Early last year, I shared a photograph of me in front of the White House, a visit which occurred while I was attending the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention in Washington, D.C.

That’s me on the far right, in the company of Carl Gafford, Paul Levitz, and Steve Gilary. When I first posted this image, I bemoaned the fact that no crisp, clear original print existed of this moment, just a fading photocopy I’d made while on staff at Marvel Comics.

I learned today that I was wrong.

While looking at a few new images Paul Kupperberg added to his facebook page, I decided to browse his older photos, and found this:

Click through to see my 19-year-old unfaded self in all his hirsute glory, thanks to Paul, who snapped this photo nearly 35 years ago, and decided to hang onto it!