Alter Ego
#128
(September 2014)
TwoMorrows Publishing,
1999 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 8.95 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- 8 times a year
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- TwoMorrows Publishing
- Brand
-
TwoMorrows
- Barcode
- 182658277635 08
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (credited) (editor); Bill Schelly (credited) (associate editor); Jim Amash (credited) (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
Article by Carol L. Tilley on Seduction of the Innocent. Part 5 of the History of the Comics Code. Obituary for Bhob Stewart.
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
Derelict of the Slave Kings
Sheena / cover / 0.3 page
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena
- Reprints
-
from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #148 (June 1951)
-
- Keywords
- arrows; bows; gorillas
[Cover - Crime Must Pay the Penalty #34]
cover / 0.25 page
- Pencils
- Jim McLaughlin
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Crime Must Pay the Penalty (Ace Magazines, 1948 series) #34 (September 1953)
-
- Keywords
- handgun; pay phone; phone booth
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The man who startled America does it again!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Orson Welles
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #62 (January-February 1950)
-
- Keywords
- death rays; extraterrestrials
[Cover - Blue Beetle #60]
Blue Beetle / cover / 0.3 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]
- Reprints
- from Blue Beetle (Fox, 1940 series) #60 (August 1950)
-
No Second Chance
Crime Clinic / cover / 0.3 page
- Pencils
- Norman Saunders (painting)
- Inks
- Norman Saunders (painting)
- Colors
- Norman Saunders (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Dr. Tom Rogers
- Reprints
- from Crime Clinic (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #5 (Summer 1952)
-
[Cover - Slave Girl Comics #1]
Malu, The Slave Girl / cover / 0.3 page
- Characters
- Malu
- Reprints
- from Slave Girl Comics (Avon, 1949 series) #1 (February 1949)
-
Captain Marvel and the Freedom Train
Captain Marvel / cover / 0.25 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
- Reprints
- from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #85 (June 1948)
-
- Keywords
- Freedom Train
Final Warning
cover / 0.33 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Weird Terror (Comic Media, 1952 series) #13 (September 1954)
-
The Cult of the Killer Claws
Kaänga / cover / 0.33 page
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Kaänga; Ann Mason
- Reprints
- from Kaänga Comics (Fiction House, 1949 series) #20 (Summer 1954)
-
- Keywords
- lions
The Will of William Wilson
Justice Society of America / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Martin Naydel
- Inks
- Martin Naydel
- Colors
- Larry Guidry
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman; Dr. Mid-Nite; The Atom; Johnny Thunder; Psycho-Pirate
- Synopsis
- The Psycho-Pirate explains why he came up with the plan to send the JSA on impossible tasks.
Indexer Notes
Pages Y and Z (the conclusion) from a Justice Society of America story that was not published in the 1940s.
[Cover - More Fun Comics #104]
Dover and Clover; Superboy / cover / 0.25 page
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (Dover and Clover); Stan Kaye (Superboy)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (Dover and Clover); Stan Kaye (Superboy)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Dover; Clover
- Reprints
- from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #104 (July-August 1945)
-
Million Dollar Marbles Tournament
Superboy / cover / 0.25 page
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster ? (see notes)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jim; Jerry
- Reprints
- from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #105 (September-October 1945)
-
Indexer Notes
Craig Delich says this cover is by Henry Boltinoff. Art identification as Joe Shuster by Bob Hughes. Gene Reed believes the cover to be pencilled by Stan Kaye as evidenced by the dog that appears on many of Stan Kaye's covers.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
Derelict of the Slave Kings
Sheena -
2.
[Cover - Crime Must Pay the Penalty #34]
-
3.
["The man who startled America does it again!"]
Superman -
4.
[Cover - Blue Beetle #60]
Blue Beetle -
5.
No Second Chance
Crime Clinic -
6.
[Cover - Slave Girl Comics #1]
Malu, The Slave Girl -
7.
Captain Marvel and the Freedom Train
Captain Marvel -
8.
Final Warning
-
9.
The Cult of the Killer Claws
Kaänga -
10.
The Will of William Wilson
Justice Society of America -
11.
[Cover - More Fun Comics #104]
Dover and Clover; Superboy -
12.
Million Dollar Marbles Tournament
Superboy
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