In 1969 on my first day of work at Marvel Comics they found me a small table and chair in a corner. Literally. Marvel in those days had only two real offices, Stan’s and Sol Brodsky’s. Sol was the production manager, which meant he handled anything Stan didn’t want to,…
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…the development of the “mighty, raging fury” inside Bruce Banner, who, he revealed, was the product of an abusive home. I looked it over. I thought it was brilliant, one of the best comics stories I’d ever seen. I offered Barry a contract and an advance. He turned me down…
…took up a corner of that room. We were the two new guys. We became friends, and remain friends…at least until he reads this. Rog wanted to write comics. He hadn’t done any writing for DC or Marvel at that point. I don’t know whether he had any published work…
…down to 575 Mad Ave from Inwood where he lived quick like a Killer Bee. Whatever. Chris was there when Belushi showed up. We gave Belushi the tour. He seemed more excited to meet us and see the offices of Marvel Comics than we were to meet him, if that’s…
…many of the old principles still apply, or are instructive. If you look at ancient comics, I’m talking Golden Age through the early 1980’s—and especially the earlier ones, when, in my opinion, more colorists had a clue—you’ll notice certain patterns. Ever notice that to this day, heroes tend to be…
…me to help her develop a comic book series based on Kabbalah. Denise worked at Marvel during my early years there, the mid-to-late 1970’s. She worked in the production department for a while then became a freelance letterer and art production person. Some of the more verbose writers didn’t like…
…“Ingest excrement and expire.” 6. Stan Lee, jokingly: “I’m surrounded by assassins.” All right, maybe only half-jokingly. 7. Marvel Publisher Mike Hobson to me: “Sometimes, at the end of the day, the only satisfaction you have is knowing that you behaved properly.” 8. Red Sonja artist Frank Thorne, rationalizing regarding…
…by Managing Director Robert Sutherland, and once in a while, I’d go there at Robert’s behest, or at Marvel President Jim Galton’s behest to work with or coach the Marvel U.K. editorial staff or confer with Robert regarding some business matter. Generally, if I went anywhere in Europe, say the…
The road that led to Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars actually began when Kenner Toys licensed the DC Universe for a boys’ action figure line. Their competitor, Mattel, already had their He-Man action figure line, which was doing very well, but wanted to hedge the bet in case comic book…
Here’s what happened: Chris, X-Men editor Jim Salicrup and I went to lunch at the Ultimate Lotus, a Chinese restaurant that happened to be in the same building as Marvel (575 Madison Avenue) to discuss a new story arc for the X-Men. Freewheeling, I pointed out that while Marvel had…