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January 12, 2012

Famous Fanmail #93 Mike W. Barr

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Mike W. Barr is a prolific comics writer that’s had his hands in Marvel, DC and creator-owned works. He’s written mainstays like Batman and Spider-Man for the big publishers, and he’s created well-regarded independents like the Maze Agency and the Ultraverse’s Mantra. He got a letter printed in Fantastic Four #131 (cover date – February 1973), imploring the writers to send Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) to college.

Fantastic Four letters page with Mike W. Barr

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January 5, 2012

Famous Fanmail #92 Bob Rozakis

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Writer and editor, Bob Rozakis, is known as DC’s “Answer Man” but, in the 1970s he was reading at least one Marvel Comic that we know of. He got a letter printed in Fantastic Four #116 (cover date – November 1971), imploring the writers to send Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) to college.

Fantastic Four letters page with Bob Rozakis

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December 29, 2011

Famous Fanmail #91 Neil Armstrong

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Fantastic Four #103 (cover date – October 1970) features a surly letter from Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon – and fellow astronauts “Buzz” Aldrin & Michael Collins. Was it really from them? Who knows?!

Fantastic Four letters page with Neil Armstrong

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December 22, 2011

Famous Fanmail #90 Alan Kupperberg

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Alan Kupperberg is a comics creator who’s written fill-in issues for Captain America, Iron Man, and other Marvel titles. He’s also illustrated fill-in issues of Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Captain America, the Defenders, Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider and many other Marvel titles. He had some short runs as the artist on titles like the Invaders and Thor and he was the artist on the Ice Man mini-series of the 1980s. He’s the only guy you can hold responsible for the one-shot, Obnoxio the Clown vs. the X-Men. Before his career began in the mid-1970s, he got a letter printed in Fantastic Four #101 (cover date – August 1970). Here, he weighed in the controversy of changing the name to the Fantastic Five to account for Crystal joining the team.

Fantastic Four letters page with Alan Kupperberg

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December 15, 2011

Famous Fanmail #89 J.M. DeMatteis

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J.M. DeMatteis has written some of my favorite, gone-too-soon comics. He wrote the third Man-Thing series from Marvel’s short-lived Strange Tales line of comics. Unfortunately, the final parts of that story were written (and I think some even pencilled) but never published. A few years later, he wrote the whimsical (And Wizard of Oz inspired) Abadazad, published by CrossGen. And, when that comic publisher folder, it was snapped up by Disney. Hmmm… Disney now owns Marvel Comics so maybe there’s hope they’ll revive this fantastic series. Anyway, he got a letter printed in Fantastic Four #101 (cover date – August 1970).

Fantastic Four letters page with J.M. DeMatteis

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December 8, 2011

Famous Fanmail #88 Don McGregor

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Yet another letter from writer, Don McGregor, to the Fantastic Four. This one was published in Fantastic Four #91 (cover date – October 1969). Unlike his last letter, this one is praising the improvement he’s noticed in the series.

Fantastic Four letters page with Don McGregor

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December 1, 2011

Famous Fanmail #87 Don McGregor

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Here’s another letter from writer, Don McGregor, to the Fantastic Four. This one was published in Fantastic Four #86 (cover date – May 1969).

Fantastic Four letters page with Don McGregor

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November 24, 2011

Famous Fanmail #86 Tony Isabella

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Tony Isabella is a writer that had his hands on lots of titles from Marvel’s bronze age: Ghost Rider, the Champions, Power Man, Iron Man and Captain America. Here, he pokes fun at Marvel’s past storylines involving identity-swapping. This letter was published in Fantastic Four #77 (cover date – August 1968).

Fantastic Four letters page with Tony Isabella

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November 17, 2011

Famous Fanmail #85 Don McGregor

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You may not be surprised to learn that most people in the comic business grew up reading comic books. However, you might be interested in knowing what they were reading. Here’s a look at “Famous Fanmail”!

Don McGregor has written a lot of comics. He’s also written a lot of good comics (an important distinction). Two of his most well-regarded runs were the Killraven features from Amazing Adventures (loosely based on H.G. Wells’ the War of the Worlds) and the Black Panther: Panther’s Rage storyline from Jungle Action. His graphic novel, Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species was actually published months before Will Eisner’s A Contract With God (which is widely considered “the first graphic novel”) and went on to later become an ongoing series. McGregor also went on to write non-super-hero comics, which was a bold move, at the time. He got a letter published in Fantastic Four #74 (cover date – May 1968).

Fantastic Four letters page with Don McGregor

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November 10, 2011

Famous Fanmail #84 Pete Von Sholly

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You may not be surprised to learn that most people in the comic business grew up reading comic books. However, you might be interested in knowing what they were reading. Here’s a look at “Famous Fanmail”!

Pete Von Sholly has written and illustrated a few comics through the years. His credits range from Zero (an underground comix series from the 1970s) to some stories in Dark Horse Presents in 2000. The bulk of his professional work is storyboard/design for movies. His IMDB profile lists over 50 works including Nightmare on Elm Street 4, the Mask, Mars Attacks, and the Cat in the Hat. Prior to all that, he got a letters printed in silver age Marvel comics. Here’s another one from Fantastic Four #62 (cover date – May 1967). In this letter, he analyzes the clues given about Crystal’s powers (which were then unrevealed). This issue is more famously known for debuting Blastaar!

Fantastic Four letters page with Pete Von Sholly

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