In 1999, following a five-issue run the previous years as a flip-book with Comic Book Artist, Alter Ego began regular bimonthly publication as a formal magazine with glossy covers.

By the awards' third year, the number of ballots received had become so overwhelming that Bails called for a fan get-together at which votes could be tabulated by group effort.

[5] Some material from the original Alter-Ego was collected into trade paperback by Bill Schelly as Alter Ego Best Of Legendary Comics Fanzine (Hamster Press 1997) ISBN 0-9645669-2-3.

[6] In spring 1998, Alter Ego volume 2 debuted as a flip-book with Comic Book Artist.

FCA, the Fawcett Collectors of America fanzine, is published as part of Alter Ego.

Schelly has contributed a series of Comic Fandom Archive articles to nearly every issue, as well as a column that usually focuses on notable fans of the 1960s and 1970s.