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June 24, 1974: My first day at Marvel Comics (and the day I met you-know-who)

Posted by: Scott    Tags:  anniversary, comics, Irene Vartanoff, Marvel Comics    Posted date:  June 24, 2017  |  No comment


Forty-three years ago today, on June 24, 1974, I arrived at 575 Madison Avenue for the first day of my new job at Marvel Comics, looking something like this …

… where I was introduced to a young woman who looked something like this …

… and that was the end of that!





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