When Writing, I Model All The Heroes

I've Been Very Lucky. All I Wanted Was To Pay The Rent. Then These Characters Took Off And Suddenly There Were Hulk Coffee Mugs And Iron Man Lunchboxes And The Avengers Sweatshirts Everywhere. Money's Okay, But What I Really Like Is Working.

It's A Tremendous Challenge, Because There Have Been So Many Characters Created Over The Years. Every Time You Think You Come Up With A Great Name, You Find Out Somebody Has Already Done It. Dreaming Up The Stories Isn't That Hard, But Coming Up With A Good Title Is The Toughest Part.

Wherever We Find News, Excitement, Mystery And Adventure, There, Too, We Find The Newspaper Reporter. Always On The Alert For Something New, Ready To Risk His Very Life For A Scoop And Finding Adventure In Every Corner Of The Globe.

Once, I'd Written A Western Story, And One Of The Panels Was Just A Hand Holding A Six-shooter, And There Was A Puff Of Smoke Coming Out Of The Barrel, And A Straight Horizontal Line, Indicating The Trajectory Of The Bullet. So That Page Was Sent Back To Me From The Code Office, Saying That The Particular Panel Was Too Violent. I Asked Them What They Meant, And They Told Me--i Swear--"the Puff Of Smoke Is Too Big." Well, Of Course. So I Had The Artist Make The Smoke A Little Smaller, And The Youth Of America Was Saved.

I Like Silver Surfer Because He's The Most Philosophical, Always Philosophizing About The Human Race And The Human Condition And Why People Are The Way They Are, Why They Don't Appreciate This Wonderful Planet They Live On... He Has A Nice Moral Tone.