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BAILS, JERRY 
 Name and vital stats 
  BAILS, JERRY GWIN [1933- ] (writer)  
 Pen names 
  ROBERT LINDSEY  
 Education 
  B.S., M.A., Ph.D. (physics & mathematics) University of Missouri at Kansas City  
  University of Chicago (graduate work)  
 Member 
  CAPA-alpha [first comics Amateur Press Association] founder & first central mailer '64  
  Detroit Triple Fan Fair '65 (coined the name)  
 Print Media (non-comics) 
  Publisher, Editor & Compiler: 1973-76 Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1st edition in 4 volumes  
  Publisher, Editor & Compiler: 1996-99 Who's Who of American Comic Books, 2nd edition in digital format  
 Performing Arts 
  Editor & Writer: Changing Life on Earth series [educational TV]  
 Other career notes 
  Co-founder: Academy of Comic Book Fans & Collectors 1963  
  Co-founder: with Larry Lattanzi: Who's Who in Comics Fandom 1964  
  Co-founder: with Roy Thomas of the Alley Awards, first comics awards by fans 1962  
  Founder: CAPA-alpha [first comics Amateur Press Association] 1964  
  Founder: Microfilm Library of Comic Art 1964  
  Professor: Science & Technology, Wayne State University [Detroit] 1960-96 retired  
 Additional biography 
  Alter Ego, the Best of the Legendary Fanzine 1997  
  Fifty Who Made DC Great, 1985  
  Golden Age of Comic Fandom 1995  
 Honors 
  Comics Fandom's Alley Award Favorite Fan Magazine 1961  
  Diamond Distributors Lifetime Fandom Award 1990  
  Ed Aprill, Jr. Award (Comic Art Convention, New York City) 1977  
  Honored Guest: Dallas Comics Con 1973  
  Inkpot Award (San Diego Comicon) 1981  
  Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University (Detroit)  
  Winner of Victor Wilson Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships for academic excellence all through the 1950s  
  Won cartoon contest in K.C. Journal (Missouri) 1941  
 Note on comics career 
  Consultant: many books & articles on comic books  
  New York Times & Newsweek interviews mid-60s put Comicdom in public eye  
 Fan & trade zines 
  Alter Ego #1-4 (publ/ed/wr/pen/ink/) 1961-62 originally spelled Alter-Ego  
  Alter Ego (contrib/) vol. 2 #5, 1999  
  Authoritative Index to DC Comics (publ/ed/) 1963/65  
  Collector's Guide: First Heroic Age (publ/ed/) 1969  
  Comic Reader [On the Drawing Board] (publ/ed/wr/) 1961-64  
  Comicollector (publ/ed/wr/pen/ink/) 1961-62  
  Guidebook to Comics Fandom [with Bill Spicer] (ed/wr/) 1965  
  Howard Keltner's Index to Golden Age Comic Books (publ/co-ed/) 1976  
  Index to All-Star Comics (publ/ed/wr/pen/ink/) 1962  
  Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide [cover-featured article on JSA] (wr/) 1974  
  Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide [text for first edition] (wr/) 1970  
  Panelologist (publ/ed/wr/) 1966-99  
  Steranko's History of Comics, vol. 2 (asst ed/) 1972  
 DC COMICS 
  Introduction (wr/) 1993 for ALL-STAR COMICS ARCHIVE volume 2  
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