PLUS: Spotlights on Superman’s Wayne Boring and Win Mortimer, Wonder Woman’s H.G. Peter and MORE…
Alter Ego’s got a quartet of newly scheduled issues coming in 2025 and 2026, with spotlights on Hillman Comics, Wayne Boring and Win Mortimer, H.G. Peter and the Great C.C. Beck-Julius Schwartz Shazam! War of the 1970s.
Dig the official descriptions from Two Morrows, below. Each issue will be available at comics shops and magazine sellers but you can already pre-order them directly from the publisher. Check out the links with each entry. (Precise sale dates are subject to change.)
ALTER EGO #196
Concluding our presentation of EDDY ZENO’s book on the early SUPERMAN artists begun in Alter Ego #193—with a focus on style-setting WAYNE BORING and classic cover illustrator WINSLOW MORTIMER! Featuring a fabulous previously unprinted cover by BORING! Also—FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) and MICHAEL T. GILBERT in Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt! Edited by ROY THOMAS.
Sale date: Oct. 15, 2025. Click here to pre-order.
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ALTER EGO #197
Alter Ego #197 presents the incredible inside story of HILLMAN PUBLISHING—1940 to 1953—by MARK CARLSON-GHOST! Thrill to the adventures of AIRBOY—aviatrix VALKYRIE—THE HEAP—SKYWOLF, et al.! With classic art by KIDA, SCHROEDER, LEAV, INFANTINO, ZOLNEROWICH, and some of comics’ finest artists! Plus FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) and MICHAEL T. GILBERT visits Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt! Featuring a stunning Valkyrie/Airboy cover by DAVE STEVENS! Edited by ROY THOMAS.
Sale date: Dec. 10, 2025. Click here to pre-order.
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ALTER EGO #198
H.G. PETER was the original artist—and some say the co-creator—of WONDER WOMAN, greatest super-heroine ever! Now, historian ART CLOOS does an in-depth dive into the life and career of one of comics’ most individualistic artists! Plus: WILLIAM MOULTON MARSTON—M.C. GAINES—JOYE MURCHISON—ROBERT KANIGHER, and others who brought the Amazon Princess to life. Also—FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) and MICHAEL T. GILBERT in Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt! Featuring an unpublished H.G. Peter Wonder Woman cover! Edited by ROY THOMAS.
Sale date: Feb. 11, 2026. Click here to pre-order.
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ALTER EGO #199
P.C. HAMERLINCK reveals the secret—often bitter—early-1970s combat by correspondence between SHAZAM! artist (and Captain Marvel co-creator) C.C. BECK and DC editor JULIUS SCHWARTZ! It’ll take more than one magic word to avoid a head-on collision between these two titanic talents! Plus, more FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), MICHAEL T. GILBERT in Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt, and more! With an unused SHAZAM cover by C.C. BECK! Edited by ROY THOMAS.
Sale date: April 15, 2026. Click here to pre-order.
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MORE
— Illustrated History of AMERICAN MOVIE COMIC BOOKS Slated for 2025. Click here.
— GORILLAS, ALIEN INVASIONS Lead Next Wave of BACK ISSUE Magazines Into 2026. Click here.
