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Dennis O’Neil has been writing comics for decades! He’s best known for his work on gritty heroes like Batman, the Question, Green Arrow and the Shadow. He got a letter printed in Fantastic Four #53 (cover date – August 1966).

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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”!

Gerry Conway has written tons of comics. His writing credits include a who’s who list of the top characters from both big publishers including Avengers, Batman, Captain America, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Justice League, Spider-Man and Superman. He got a letter printed in Fantastic Four #50 (cover date – May 1966), praising the creation of the Inhumans.

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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 letter printed in Fantastic Four #49 (cover date – April 1966).

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Here’s another letter from Dave Cockrum, X-Men artist. This one was published in Fantastic Four #49 (cover date – April 1966). In it, Cockrum complains about Stan & Jack creating “continued” stories. I suppose he’d prefer all one-and-done tales. He also suggests that the Inhumans get their own series (they later do!) and comments rather poignantly on Dragon Man.

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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”!

I just posted a Don McGregor letter weeks ago – and here’s another one! This one was published in Fantastic Four #48 (cover date – March 1966) – the first appearances of the Watcher, Galactus and Silver Surfer! In the letter he explains that he’ll soon be leaving for the service … but have no fear! … for, his fiancee will be buying the newest issue of the Fantastic Four for him, each month. What a gal! And, nice guys that they are, Marvel offered him a free subscription to the FF while he was in the service. I wonder how many similar letters this kind act spurred.

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Dave Cockrum was the artist on the now-famous “all-new, all-different” version of the X-Men that featured a new group of international mutants including Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Storm. His first run as artist lasted for about a year until he was replaced by John Byrne in 1977. Cockrum returned to the title for another run in 1981. After about a year and a half, Cockrum resigned from the X-Job to create his own group of super-heroes: the Futurians. His letter, from Fantastic Four #44 (cover date – November 1965), accuses Stan Lee of ripping off lines from Ian Fleming’s James Bond series.

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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 #42 (cover date – August 1965).

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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”!

George R.R. Martin (HBO’s Game of Thrones is based on his A Song of Ice and Fire series) is back again with another letter to the Fantastic Four. This one was published in Fantastic Four #34 (cover date – January 1965). Here he is chastising Marvel for letting their Special Announcements Section devolve into nothing but boring, uninteresting advertisements – instead of the hot source of news he once loved.

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As previously seen, George R.R. Martin (HBO’s Game of Thrones is based on his A Song of Ice and Fire series) was a Fantastic Four. Here’s another letter that he got published in Fantastic Four #32 (cover date – November 1964) at the age of 17. In this letter he pokes fun at Reed Richards who pronounced the Puppet Master dead in issue #8 … only to find the villain alive again in issue #14. Some scientist, huh?

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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”!

Mike Friedrich wrote plenty of comics during the bronze age for both Marvel and DC. He had runs on Batman, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Justice League of America, Ka-Zar and many other titles including a nearly-three-year run on Iron Man. He got a letter printed in Fantastic Four #31 (cover date – October 1964). In the letter he proposes a question that’s been asked for decades since – “Why do super-heroes have to fight every time they bump into each other?”

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