Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Alter Ego #128, September



TwoMorrows Publishing presents the latest issue of Roy Thomas's Alter Ego! magazine.  This time he tackles The Comics Code Authority.  Here's what's in this issue:

Writer/Editorial: Thanks for Nothing
Seducing The Innocent
Carol L. Tilley on the use (and misuse) of evidence in Dr. Fredric Wertham’s 1954 book
Seduction of the Innocent.
Seal Of Approval: History Of The Comic Code – Ch. 5
The implementation of the Code in the mid-1950s, continuing Amy Kiste Nyberg’s
1998 study.
Special Interlude: “The Will Of William Wilson,” PP. Y & Z The final pages of the long-long 1940s “Justice Society” story—first time in color!
Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt! Whatever Happened To The Boy Of Tomorrow?
Michael T. Gilbert presents Shaun Clancy’s conversation with “The Superboy of 1940.”
Comic Fandom Archive—In Memoriam: Bob Stewart
Bill Schelly on one of comic fandom’s brightest lights.
re: [correspondence & corrections]
FCA [Fawcett Collectors Of America] #188
P.C. Hamerlinck with original Shazam! writer Denny O’Neil—plus more of Otto Binder’s
memoir.