Alter Ego # 198 March 2026 (magazine review)
As you can tell from the cover of this ‘Alter Ego’, there is a look at the early Wonder Woman artist, H.G. Peter. William Moulton Marston might have come up with the idea but Harry Peter gave her form in his illustrations. Writer Art Cloos has dug not only into his story but into Marston and also Joye Hummell after he died. His wife, Alice ‘Allie’ Cloos has an extensive Wonder Woman collection and there are a lot of samples here from that era. A couple things struck me. Harry Peter was 61 when he started to illustrate Wonder Woman, She was also somewhat flat-chested and, judging by her exposed back, her top was more like a corset. I thought I knew a lot of what was covered here and if you thought the 1987 film ‘Professor Marston And The Wonder Women’ covered it all, needs to read here. I do think there’s a need for more history of how Wonder Woman evolved, this is a great way to start. This is a very long article filling at least 46 pages and dominating this issue.
Michael T. Gilbert’s ‘Mr. Monster’ has a look at Klaus Nordling’s ‘Lady Luck’ logos, pointing out that he was the triple threat of the time, being able to pencil, ink and letter his own work. If nothing else, it shows that like Will Eisner with ‘The Spirit’, Nordling liked to play around with his headings.
The Fawcett Collector, through Jim Holden. compares the circulation figures of Captain Marvel and his family to National Periodicals Superman and Batman and why the latter saw them as a threat and went for copyright infringement to stop them. When you consider how many costumed super-heroes there were around at the time, you do have to wonder why only Fawcett was picked on.
This review might be small but the content is large and important for your comicbook knowledge.
GF Willmetts
May 2026
(pub: TwoMorrows Publishing. 82 page illustrated magazine. Price: $10.95 (US). ISSN: 1932-6890. Direct from them, you can get it for $10.95 (US))
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