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1964 Alley Awards

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Best Adventure Hero Comic Book

  • Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel) (39%) *

Best Regularly Published Fantasy Comic

  • Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group) *

Best Humorous Comic Book

  • Herbie (American Comics Group) (42%)*

Best Miscellaneous Fiction

  • Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos (Marvel) (65%) *

Best Editor

  • Stan Lee *

Best Writer

  • Stan Lee *

Best Pencil Artist

  • Carmine Infantino (26%) *

Best Inking Artist

  • Murphy Anderson (47%) *

Best Comic Book Cover

  • Detective Comics #329 (DC) *

Best Short Story

  • "Doorway to the Unknown," by John Broome & Carmine Infantino, from Flash #148 (DC) *

Best Novel

  • "Captain America Joins the Avengers," by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, from Avengers #4 (Marvel) *

Best Giant Comic

  • Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (Marvel) (50%) *

Comic Reguarly Displaying Best Color Work

  • Magnus, Robot Fighter (Gold Key) *

Worst Regularly Published Comic

  • Wonder Woman (DC) (46%) *

Best Hero

  • Spider-Man *

Best Supporting Character

  • The Thing (Fantastic Four) (50+%) *

Best Villain

  • Doctor Doom (Fantastic Four) *

Best Group of Characters

  • Fantastic Four *

Best New Strip or Book

  • "Captain America," by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, in Tales of Suspense *

Strip Most Desired for Revival

  • The Spectre (29 votes) *

Fan Categories (on a scale of 1-5)

Best Article in a Fanzine

  • "Lee," by Rick Weingroff (4.21) * (tie)
  • "One Man's Family," by Roy Thomas (4.21) * (tie)

Best Regular Fanzine Feature

  • "Information Center," by Bob Jennings (4.17) *

Best Fan Comic Strip

  • "Adam Link," by Binder/Spicer/Berry (4.61) *

Best Ditto/Mimeo Cover

  • Batmania #1, by Biljo White (4.46) *

Best Cover (Other Reproduction)

  • Alter-Ego #7, by Biljo White (4.61) *

Best Fan Fiction

  • "Nemesis of Evil," by Victor Baron (4.23) *

Best Fan Project

  • "Who's Who" and "Supplement," by Jerry Bails & Larry Lattanzi (4.32) *

Best Fanzine

  • Alter-Ego #7, by Roy Thomas (4.67) *