January 1969
"All we at Marvel ask is that our product be judged on the basis of quality - a quality which we sincerely believe is equal to that found in any other comparable media."From Incredible Hulk, Vol. 1, No. 111
"All we at Marvel ask is that our product be judged on the basis of quality - a quality which we sincerely believe is equal to that found in any other comparable media."
"Sooner or later, if man is ever to be worthy of his destiny, we must fill our hearts with tolerance."
"Rascally Roy Thomas, is knockin' 'em dead with his new Nehru threads and guru goatee! Groovy Gary Friedrich will be sending us his scripts from Hollywood for the next few months! Jazzy Johnny Romita bought himself a new set of wheels and now you can't even get him to walk across the street!"
"Wanna know the name of our newest writer? He's none other than Artful Arnold Drake, the lovable king-size leprechaun who combines his own unique dramatic quality with a fabulous flair for biting satire and crafty characterization!"
"And so, with heavy hearts, we announce the departure of one of the Bullpen's most popular pixies - Fabulous Flo Steinberg who bids us a fond farewell to seek her fortunes is another field of endeavor...
"That's the lowdown, loyal one. We don't want you to spend all your bread on our mags, honest. But, so long as the dramatic demand for them continues, we can't turn a deaf ear."
"To give you an idea how far in advance we have to write these pithy pages, it's the day after Christmas, 1967, at this very moment as we write these lines... but you'll probably be reading this sometime in April, 1968!When I was a kid, there was this series of hardcover juvenile adventure books featuring a character named Jerry Todd. They were something like the Hardy Boys, but they had a lot of humor mixed in with the adventure. And at the very end of each book, the publisher printed letters from the readers as well as responses from the author himself. It was so informal, so warm...it made me feel like I knew these guys and they cared about what their readers thought. I was surprised at the time other books didn't see what a great idea this was. I don't know if I consciously remembered those books when I set out to do the Bullpen page years later, or if I was unconsciously influenced and only afterwards realized where I got the idea from. I do know that talking to the readers informally and indirectly seemed like the natural thing to do."