December 1969

"With the most profound regret, we sorrowfully announce the untimely death of George Klein.
George had been associated with the Bullpen for a period spanning more than two decades as both penciller and inker. He was also a gifted painter, a valued friend, and a gentleman in the truest sense of the word."

From Fantastic Four, Vol. 1, No. 93

November 1969

"You asked for it - and even if you didn't, you got it! For several years we've been receiving boatloads of requests to do an up-to-date photo feature on all our Bullpen yahoos![...]
You can hang 'em loose - hang 'em on a wall - or hang 'em in effigy - but buy a few copies, okay? We've gotta make enough extra dough to pay for a cracked Polaroid!"

From Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1, No. 78
Bullpen Gallery from Fantastic Four Annual, Vol. 1, No. 7

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October 1969

"Starting as soon as possible, we're abandoning our policy of continued stories! Yep, that means we'll try to make every Marvel masterwork complete in each issue! [...]
It's gonna make our job much tougher - we'll have to shorten our plots - perhaps tone down on our sub-plots, and tighten our pacing. But it's the least we can do for our rollickin' readers, and it'll be fun to see how it works out."

From Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1, No. 77

September 1969

"Have you noticed that our x-travagantly x-citing X-Men sagas are back to 20 full pages again? When we saw the powerful, pulsatin' pencil-work of Nefarious Neal Adams - not to mention the incredible inking of Terrific Tom Palmer - we figured that it would be a crime to deprive a wildly waiting world those extra five pages!"

From Captain America, Vol. 1, No. 117

August 1969

"It's finally reached the point where we MUST raise our selling price to 15¢ [From 12¢] or sacrifice the quality of our comics - and THAT we would never do...
But now, let's look at the bright side - today you can buy your majestic Marvel mags even faster... 'cause you don't have to fumble around with pennies!
Just another glowing example of how we strive eternally to make your life easier."

From Incredible Hulk, Vol. 1, No. 118

July 1969

"It suddenly occurred to us to take a totally useless survey of how many of Bullpen bigwigs are sporting beards these days.
When we got thru counting we realized that almost a cool ten percent are fuzz-faces! Wanna know who?"

From Captain America, Vol. 1, No. 115

June 1969

"Here's an announcement we make with mixed emotions. Jack (King) Kirby and family are moving to California.
In fact, by the time you read this, the King will already be settled on the shores of the blue Pacific!
But, don't panic, pilgrim - he'll still be doing his bit for the Bullpen, same as ever."

From Incredible Hulk, Vo. 1, No. 116

May 1969

"Speaking of interesting visitors - and we've had 'em all, from famous director Federico Fellini, to prize-winning playwright William Gibson, to the master satirist Harvey Kurtzman..."

From Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1, No. 72

April 1969

"We don't know if you're a far-out radical, or Mr. Establishment himself - if you're a black militant or a white liberal - if you're a pantin' protest marcher or a Jolly John Bircher - but, whatever you are, don't get bogged down by kindergarten labels!"

From Fantastic Four, Vol. 1, No. 85

March 1969

"Everyone's talking about Bashful Barry Smith, the surprising new staffer we just imported from merrie old England!
Barry's artwork is just not to be believed!"

From Captain America, Vol. 1, No. 111

February 1969

"...Here's an amazing coincidence.
You aren't answering your letters, and I'm not buying your comics."

From Incredible Hulk, Vol. 1, No. 112

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