TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING FOR APRIL

JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #48

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Spotlighting "Kirbytech" -- Jack's knack for creating high-tech gizmos, gadgets, and concepts, from Iron Man's armor and Machine Man, to the Negative Zone and beyond! Included is a rare Kirby interview, Mark Evanier's regular column, two pencil art galleries, a complete 1950s story, interviews with Godland's Tom Scioli and Dark Horse publisher Mike Rcihardson, the 2006 Kirby Tribute Panel (with Neal Adams, George Perez, John Romita Sr., Mike Royer, and Kirby lawyer Paul Levine), Kirby covers inked by Terry Austin and Tom Scioli, and more! Edited by John Morrow.

84 pages, $9.95, in stores on April 25.

ROUGH STUFF #4

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Editor (and top pro inker) Bob McLeod presents never-before published penciled pages, preliminary sketches, detailed layouts, and unused inked versions from artists throughout comics history! Featured this issue are extensive galleries by Michael Kaluta (who also provides this issue's new Batman cover, along with his preliminary art from it)! Andrew Robinson, Gene Colan, Howard Chaykin and Steve Bissette! Each artist provides detailed commentaries on their work, discussing what went right and wrong with it, and giving background information to put it all into historical perspective. The feature interview this issue is with John Totleben, discussing his career from the Joe Kubert School, to Swamp Thing, Miracleman, and beyond. Plus there's a look at the recent Wonder Woman Day charity event, showing plenty of rare art from the auction, plus art critiques, before-and-after art comparisons, and more!

100 pages, $6.95, in stores on April 18.

ALTER EGO #67

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This issue focuses on Bob Oksner, the guy who drew it all! The artist of Supergirl, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Angel and the Ape, Leave It to Binky, Jerry Lewis, and many Silver Age DC covers talks about his life and times to Jim Amash. And that includes art and artifacts by Shelly Mayer, Irwin Hasen, Lee Elias, C.C. Beck, Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane, Julie Schwartz, and many more! Plus there's FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) with Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, and others, Michael T. Gibler and Mr. Monster, and a great Oksner cover featuring many of his most renowned heroes! Edited by Roy Thomas.

100 pages, $6.95, in stores on April 11.

COMICS GONE APE! THE MISSING LINK TO PRIMATES IN COMICS

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They may be only one notch below humans on the evolutionary ladder, but gorillas and monkeys have for decades climbed to the top of the comic-book world as heroes and villains, monsters and masterminds, and soldiers and sidekicks. Comics Gone Ape! is the missing link to primates in comics, spotlighting a barrel of simian superstars like Beppo, BrainiApe, the Gibbon, Gleek, Gorilla Man, Grease Monkey, King Kong, Konga, Mojo Jojo, Sky Ape, and Titano. Comics Gone Ape! is loaded with rare and classic artwork, chest-thumping cover galleries, and 11 exclusive interviews with apes artists and writers including Arthur Adams, Frank Cho, Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert, Tony Millionaire, Doug Moench and Bob Oksner. With its all-new Avengers-as-gorillas cover by Arthur Adams, you won't be able to keep your filthy paws off this book! Edited by Back Issue magazine's Michael Eury.

128 pages, $16.95, in stores on April 18.