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Roy Thomas’ Almighty No.96 Comics Fanzine August 2010 $7.95 In the USA TM ‘NUFF SAID? PLUS:PLUS: 08 The MIGHTY&& CRUSADERS! MELL MELL LAZARUS LAZARUS 1 82658 27763 5 Edited by ROY THOMAS The greatest ‘zine of the 1960s is back, ALL-NEW, and focusing on GOLDEN AND SILVER DIGITALEDITION DIGITALEDITION DIGITALEDITION AGE comics and creators with ARTICLES, AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE INTERVIEWS, UNSEEN ART, P.C. Hamerlinck’s FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America, featuring ALTER EGO #82 ALTER EGO #83 ALTER EGO #84 the archives of C.C. BECK and recollections by MLJ ISSUE! Golden Age MLJ index SWORD & SORCERY PART 2! Cover by Unseen JIM APARO cover, STEVE SKEATES Fawcett artist MARCUS SWAYZE), Michael T. illustrated with vintage images of The ARTHUR SUYDAM, in-depth art-filled look discusses his early comics work, art & arti- Gilbert’s MR. MONSTER, and more! 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Morris Writer/Editorial: Too Many Super Heroes? . 2 Alberto Becattini Lou Mougin John Benson Mark Muller Those Mighty, Mighty Crusaders . 3 Dominic Bongo Will Murray Will Murray chronicles the Rise and Fall—and Rise and Fall and Rise—of Archie’s Silver Age Jerry K. Boyd Rik Offenberger super-hero group. Bob Brodsky Jake Oster Frank Brunner Mrs. Edith Penty “Toby Press Was My College” . 31 Nick Caputo John G. Pierce Artist/writer/editor Mell Lazarus talks to Jim Amash about his 1940s-50s comic book career. Bill Croskey Gene Reed Tributes to Dick Giordano, Bill DuBay, Jim Mooney, Valerie Barclay . 55 Michaël Dewally Trina Robbins Michael Dunne Ethan Roberts Comic Crypt: “Super-Man Unmasked!” . 59 Mark Evanier Peggy Rosenberger Michael T. Gilbert & Mr. Monster on Chris Ware’s oddball super-villain. J. Fairfax Steve Rude Shane Foley Buddy Saunders Comics Fandom Archive: Of Texas Trios, Wars, & Comics Shops. 65 Bob Fujitani Anthony Snyder Bill Schelly presents Brett Weiss’ interview with 1960s super-fan Buddy Saunders. Jeff Gelb Chris Squires David George Desha Swayze re: [comments & corrections] . 70 Janet Gilbert Marc Swayze Jennifer Hamerlinck Dann Thomas FCA [Fawcett Collectors of America] #155.................73 Roger Hill Kevin Tomaszewski Mary Marvel and Marc Swayze—presented and annotated by P.C. Hamerlinck. Alan Hutchinson Michael Vance On Our Cover: Collector Michael Dunne kindly provided us with three tributes by pro artists to Paul Denis Kitchen Chris Ware Reinman’s cover for The Mighty Crusaders #4 (April 1966)—and we were pleased as perdition to run all Mel Keefer Brett Weiss three in this issue! The cover spot went to the rendering by Mike Machlan, who among other things was Bob Layton Steve Whitaker the inker/co-creator of Infinity, Inc. in the 1980s. Our only regret: to leave room for our A/E logo, we had Mell Lazarus Gregg Whitmore to omit the smallish figure of the hero Fireball from the upper left of the drawing. But you still got plenty Jim Ludwig Eddy Zeno of super-heroes for your money—and besides, you can see the missing figure in living black-&-white on Mike Machlan p. 20! [Heroes TM & ©2010 Archie Comic Publications, Inc.] This issue is dedicated to the memory of Above: And here’s a rare specimen—the vintage (1965-67) Paul Reinman art to a Mighty Crusaders house ad featuring Fly Man, Fly Girl, The Comet, Black Hood, The Shield, Dusty, and The Web. Repro’d from the original art. Thanks to dealer Anthony Snyder, whose ad can be seen on p. 54. Dick Giordano, [©2010 Archie Comic Publications.] Jim Mooney, Alter EgoTM is published 8 times a year by TwoMorrows, 10407 Bedfordtown Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614, USA. Phone: (919) 449-0344. Roy Thomas, Editor. John Morrow, Publisher. Alter Ego Editorial Offices: 32 Bluebird Trail, St. Matthews, SC 29135, USA. Valerie Barclay, Fax: (803) 826-6501; e-mail: [email protected].