The typesetting computer! At the point of Marvel moving downtown, I was the guy who ran this thing. I had some prior experience at an ad agency– not much– but enough to convince the bosses that I knew enough! This was a painstakingly engineered monster made by Mergenthaller Linotype– the same guys who had made “hot type” — yes; molten lead set into lines of type!– but who wanted to try to enter the “cold type” world. For Marvel, it was a leap into a distant future. Prior, a dear fellow named Stan Aaron, used a special IBM Typesetting Selectric– which was used to make every Stan’s Soapbox and letter collumn for a generation! Also, every “CONTINUED NEXT PAGE” and page number plus all that legal junk on the first page. And yes; I was working right up to the last minute!
The typesetting computer! At the point of Marvel moving downtown, I was the guy who ran this thing. I had some prior experience at an ad agency– not much– but enough to convince the bosses that I knew enough! This was a painstakingly engineered monster made by Mergenthaller Linotype– the same guys who had made “hot type” — yes; molten lead set into lines of type!– but who wanted to try to enter the “cold type” world. For Marvel, it was a leap into a distant future. Prior, a dear fellow named Stan Aaron, used a special IBM Typesetting Selectric– which was used to make every Stan’s Soapbox and letter collumn for a generation! Also, every “CONTINUED NEXT PAGE” and page number plus all that legal junk on the first page. And yes; I was working right up to the last minute!
