*In ALTER EGO #145 (now 100 pages per bi-monthly issue, $9.95), it's 40 years to the month after the debut of Marvel's Star Wars #1, and its writer/editor ROY THOMAS tells RICHARD ARNDT the story behind that landmark comic—going way beyond anything published before! Plus interviews with artists HOWARD CHAYKIN, RICK HOBERG, and BILL WRAY. Also: "Jazz in Comics" by MICHAEL T. GILBERT—the finale of BILL SCHELLY's salute to G.B. LOVE—FCA (Fawcett Collector’s of America) section—and more! Dramatic sword-and-space cover art by CHAYKIN! Edited by ROY THOMAS. *Source: twomorrows.com