(W) VARIOUS (A) VARIOUS Alter Ego #191 is an FCA (Fawcett Collectors Of America) issue! Documenting the influence of Mac Raboy's Captain Marvel Jr . on the life, career, and look of Elvis Presley during his stellar career, from the 1950s through the cataclysmic concerns of the 1970s! Plus: Captain Marvel co-creator Bill Parker's complete testimony from the DC vs. Fawcett lawsuit, Michael T. Gilbert in Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and other sensational surprises!

Feel the G-Force of Eighties sci-fi toon Battle of the Planets! Plus: The Girl from U.N.C.L.E .'s Stefanie Powers, athlete-turned-actor Chuck Connors, The Oddball World of SCTV , Rankin/Bass' stop-motion Santa Claus Is Coming to Town , Kiss My Grits-Television's Greatest Catchphrases, one-season TV shows, and more! Featuring columns by Andy Mangels, Will Murray, Scott Saavedra, Scott Shaw, and Mark Voger.

In the News! From the Boys' Brotherhood Republic newsletter of his childhood, to rare newspaper interviews with Jack and articles about his career, we're clipping anything and everything about Kirby that has to do with newsprint! There's a never-published 1973 San Diego Con panel with Jack discussing DC's coloring with Neal Adams, newly discovered strips that Jack ghosted for other syndicated artists (including Frank Giacoia on Johnny Reb & Billy Yank ), unused newspaper strip concepts, collages, a never-reprinted Simon & Kirby Headline Comics tale, a Jimmy Olsen and the Newsboy Legion pencil art gallery, our regular columnists, Mark Evanier's 2024 Kirby Tribute Panel from Comic-Con International, and more! With an unused Jimmy Olsen cover inked by syndicated cartoonist David Reddick.

Remember when long-haired British rock 'n' rollers made teenage girls swoon - and their parents go crazy? Britmania plunges into the period when suddenly, America went wild for All Things British. This profusely illustrated full-color hardback, subtitled "The British Invasion of the Sixties in Pop Culture," explores the movies ( A Hard Day's Night , Having a Wild Weekend ), TV ( The Ed Sullivan Show , Magical Mystery Tour ), collectibles (toys, games, trading cards, lunch boxes), comics (real-life Brits in the DC and Marvel Universes) and, of course, the music! Britmania features interviews with members of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Who, the Kinks, Herman's Hermits, the Yardbirds, the Animals, the Hollies and more. It's a gas, gas, gas!

Hold on tight as historian Christopher Irving explores the origins of the first on-screen superheroes and the comic creators and film-makers who brought them to life. CLIFFHANGER! touches on the early days of the film serial, to its explosion as a juvenile medium of the 1930s and '40s. See how the creation of characters like Superman, Captain America, Spy Smasher, and Captain Marvel dovetailed with the early film adaptations. Along the way, you'll meet the stuntmen, directors (Spencer Bennett, William Witney, producer Sam Katzman), comic book creators (Siegel & Shuster, Simon & Kirby, Bob Kane, C.C. Beck, Frank Frazetta, Will Eisner), and actors (Buster Crabbe, George Reeves, Lorna Gray, Kane Richmond, Kirk Alyn, Dave O'Brien) who brought them to the silver screen.

From the letters pages of Silver Age comics to his 2021 induction into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame, the career of Dave Cockrum started at the bottom and then rose to the top of the comic book industry. Beginning with his childhood obsession with comics and continuing through his years in the Navy, The Life and Art of Dave Cockrum follows the rising star from fandom (where he was one of the "Big Three" fanzine artists) to pro-dom, where he helped revive two struggling comic book franchises: the Legion of Super-Heroes and the X-Men . His later work on his own property, The Futurians , as well as childhood favorite Blackhawk and T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents , plus his five years on Soulsearchers and Company , cemented his position as an industry giant. This is the comprehensive biography of the legendary comic book artist, whose influence is still felt on the industry today! The limited edition hardcover, featuring custom endpapers, is limited to 500 copies.