… that I began my staff position at Marvel Comics as Associate Editor in the British Reprint Department.

More importantly, it was the day I met my wife.

I’ve shared these photos before, but on a day like today, I feel moved to share them again.

Here I am at my desk in the Bullpen, a wall of that month’s covers behind me:

And here’s my Marvel Comics ID, with a photo taken, I believe, one year into my employment there:

There’s no possible way I could overstate how that day changed my life.

And I’d be remiss if I didn’t pause to mourn and remember Duffy Vohland, who died of AIDS in 1982, and without whom that day would never have occurred. Thanks for everything, Duffy.