My son got me a subscription to Marvel Ultimate three or so years ago. I've read some new stuff, but mostly I re-read comics I've not read in many a year. My collecting years ran roughly from 1974 to 1985, with plenty of back issues from earlier in the 70s. I have many fond memories, but I also have memories that surprise me. Once such happened yesterday.
I was reading Man-Thing, in the stretch by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik. In one issue, the human who became Man-Thing was briefly changed back into his human self. Someone called to him. Sallis!
I read that, and my brain dutifully said, "Ted Sallis".
Now, that issue is from 1974. I have not read it since it appeared. I can't image that I read Ted Sallis' full name very many times, yet there it lay, like a forgotten treasure in a lost cave, until suddenly one day it burst forth. Not, I admit, a particularly big burst, but there it was, even so.
Brains are weird.
I was reading Man-Thing, in the stretch by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik. In one issue, the human who became Man-Thing was briefly changed back into his human self. Someone called to him. Sallis!
I read that, and my brain dutifully said, "Ted Sallis".
Now, that issue is from 1974. I have not read it since it appeared. I can't image that I read Ted Sallis' full name very many times, yet there it lay, like a forgotten treasure in a lost cave, until suddenly one day it burst forth. Not, I admit, a particularly big burst, but there it was, even so.
Brains are weird.