Three years earlier, he had entered the publishing arena himself after placing a want ad in a fanzine seeking contributors.
With the third issue, an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "The End of Bukawai" by Spicer and Harry Habblitz also won an Alley Award.
After the run ended with issue #16, Spicer then launched Fanfare, a magazine devoted to all aspects of popular culture.
[1] He was contracted by Richard Kyle to letter Jack Kirby's "Street Code", published 1990 in Argosy (magazine) issue two.
In 2000, the American Association of Comicbook Collectors Fandom Service Award went to Spicer for his significant contribution to the hobby of comic book collecting and his pioneering work with EC fanzines.