Bill Schelly – författare

This sequel to Alter Ego: The Best of the Legendary Comics Fanzinepresents more fantastic features from the fabled magazine begun in 1961 by JerryBails and Roy Thomas — covering undiscovered gems from all 11 originalissues published between 1961 and 1978! Editors Roy Thomas and Bill Schellyuncover never-revealed secrets about the first super-hero fanzine everpublished, with vintage articles about Tor, Hawkman, the Spectre, Blackhawk, theJustice League of America, the All-Winners Squad, Robotman, Wonder Woman, theHeap, the Lensmen/Green Lantern connection, and so much more! Plusrarely-seen comics stories by Joe Kubert, Ronn Foss, and Roy Thomas and SamGrainger, as well as Roy's entire "Bestest League of America" parody, collectedfor the first time ever!

The American Comic Book Chronicles continues its ambitious series offull-color hardcovers where TwoMorrows' top authors document every decade ofcomic book history from the 1940s to today! Bill Schelly authors the volume onthe 1950s era of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, with a year-by-year accountof the most significant publications, notable creators, and impactful trends,including: the rise of the great EC "New Trend" titles (Tales of theCrypt, Weird Science), Harvey Kurtzman's Mad, and Carl Barks'classic work on Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge! Plus, read about the publicationof Dr. Fredric Wertham's notorious anti-comics book, Seduction of theInnocent, and the Senate hearings on juvenile delinquency that led to thecreation of the Comics Code, changing the face of comics for decades tocome!