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October 2002 - 108 pages

ALTER EGO #18 presents THE MARVEL BULLPEN in the Golden & Silver Ages! Featuring: Full color covers by JACK KIRBY & JIM AMASH (Fantastic Four) and MARC SWAYZE (Captain Marvel)! A slam-bang interview with artist/colorist STAN GOLDBERG (the guy who told STAN LEE the F.F. should wear blue, and the Hulk should be green)! Secrets behind Timely in the '40s, and the first great days of the MARVEL AGE! Tons of rare art by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DICK AYERS, DON HECK, JOHN ROMITA, JOHN BUSCEMA, JOE MANEELY, BILL EVERETT, CARL BURGOS, DAN DeCARLO, and many more! Plus: A spotlight on XERO, the legendary 1960s science-fiction fanzine that helped launch comics fandom, with DICK & PAT LUPOFF, OTTO BINDER, DON THOMPSON, ROY THOMAS, BILL SCHELLY, and (believe it or not!) ROGER EBERT!?? Also: An FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) section starring MARC SWAYZE, C.C. BECK, and others! MICHAEL T. GILBERT & MR. MONSTER on WALLY WOOD ghosting FLASH GORDON, and more!!

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