This issue celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Flash's debut in Showcase #4! There's a never-before-published, full-color Flash cover by Carmine Infantino, rare interviews with and articles on the creators involved with Showcase #4, an interview with Golden Age artist Tony DiPreta, a Golden Age panel discussion with Klaus Nordling, Otto Binder, and Larry Ivie, and much more! (Twomorrows Publishing)
Magazine, 100pgs, B&W Cover price $6.95.
Behind a cover by Win Mortimer, Alter Ego presents the first-ever, in-depth look at National/DC's legendary founder, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, and early editors Whitney Ellsworth, Win Sullivan, and Mort Weisinger with rare art and artifacts by Siegel & Shuster, Bob Kane, Gardner Fox, Sheldon Moldoff and more.
Cover price $6.95.
64 Page Giant. Tom Strong in "Skull & Bones" by Steve Moore, Humberto Ramos & John Totleben; Jack B. Quick's "Amazing World of Science!" by Alan Moore & Kevin Nowlan; Promethea and Little Margie in "Misty Magic Land" by Steve Moore & Eric Shanower; Greyshirt's advertising supplements by Rick Veitch; Top 10 in "DeadFellas" by Alan Moore & Zander Cannon; Tom Strong serial lobby card by John Cassaday; The First American and U.S.Angel in "The FIRST First American!" by Alan Moore & Sergio Aragones; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen game by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill; Splash Brannigan in "Specters From Projectors" by Alan Moore & Kyle Baker; Cobweb in "He Tied Me to a Buzz-Saw (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" by Alan Moore & Dame Darcy; ABC Wizard Preview (reprinted from America's Best Comics Preview (1999) #1) by Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse & Al Gordon. Inside covers by Sprouse & Gordon. Cover by Alex Ross. Back cover by Gene Ha.
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Cover by Bryan Hitch (W) Jonathan Ross (A) Bryan Hitch
Welcome to AMERICA'S GOT POWERS! It's the biggest TV show on Earth, where the chance to win fame, fortune and get laid are dangled in front of a generation of super-powered teens. All they have to do is WIN. Who is the fastest, the strongest or the greatest? Who survives? Young Tommy Watt's dreams of being the greatest hero of them all might just be shattered when the greatest show on the planet begins to reveal it's dark heart.
To go on the offensive against Scheiskopf and his forces, Reuben Flagg forms the Video Rangers in "Solidarity for Now – Part 2."
Script and art by Howard Chaykin. Issue also has a text feature "Scapegoat in Four Colors – Part 1" by Charles Meyerson.
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Reuben Flagg deals with blackmail, trying to get Mandy to be reasonable about her mother, a wedding and other events in "Disorder in the Court."
Script by Howard Chaykin and art by Pat Broderick & Rick Burchett. Issue also has a text feature "Scapegoat in Four Colors – Part 3" by Charles Meyerson.
Cover price $1.25.
Back home in Chicago, Reuben Flagg finds out quickly how the city's mayoral election will go in "Bullets and Ballots."
Script and art by Howard Chaykin. Issue also has "Mark Thrust – Sexus Ranger" in "Birthday Bullets" with script by Elliot S. Maggin and art by Judith Hunt & Larry Stroman.
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Reuben Flagg teams up with a new ranger, Bullets Kisco, while mayoral candidates Mandy and CK get a surprise in the mayoral race in "Bullets and Ballots – Part 2." Script and art by Howard Chaykin. Issue also has "Mark Thrust – Sexus Ranger Birthday Bullets
Part 2" in "Executive Privilege" with script by Elliot S. Maggin and art by Judith Hunt & Larry Stroman.
Cover price $1.25.
Reuben Flagg and the cast of the Mark Thrust TV series are brought to London in the hopes that they can help mediate a peace between England and Ireland in "Mad Dogs & Englishmen." Script and art by Howard Chaykin. Issue also has "Raul – There is a Heppy Land, Fur, Fur Away" with script by Alan Moore and art by Larry Stroman & Don Lomax.
While there seems to be more to the peace mediation attempts between England and Ireland, Reuben Flagg tries to hook up with an old girl friend in "Mad Dogs & Englishmen – Part 2." Script and art by Howard Chaykin. Issue also has "Jules 'Deathwith' Folquet and Zen and the Art of Motormater Maintenance" with script by Alan Moore and art by Don Lomax.
Reuben Flagg and Russian ranger Yuri Kholyakov try to track Titania Weiss in England but Kholyakov has been given secret orders in "Mad Dogs & Englishmen – Part 3." Script and art by Howard Chaykin. Issue also has "Welcome to the Pleasure Dome" with script by Alan Moore and art by Don Lomax and "Collecting Dust: A Guide to Preserving Comic Books – Part 1" by Charles Meyerson.
Reuben Flagg is back in Chicago and things haven't gotten any better there as he deals with a bunch of problems including the new mayor in "The Fire This Time."
Script by Howard Chaykin and art by Joe Staton & Hilary Barta.
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Bad things are happening in Chicago including the mayor being set up and influenced and Reuben Flagg tries to deal with all in "The Fire This Time – Part 2."
Script by Howard Chaykin and art by Joe Staton & Hilary Barta & Rick Burchett.
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With Raul the mayor strung out and Chicago in flames, Reuben Flagg has to figure out what is going and quickly in "The Fire This Time – Part 3."
Script by Howard Chaykin and art by Joe Staton & Hilary Barta & Rick Burchett..
Cover price $1.25.
The Chicago PlexMall is being audited, Arcadia Driftwood returns, the Black Beaver goes into wrestling and Reuben Flagg is trying to make sense of all of it in "That's Entertainment – Part 1." Script by Howard Chaykin & Steven Grant and art by Mark Badger & Randy Emberlin.
Issue also has "The Origin of Bob Violence" with script by Steven Grant and art by Joe Staton & Hilary Barta.
Cover price $1.25.
As Reuben tries to iron out problems about how his TV station is run, he finds out about a plot to kill Bill in "Oklahoma U.K. – Part 1." Script by Steven Grant and art by Mark Badger & Randy Emberlin.
Issue also has "Bob Violence" with script by Howard Chaykin & Steven Grant and art by Norm Breyfogle & Rick Burchett.
Cover price $1.25.
Reuben is captured by Indians as he tries to rescue Bill but he then joins up with them and tries to figure out why Bill has been kidnapped in "Oklahoma U.K. – Part 2." Script by Steven Grant & Mark Badger and art by Mark Badger & Randy Emberlin.
Issue also has "Bob Violence: Long Live the King" with script by Steven Grant and art by Norm Breyfogle & Paul Abrams.
Cover price $1.25.
Bill is scheduled for execution and Reuben and Trish have been captured, so someone else has to ride to the rescue in "Oklahoma U.K. – Part 3." Script by Steven Grant and art by Mark Badger.
Issue also has "Bob Violence: The Future is Now" with script by Steven Grant and art by Norm Breyfogle & Paul Abrams.
Cover price $1.25.
As Reuben Flagg keeps going in his investigation of the subliminals that cause violence, he discovers the existence of a secret organization, the American Survivalist Labor Committee in "Southern Comfort – Part 3."
Script and art by Howard Chaykin.
Cover price $1.00.
Reuben Flagg finds out what happen to a downed plane, has to rescue some hostages and deal with other problems in "State of the Union – Part 2."
Script and art by Howard Chaykin. Issue also has a text feature "The Origins of Independent Comics – Part 4" by Charles Meyerson.
Cover price $1.00.
