Thursday, July 12, 2012

Message Least Likely To Be Reproduced In San Diego This Weekend

Reply to a letter printed in Amazing Spider-Man #7 (1963), wherein the writer was mildly, and in all likelihood with substantial tongue in cheek, dismissive of another company's comics offerings:

A more civilized time...
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5 comments:

  1. SiskoidJuly 12, 2012 at 8:16 AM

    And yet, those negative comments WERE printed. So a smooth case of having your cake and eating it to. Which you totally should. Cuz it's your cake, man.

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  2. Martin GrayJuly 12, 2012 at 9:21 AM

    Wouldn't it be nice to believe the editor was entirely sincere, though?

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  3. SiskoidJuly 12, 2012 at 9:23 AM

    Didn't mean to sound so cynical. I'm sure he was. The letter was used as an example of what not to do when writing to Marvel.

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  4. snellJuly 12, 2012 at 10:43 AM

    Given the timeframe, the editor was doubtless Stan himself.

    And the comment itself was pretty darned mild: "the competition now seems like echh!"

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  5. Martin GrayJuly 12, 2012 at 10:53 AM

    Could that be the origin of Brand Echh?

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