70 attendees Awards Alley Awards Presented at the Comic Art Convention, July 1969Comic Magazine Section Best Adventure Title – Fantastic FourBest Fantasy/SF/Supernatural Title – Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics) Best Western Title – Bat Lash (Dc Comics) Best War Title – Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos (Marvel Comics) Best Humor Title – Not Brand Echh (Marvel Comics) Best Romance Title – Millie the Model (Marvel Comics) Best Reprint Title – Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel Comics) Professional Work Best Editor – Stan Lee Best Writer – Stan Lee Best Pencil Artist – Jim Steranko Best Inking Artist – Joe Sinnott Best Cover – Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #6, by Jim Steranko (Marvel Comics) Best Full-Length Story – (tie) "Track of the Hook", by Bob Haney & Neal Adams, The Brave and the Bold #79 (DC Comics); "Origin of the Silver Surfer", by Stan Lee & John Buscema, The Silver Surfer #1 (Marvel Comics) Best Feature Story – "Today Earth Died", by Jim Steranko, Strange Tales #168 (Marvel Comics) Best Regular Short Feature – "Tales of the Inhumans", by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, in The Mighty Thor (Marvel Comics) Hall of Fame – Fantastic Four, by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby; Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., by Jim Steranko (Marvel Comics) Popularity Poll Best Adventure Hero Strip – The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) Best Adventure Group Strip – Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics) Best Supporting Character – J. Jonah Jameson (The Amazing Spider-Man) (Marvel Comics) Best Villain – Doctor Doom (Fantastic Four) (Marvel Comics) Best New Strip – The Silver Surfer by Stan Lee & John Buscema (Marvel Comics) Strip Most Needing Improvement – X-Men (Marvel Comics) Strip Most Desired for Revival – Adam Strange (DC Comics) Newspaper Strip Section Best Adventure Strip – Prince Valiant, by Hal Foster Best Human Interest Strip – On Stage (also known as Mary Perkins, On Stage), by Leonard Starr Best Humor Strip – Peanuts, by Charles Schulz Best Humor Panel – Dennis the Menace, by Hank Ketcham Best Miscellaneous Strip – Feiffer, by Jules Feiffer Hall of Fame – Peanuts, by Charles Schulz Fan Activity Section Best Limited Reproduction Fanzine – ConcussionBest Unlimited Reproduction Fanzine – Graphic Story MagazineBest Fan Artist – John Fantucchio Best Comic Strip Writer – Larry Herndon Best Fan Project – The Alley Awards First issues by title Charlton Comics Ghost Manor Release: July. Editor: Sal Gentile. DC Comics Bat Lash