Not a request this time! Here's a preview of the next few issues of Alter Ego:

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#177: Celebration of veteran artist DON PERLIN—artist of WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, THE DEFENDERS, GHOST RIDER, MOON KNIGHT, 1950s horror, and just about every other adventure genre under the four-color sun! Plus Golden Age artist MARCIA SNYDER—Marvel’s early variant covers—MARVELMANIA club & fanzine—FCA, MTG on CRACKED MAZAGINE, et al.[And yes, “MAZAGINE” was how CRACKED spelled it on covers.]

#178:Golden Age great EMIL GERSHWIN, artist of STARMAN, SPY SMASHER, and ACG horror –in a super-length special Comic Crypt by MICHAEL T. GILBERT—plus a Gershwin showcase in PETER NORMANTON’s From The Tomb—even a few tidbits about relatives GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN to top it off! Also FCA, and other surprise features!

#179:Celebrating the 61st Anniversary of FANTASTIC FOUR #1—’cause we kinda blew right past its 60th—plus a sagacious salute to STAN LEE’s 100th birthday, with never-before-seen highlights—and a tribute to FF #1&2 inker GEORGE KLEIN! Bonus: Spotlight on SUB-MARINER in the Bowery in FF #4—plus sensational secrets behind FF #1 & #3! Also: FCA, MTG, and more!

#180:THE YOUNG ALL-STARS—the late-1980s successor to ALL-STAR SQUADRON! Interviews with first artist BRIAN MURRAY and last artist LOU MANNA—surprising insights by writer/co-creator ROY THOMAS—plus a panorama of never-seen YOUNG ALL-STARS artwork! All-new cover by BRIAN MURRAY! Plus FCA, MTG, & beyond!

The latest:

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Hi Folks--

At the last minute, I've learned that several of the art scans I have in
place for ALTER EGO #177, a mostly Marvel issue, are not quite as hi-res
as would be ideal, and I was wondering if anyone out there had hi-res
scans (at least 300 dpi) of any of the following, which will earn a free
copy of the issue if used. If you're one of those who sent me a scan
before, then probably I need a better one than that if possible... to
keep our publisher happy. Me, I always appreciate your help, even if
the scans turn out not to be as hi-res as we'd like. We do what we can,
right?

ASTONISHING #35, Marvel (splash for Don Perlin story "The Dinner Guest")

STRANGE SUSPENSE STORIES, Charlton (p. 6 of Perlin story "Focus: Danger")

THE WITCHING HOUR #44, DC (splash of story "Kill the Demon Tiger!")

Cover of 1970s CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT Action Book

Cover of MARVELMANIA CATALOG #2 (b&w Avengers illo by S. Buscema)

DETECTIVE COMICS #352, splash of Elongated Man story, DC

ALL-FLASH #52, "The City of Shifting Sands," p. 10C, DC

STRANGE ADVENTURES #9 "Captain Comet" splash page - DC

Also, there was a 2020 Don Perlin "Werewolf by Night" commission online,
and a re-do by him of his STRANGE TERRORS cover from the 1950s, if
anyone has a better scan than what I found online.

There was also a nice montage, I think from a Mark Evanier site, of the
goodies sold initially by Marvelmania, including the "Scream along with
Marvel" record left over from the MMMS, a Captain America/Kirby poster,
etc., if someone happens to have a better copy of that... don't know the
original source, alas.

Thanks for listening,

Roy

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This is an obvious and very welcome move:

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ALTER EGO #181, out next spring, will be a special tribute to my late
colleague and occasional sparring-partner Neal Adams, and I'd like to do
it up right. Already have on hand a couple of short interviews with
Neal, which I'm very happy about... but would be glad to learn of other,
preferably already-existing articles or the like which would add to the
celebration. That includes rare items perhaps published years ago in
fanzines which haven't been recently reprinted and might be of interest
to AE's readers. There'll also be an Adams issue of BACK ISSUE in
conjunction the AE coverage... so that's like a double-size TwoMorrows
magazine!

Best wishes, and thanks for listening,

Roy

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Here's one request that I think many people here might be able to help with:

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I find myself in a weird predicament. I'm prepping ALTER EGO #170,
devoted to the YOUNG ALL-STARS series of 1987-89 and featuring
interviews with artists Brian Murray, Howard Simpson, and Lou Manna, as
well as a piece by myself. However, somehow, in "straightening" my
office a few months back, somehow I seem to have filed my spare copies
of my YOUNG ALL-STARS and ARAK comics in some place where I cannot
currently locate them. I have a complete set of YAS' 31 issues and
Annual in bound volumes, but can't generally reproduce well from
these... and I located only a relative handful of separate copies I can
scan. I very much need to have someone who can stand by, once I've
figured out which art I want to repro from YAS in AE #190, to scan and
send me (or AE's layout man) good hi-res copies of pages from the
following issues of which I don't have loose copies:

YAS #1-3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, and 28-31

If you have all these issues in your collection and can scan certain
pages for me in the next couple of weeks as I complete the editing of
the various interviews, please let me know, preferably by contacting me
at my e-address roydann@ntinet.com

Thanks for listening!

Roy

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Update on the Young All-Stars request:

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Sorry, but I discovered that I do have access to hi-res scans of #1-3, so just need access to the following:

#5, 6, 29, 30, & Annual #1.

Please contact me at above e-address if you can help.

Thanks,

Roy

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This time Roy's looking for a photo that may not exist:

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I don't think any photo was ever taken, or even a drawing made, of Neal
Adams and me together... but I thought I'd check and see if anyone out
there has a photo I never saw or at least don't recall. This is for
ALTER EGO #181, which is nearly totally devoted to Neal's work...but of
course I'm writing about my own relationship with him and his art, too.

Roy

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A couple of new requests for some relatively obscure Neal Adams work. I know I have a copy of Phase but it's in storage. Anybody want a free copy of Alter Ego?

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Our Army at War #183 - Neal Adams story

Wondered if anyone has a good scan of the above. It would be
appreciated... with a copy of ALTER EGO #181 for the first person to
send me a copy hi-res enough to use.

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Hoping that someone out there has good scans that can be sent to me of
the Neal Adams story "View from Without" from PHASE #1 (and only),
1971. I know I reprinted it in UNKNOWN WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION #1,
but I'd like to reproduce a few images from the earlier comic, which had
better printing.

Thanks for listening,'

Roy

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