Issue #122 of Alter Ego in December will be devoted to CBG, including some of the columns (including mine) that had been prepared for CBG #1700.
So mark your calendars, get your orders in early and start saving your shekels, effendi!
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Great news! I just ordered it. Have to wait until December! Wah!
I always enjoyed John Fantucchio's artwork. He did this and many other covers for fan publications. After being drafted, in 1968 my first duty station was in Northern Virginia, near where he lived. He invited me to his home and was a gracious host. For several years he sent me limited edition Christmas cards of his own design.
Regarding Craig's question as to who the heroes are:
-Top left is Mr America/Americommando from DC's Action Comics.
-I don't know the one on the top right is.
-Middle level left is Man of War from Centaur's Liberty Scouts Comics and Man of War Comics. He wore a blue shirt and red shorts in the stories, but these colours were reversed on the covers of the two issues of his eponymous title, as here. The blue-shirted version looks a fair bit like Omac, so I have a theory Kirby based Omac on him.
-Middle level centre might be Captain Freedom from Harvey's Speed Comics, but there's room for argument about it. In the cover images I've looked at he had stars on his chest, and he often had often stripes around the waist, like Captain America, and/or bare legs. The yellow shoulder element also comes and goes on the covers.
-Lower right is Fighting Yank, who first appeared in Standard's Startling Comics and who also appeared in his own eponymous title and in America's Best Comics. His own title lasted 29 issues, so in the Golden Age he was arguably a more successful character than Uncle Sam.
Top right is U.S. Jones from Fox's Wonderworld Comics, although he has brown hair in the image here, where I found him, and on two covers on which he appeared (##32-33). I found Captain Freedom via the list here.
This post displaced the thread The Baron Watches "Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot" (SPOILERS) from the home page.