazine begun in 1961 by Jerry Bails and Roy Thomas -- covering undiscovered gems from all 11 original issues publish

Genres: Comic Book, Nonfiction, History, Comics

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 21, 2013

About the author

Roy Thomas was the FIRST Editor-in-Chief at Marvel--After Stan Lee stepped down from the position. Roy is a longtime comic book writer and editor. Thomas has written comics for Archie, Charlton, DC, Heroic Publishing, Marvel, and Topps over the years. Thomas currently edits the fanzine Alter Ego for Twomorrow's Publishing. He was Editor for Marvel comics from 1972-1974. He wrote for several titles at Marvel, such as Avengers, Thor, Invaders, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and notably Conan the Barbarian. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes — particularly the 1940s superhero team the Justice Society of America — and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel's X-Men and Avengers, and DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, among other titles.

Also a legendary creator. Creations include Wolverine, Carol Danvers, Ghost Rider, Vision, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Valkyrie, Morbius, Doc Samson, and Ultron. Roy has also worked for Archie, Charlton, and DC among others over the years.

Reviews

[Billy Hogan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great look at the original fanzine series of Alter-Ego in the 1960's. For a fanzine, the articles reprinted in this volume are of professional quality, and just as informative about comic book history as the current volume of the series.