But he always used it. '58. LARRY LIEBER: I didn't know. "I was drawing, but I was slow. LARRY LIEBER: No. LARRY LIEBER: He made up a character and he wanted and he asked me to write it. No. LARRY LIEBER: Thank me for Anthony Stark. It didn't appeal to me. 1962). "They needed superhero-reprint covers, and I could do them somewhat in Kirby's style. a little space for myself or something, and I wanted to do a little drawing again. It would be panel by panel. Q: Okay. I didn't think about it at all. According to Disney, Larry Lieber, the brother of late Marvel editor and publisher Stan Lee, and the heirs of the other artists served notices on the company indicating they were terminating Marvel Family: Father- Jack Lieber Mother- Celia Lieber Brother- Larry Lieber Sister- Not Known: Religion: Judaism: Ethnicity/Race: Jewish: Address (Fan Mail) Pow! MR. TOBEROFF: Objection. (break in testimony) LARRY LIEBER: No. LARRY LIEBER: Okay. Q: Do you know the story behind the creation of Thor? Geni requires JavaScript! Jury finds Harvard professor Charles Lieber guilty of hiding ties to China Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard's chemistry department, has been convicted of lying to the university and the . Also I think its even more dramatic than [the] Spider-Man [comic strip]". Q: Did you see any artwork on Thor before you wrote the script? I can make certain changes, if I wish, and all that, but it's a full script, which I welcome. It's easy on the letterer; they're going to be using it all the time. . Now, I knew nothing about black-and-white comics, right? Q: You also at times did artwork? I had a furnished room in somebody's apartment. He hired Lieber to be editor of the Atlas black-and-white comics-magazines, and additionally hired Warren Publishing veteran Jeff Rovin to edit the color comic-book line, which soon fell under Lieber's editorship.[25]. And at that The Larry Lieber Deposition For The Kirby Family Vs Marvel Lawsuit . Or else I I either brought it to the office and handed it to Stan, who must have sent it, or else I sent it. He scripted and occasionally also drew the odd Western or Sgt. He also wrote the newspaper Spider-Man comic strip for years. [22], With the end of his run on Rawhide Kid, Lieber found little further Marvel work. And I I saw it as an opportunity to have some of his originals to keep, to look at and study, and so I took them out of the trash can. At this point, business was bad, and I tried to do what I could. 7. So I couldn't do that, I couldn't work. [11] This included creating the names of their respective alter egos: Don Blake, Tony Stark, and Henry Pym. MS. SINGER: Good work. Can you tell me what did a script look like? But now it was impossible. Dr. Lawrence Lieber, MD is an Orthopedic Surgery Specialist in Downers Grove, IL and has over 42 years of experience in the medical field. LARRY LIEBER: No. [19], Lieber in 1999 remembered circumstances less hyperbolically: "Thor was just another story. As Lieber explained, Lee, wasn't always the most patient person and I had problems [writing] the dialogue and he said, "Why did you say that? And so, no, not that I recall. LARRY LIEBER: Yes. Q: Okay. He looked a little surprised and walked away, and then I stopped writing it and he would I don't know if he was writing it or somebody else, but they gave it another name, which I believe was the authentic name from Bulfinch's Mythology. Larry Lieber studied at the Pratt Art Institute, Brooklyn, New York, and the Art Students League, New York City. [2][29][31] Lieber also penciled the Sunday page again from 1990 through at least 1995. Then you would bring it to the office? LARRY LIEBER: I would think during that period I always did, but there was a time but I don't know when it was, that's why I started to say that when I once or twice did it differently. [23], With the end of his run on Rawhide Kid, Lieber found little further Marvel work. All I thought of was will Stan like this or will he tell me, 'Larry, this isn't good, you can't do this.' No, I I, no, it it came when Jack moved on to doing super-heroes. Q: And is it fair to say you don't know when those legends first started appearing? (break in testimony) Would he LARRY LIEBER: I would imagine it's a statement of some kind that you sign or you write. On the checks you received for your freelance work, did they have language stating that your work was work made for hire? I I wrote a few books, the first issue or the first couple issues, yes. No. There was nothing about this most . Japanese Toilets, Star Trek: Picard Showrunner on Jurati Borg, "Real Borg" S03 Statuses. I don't know. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Oct 26 1931 - New York City, New York, USA, Oct 26 1931 - Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, Jacob Aaron Lieber, Celia Lieber (born Solomon), Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194676861/jacob-aaron-lieber, New York, New York County, NY, United States. That was it. agent Susan seeks the Hulk. . I used to get names out of the back of the dictionary, from the biographical section where you have foreign names, Russian, this and that. MS. SINGER: Objection. We went to a typewriter store on Lexington Avenue and I paid for it, sure. I don't, yeah, I don't know how it came about that way and why I moved on. 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"[8], Atlas/Seaboard and return to Marvel[edit] In 1974, Lieber left Marvel to take on an editorship at Atlas/Seaboard Comics, the term that comic book historians and collectors use to refer to the "Atlas Comics" line published by Seaboard Periodicals, to differentiate it from the 1950s Marvel Comics predecessor Atlas Comics. "[15], Lieber's earliest, tentatively confirmed pre-superhero Marvel script is for the six-page Don Heck-illustrated "I Am the Beast-Man" in Strange Tales #77 (Oct. 1960), and his first confirmed is the 13-page "I Led the Strange Search for Manoo", penciled by Kirby and inked by Dick Ayers, in Amazing Adventures #2 (July 1961). LARRY LIEBER: Well, when the when the I give a I'm a little unclear about leaving the superheroes and going to Rawhide Kid. Larry D. Lieber [1] (born October 26, 1931) [2] is an American comic book artist and writer, and the younger brother of Marvel Comics' writer, editor and publisher Stan Lee. Q: And where would how would you get the idea for the story? He would give it written to me. Q: If you look at the center of the page, you see a line going through the center of the first page, the third, fourth, fifth and sixth pages? Larry Lieber. v. Kirby et al. Q: What how did you come to work on Rawhide Kid? And it was kind of fun and he liked what I did. Larry Lieber is an American artist who was born in 1931. LARRY LIEBER: Yes. What was the form it came in? LARRY LIEBER: Yes. I didn't think much about it because I felt the only reason I was doing it was to get paid, you know. LARRY LIEBER: Oh, no. LARRY LIEBER: I don't know the year, you know, all the years and I don't know if it was. They could go from one to another, and some of the artists would actually play, you know, one company against another in the sense of saying, "Oh, I've been offered more money there," so if the art director wanted to keep him, he had to, you know, give him give him a little more. As he notes, this material is sure to be dissected at the atomic level for years to come. Both are captured by the mysterious Mr. Nash, who wants to clone the Hulk. LARRY LIEBER: Yes. I remember, at the time, I wanted to make everything serious. [26][27] With co-scripter Gary Friedrich primarily, Lieber wrote the hero's seven-page lead feature in the weekly Captain Britain #24-37 (March 23 - June 22, 1977),[28] and, with co-writer Jim Lawrence, Captain Britain adventures in Marvel UK's Super Spider-Man #233-246 (July 27-Oct. 26, 1977). Abraham Riesman's new biography of Stan Lee takes readers to Romania, the homeland of Lee's ancestors, and to the small New York apartment of Lee's brother, Larry Lieber, for an at times . I would see what they're doing and go back or whatever the hell it was. He, he I never had to, you know, go home and do it again. No. Larry Lieb is a nationally known subject matter expert in the field of computer forensics and electronic discovery. I don't want to do that. It was the latter half of the 1960s when I became infatuated with Marvel Comics, among the favorites was Larry's Rawhide Kid. No. LARRY LIEBER: Yes. Q: And do you recall strike that. Yeah, something printed. I assumed, seeing a man walk out of the office and tear his artwork up, that or I thought probably they were rejected and he was annoyed or disgusted. For roughly a year and a half, he lived in the since-defunct Hotel Manhattan Towers, a residence hotel at Broadway and West 76th Street in Manhattan. [25], When Atlas went under in late 1975, Lieber received six months severance pay and spent time trying to devise a newspaper comic strip for syndication. 2. So it wouldn't look like it wouldn't just be a short story, it would be it would describe the [29], The Hulk was kind of popular on television, and so I drew The [Incredible] Hulk. Q: Do you know who came up with the idea for Thor? Lieber also wrote and penciled two Spider-Man stories, in Web of Spider-Man #21 and 25 (Dec. 1986, April 1987). Larry Lieber, who scripted the initial appearances of Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, Loki, Fin Fang Foom, and other heroic and villainous characters in the Marvel Universe, has sued Marvel/Disney for a bigger portion of the pie. Larry has testified in both Federal and State courts on the subjects of computer . Stan Lee was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics. Q: When you received were you always paid by check from Marvel? Danny Earls, courtesy of a tweet from Gail Simone, and some rather fine sample pages, has secured himself gigs with both Marvel and DC Comics. Well, Marvel was at that time putting out black and white, what we call black and white books. No. I made up a plot and I brought it in to the editor, and the editor thought it wasn't good enough and told me to go back and rewrite it, the plot, work on it some more, develop it. LARRY LIEBER: The civilian name of Don Blake I made up. I don't recall. Lieber in 1999 remembered circumstances less hyperbolically: "Thor was just another story. Q: And how did you come up with his name? LARRY LIEBER: Yes, I see the line. Q: Please. Q: And just to be clear, the when you wrote the script for Ant-Man, that was also with the full breakdown of the panels? I used to get names out of the back of the dictionary, from the biographical section where you have foreign names, Russian, this and that. He still gave me work, he didn't want to take work away, but they were putting out a few more books. Q: You mentioned Jack Kirby. 3 references. Join Facebook to connect with Larry Lieber and others you may know. Though he gave up the role of regular artist in Spring 1979 and the role of regular writer in mid-1982, he would still write and draw the occasional installment until the strip's end in September 1982. Cross the Rainbow Bridge into the eternal realm of Asgard, and meet Thor's royal family for the first time! Q: Have you scotch-taped them together? After the debut Iron Man story in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963), however, Lee replaced Lieber with Robert Bernstein, writing as "R. Berns", for the next seven issues before taking over the reins himself for a few stories before giving Don Rico, as "N. Korok", a two-issue stint. Q: That was my next question. One of the things I had to do was to cut rates and tell people they were going to make less money, which was not an enviable position. Though he gave up the role of regular artist in Spring 1979 and the role of regular writer in mid-1982, he would still write and draw the occasional installment until the strip's end in September 1982. MS. SINGER: Objection. [11], In 1978, Lieber began penciling and sometimes inking the new daily and Sunday comic strip The Incredible Hulk,[29] written by Lee and syndicated by the Register and Tribune Syndicate. But it didn't last too long and but I don't remember when these things were. Did you come up with any of the other elements of Iron Man? So that was my first victory if you want to call that a victory, right. Stan Lee Children. Larry D. Lieber[1] (born October 26, 1931)[2] is an American comic book artist and writer, and the younger brother of Marvel Comics' writer, editor and publisher Stan Lee. Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber December 28, 1922 - November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, and publisher. Enjoyed this? '"[13] In 1958, following an economic downturn for the publisher and the firing of virtually all the comics staffers save Lee, "Stan said he wanted somebody to help him write, and he had nobody then; he was doing it all himself. I said, 'I'm not really a writer.' MS. SINGER: Yes, carrying over. It didn't work out too well, and Jeff finally left angrily or something, and I had to take over all his books. Lieber Married Celia Solomon May 5th, 1920; Manhattan, NY NY Marriage Cert # 013005 Residence records include: ===== 510 Brinley Ave, Apt 10 Beadley Beach, NJ (1955) Father of: ===== Stanley Martin Lieber, aka Stan Lee . Son of Simon Lieber and Minnie (?) I also, you know, I also, in doing this, I had to use the sense of the visual. LARRY LIEBER: Yes, I I remember I went with Stan and I bought it once. LARRY LIEBER: You mean the in the story parts? LARRY LIEBER: Stan offered me I had to earn a living. Larry Lieber was born in Manhattan, New York City, the second child of Romanian-Jewish immigrant parents Celia (ne Solomon) and Jack Lieber, and the brother of Stanley Martin Lieber, later known as Marvel Comics editor and impresario Stan Lee. Martin Goodman the owner, was the referred-to cousin. After a while, I did better and I and I enjoyed it. I try to finish it, but sometimes I can't, so he just sees roughs, but that is good enough for him to get the idea if I captured the scene right. Larry Lieber was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, the second child of Romanian Jewish immigrant parents Celia (Solomon) and Jack Lieber, and the brother of the nearly nine years older Stanley Martin Lieber, later best known as Marvel Comics editor and impresario Stan Lee. LARRY LIEBER: No. I didn't think about it at all. Q: So you got paid for the script but you weren't paid for your redoing the plot a number of times? Q: Can you tell me how you came into possession specifically of these drawings? Larry Lieber, interview by Daniel Best http://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com.au/2007lerry%20Lieber%20Geni/08/look "It [comic book publishing] was in my family really. Q: And you say, "They were full scripts and I didn't think of Jack when I wrote it at all. In the mid . Celia had one brother: Joseph Solomon. Q: Okay. I used to like to draw and copy them and so on. Mother of: Stanley Martin Lieber, aka Stan Lee Lawrence D. "Larry" Lieber (B2610310R) Burial: 17 Dec 1947 NY, NY City Municipal Deaths (FamilySearch) Thank you, Shannon. "[24] He considered seeking work at rival DC Comics, as some other Marvel writers and artists did, but found, "I was the only one who could never do that because that was the price for Stan being my brother. He hired Lieber to be editor of the Atlas black-and-white comics-magazines, and additionally hired Warren Publishing veteran Jeff Rovin to edit the color comic-book line, which soon fell under Lieber's editorship.[24]. Walt Disney Co. has targeted several legendary comic book artists with lawsuits seeking to decisively establish that it owns the rights to Marvel superheroes they helped create. Stan, I guess. Larry Lieber is Stan Lee's younger brother and wrote Marvel books in the sixties such as Iron Man, Thor and Rawhide Kid. [3] When he was six months old, the family moved to The Bronx, [4] settling at 1720 University . Stan Lee's father was of Romanian descent. I believe I did. LARRY LIEBER: I don't know, but I guess I I had been writing so many. Lieber recalled in 1999 he had written some or all of these stories himself, "because I remember Stan was saying to me, 'You write romances really well. Q: Did you ever work on the comic Thor? Facebook gives people the power to. June, the end of June. He remembered writers from the past. I used to go to it and gets parts of names to put together."[17]. LARRY LIEBER: The same way as the other. For others, I don't think that was the case. Q: And what was your involvement with Iron Man? [18] MR. TOBEROFF: Just a second. [25][26] With co-scripter Gary Friedrich primarily, Lieber wrote the hero's seven-page lead feature in the weekly Captain Britain #24-37 (March 23 - June 22, 1977), and, with co-writer Jim Lawrence, Captain Britain adventures in Marvel UK's Super Spider-Man #233-246 (July 27-Oct. 26, 1977). Good pause. And Don Blake I just thought sounded like a doctor and, you know, to fit the personality. It didn't appeal to me. LARRY LIEBER: No. I wanted to leave, so I left. LARRY LIEBER: It seems that way. l/lieber_larry. LARRY LIEBER: I just made it up, as far as I know. It would be sent to the artist, I would guess. I didn't think anything of it, so I don't remember if it lasted until '65 or when it stopped or occasionally or whatever. Anthony Stark. LARRY LIEBER: Stan. Q: Did you ever did you have any contact with the story after you turned it in and made whatever changes? Q: Do you know what would happen to the script after Stan went over it and made whatever changes? Stan was writing it and after a while The Hulk wasnt doing well and Stan decided to give it up, or give up his part. Hexagon Comics celebrates the 60th anniversary of Barbarella by releasing two comic books by Jean-Claude Forest, for the first time in English. Lee then took over as regular writer for the next few years. Larry Lieber is an American comic book artist, known for drawing Marvel's 'Rawhide Kid' and the newspaper strips of the 'Incredible Hulk' and 'The Amazing Spider-Man'. Q: And how did you come to work for Marvel? MR. TOBEROFF: Go ahead. Q: What was Ant-Man's name? Herman "Pete" Lieber was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 7, 1944 to parents Kurt. Q: And did you pay for that typewriter? I didn't do enough of the superheroes to know whether I'd like them. LARRY LIEBER is one of the more overlooked, underrated and as such forgotten men from the Silver Age of Marvel comics. And again, I made up the civilian name. What I didn't prefer was the style that was developing. I know that at the time I wanted what's the expression? Q: For all the time you worked there? How would he give that to you? We're going to focus today on the period from 1958 to 1965, so that's fine. LARRY LIEBER: Yes, Stan Lee. I I liked it was an opportunity for me to write and draw the same strip, and that appealed to me. LARRY LIEBER: and I made it up." He said, "Oh, you could have said this. David Banner seeks a cure while C.I.A. Larry Lee is the younger brother of Stan Lee and was born on October 26th, 1931. LARRY LIEBER: Stan Lee. That started out with my brother writing it and me drawing it, penciling it, and it didn't do well and he finally said I could write it, and I wrote that for a while. He recalled in 1999 he had written some or all of these stories himself, "because I remember Stan was saying to me, 'You write romances really well. UPDATE: The files below are from the submitted documents by Marvel to the judge in the continuing lawsuit, and are intended to reflect Marvel's case. Do you know whether strike that. Stan was writing it and after a while The Hulk wasn't doing well and Stan decided to give it up, or give up his part. "They needed superhero-reprint covers, and I could do them somewhat in Kirby's style. I didn't do enough of the superheroes to know whether I'd like them. Q: And that's because they had purchased it from you? As Lieber recalled it to comics historian Daniel Best, "My mother died when I was 16. I didn't want to give a light tone to it. [20] For another series, starring the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four, Lieber co-created the longstanding supervillain the Wizard in Strange Tales #102 (Nov. So he did. [3] When he was six months old, the family moved to The Bronx,[4] settling into at 1720 University Avenue, which Lee described as a one-bedroom, "third-floor apartment facing out back", with him and Larry sharing a bedroom and his parents using a foldout couch. MS. SINGER: Objection. both New York City and Indianapolis. How? He said, Larry if you want, you can write The Hulk and draw it. LARRY LIEBER: What was the question, if I may? He is the younger brother of Stan Lee, the creator of numerous Marvel superheroes. I don't think so, LARRY LIEBER: Yes, it's correct. Q: Do you know of other, any other writers or artists who are working freelance, on a freelance basis with Marvel, who at that time were also submitting freelance work to other comic book publishers? Comics are different from novels in that it's a visual medium, so you have to be know that. LARRY LIEBER: Stan. Now, onto the deposition of Larry Lieber: LARRY LIEBER: I I know I was doing, sometime back, I did The Hulk newspaper strip. In 2008, he was one of two recipients of that year's Bill Finger Award, which annually honors one living and one deceased comics creator. Well, if it was seven-page story, I would have each page what was on the page. [8], Lieber, who credits Lee as a good editor, writer and writing teacher, said his brother made very few editorial changes to Lieber's scripts. LARRY LIEBER: Okay, I didn't know the term. And there were other people in the office, but nobody else seemed to have noticed this, which I was glad about, and I just took them, walked over to where I was sitting and put them in my case. I don't remember when I first got them. LARRY LIEBER: Years later. Q: None whatsoever? LARRY LIEBER: Yes. Q: There's a reference here to "Marvel style." Stan had his own way of writing and his own using as few words as possible, making them count, and he he was a good editor. He graduated from Finch University Of Health Sciences Chicago Medical School in 1981. a little space for myself or something, and I wanted to do a little drawing again. Born: 1931 October 26 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Notes: To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry. [11] Because it was not standard industry practice during this time to give writer and artist credits, Lieber may have supplied more. But if you didn't come into the office, I don't remember if they sent them to you. Q: Okay. Q: Okay. LARRY LIEBER: Stan Lee. Yeah, I would bring it to the office. He was putting out color comics, and he was also going to put out black-and-white comics like Warren and Marvel. Larry D. Lieber [1] ( / libr /; born October 26, 1931) [2] is an American comic book artist and writer. LARRY LIEBER: In those days, yes. (break in testimony) Larry Lee - Brother. LARRY LIEBER: Yes. Find out about Stan Lee's family tree, family history, ancestry, ancestors, genealogy, relationships and affairs! No. Q: You mentioned that you have never been deposed in a lawsuit before. Q: Do you know who, after you turned in the script, do you know who the artist was that drew Thor? LARRY LIEBER: Journey Into Mystery. Lieber is the younger brother of the late Marvel Comics writer, editor, and publisher Stan Lee. And what what did he provide you with or what did he ask you to do? Facebook gives people the power to. Q: Okay. I did my freelance work there. And usually for me, as I saw it, work wouldn't be rejected because they know who they're dealing with and they know what you can do. I don't remember when I first got them. LARRY LIEBER: I got the synopsis, the plot from Stan, and I wrote the first script of Thor. Q: Now, during the period when Marvel was buying your work, did you submit any work, whether scripts or artwork, to any other publishers? LARRY LIEBER: Yes. [8], In 1980 and 1981, concurrent with the Hulk strip, Lieber contributed some degree of penciling on the daily and Sunday comic strip The Amazing Spider-Man until Fred Kida took over as regular penciler. Q: Moving on to your a new subject career at Marvel, you testified that you began doing freelance work for Marvel in approximately June 1958; is that correct? IT GOT THREE . I'm a little unclear about leaving the superheroes and going to Rawhide Kid. Q: Okay. LARRY LIEBER: I think I had them at the very beginning when I started writing. I didn't hear anything, so I just that was my first assumption, but I didn't know. Larry Lieber (Lawrence D. Lieber) was born on 26 October, 1931 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, is a Writer, Miscellaneous. He is the younger brother of Marvel Comics ' writer, editor, and publisher Stan Lee . We didnt have television then and so there were newspaper comics and the comic books. Jeff Rovin came from Warren, and he knew nothing about color comics. So I don't really know. LARRY LIEBER: Yes. Strange, Ant-Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Falcon, Thor and others. I like it. Q: Yes. LARRY LIEBER: No. Entertainment, Inc. 9440 Santa Monica Blvd. He worked most of his life as a dress cutter in New York. But I always wrote a script here. No. Thanks to family connections, he got a job at the publishing company Timely. When he was six months old, the family moved to The Bronx, settling at 1720 University Avenue, which Lee . . I would see what theyre doing and go back or whatever the hell it was. Lieber largely left superheroes to write and pencil what would be his signature series, the Marvel Western Rawhide Kid, beginning with issue #41 (Aug. 1964) and continuing through 1973 (after which it became a reprint title). Fury war-comics story or a standalone tale in one of the Marvel line of black-and-white magazines such as Vampire Tales or Haunt of Horror. I know I made it short because I felt that Thor might be around a while and I was always worrying about the letterer or somebody. After that, after the Hulk, Stan left. Jack Lieber (father) (L-R) Stan, Jack, Larry and Celia. LARRY LIEBER: I remember well, I knew I had to do it fast, and the only thing I remember a little more vividly is with I think it was Jack Kirby where he would say Jack needs work and he was concerned about getting it to him. I wanted to leave, so I left. Marvel Comics founder and longtime publisher Martin Goodman had left Marvel in 1972, having sold the company in 1970, and launched this new company in June 1974 to go head-to-head with Marvel and DC Comics. Stan's Family Marvel Jack Lieber and Celia Lieber - Parents. LARRY LIEBER: No. Did you look at a book again? . Q: Okay. [8], In a 2010 interview Lieber described how he collaborated with Lee on The Amazing Spider-Man strip: "I get a full script. Awards[edit] Lieber was one recipient of the San Diego Comic-Con International's 2003 Inkpot Awards. LARRY LIEBER: No. He continues to pencil the Spider-Man daily strip as of 2014. LARRY LIEBER: Whether it was, you know, the various artists, yeah. Q: So not in the period 1958 to 1965? Or perhaps the freelancers had a different hour or different day, I don't know. LARRY LIEBER: Writing on the back, yes. Larry is also a co-creator of the Marvel Comics superheroes Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man and was an artist for the Amazing . Home My Books Q: And you were writing scripts? He originally wanted to be an artist, but he "draws too slowly" and his brother needed a writer . I didn't want to hear something like that." I'm not certain whether it was at the same time they were working for Marvel. I used to go to it and gets parts of names to put together."[17]. LARRY LIEBER: They I was in the office, the Marvel office. I remember in the early years seeing it. Dr. Lawrence D. Lieber is a Orthopedist in Lombard, IL. But I don't yeah, yeah, Stan. Q: And did you pay for your own supplies, whatever they were? Since I knew how to draw, I'd think, 'Oh, this shot will have a guy coming this way this shot will have a guy looking down on him,' and later I'd sit at the typewriter and type it up. Q: Did you ever work on did you ever get artwork that you would then write the dialogue for, or did you always write the script first? Fury war-comics story or a standalone tale in one of the Marvel line of black-and-white magazines such as Vampire Tales or Haunt of Horror. (I still retain an affection for western comics.) Check the Prices Tab on Desertwindcomics.com for witnessing and grading fees. Slowly surveying our entire, vast writing staff which mainly consisted of myself and any occasional freelancer who happened to wander in to make a free phone call my gaze happened to fall upon Larry Lieber and I remembered that he had many times expressed a desire to write a superhero story. Q: And where did you come up with that name? "[10] There Lieber began illustrating comic books; his first known credit is penciling and inking the four-page crime comics story "Cop on the Beat", by an unknown writer, in All True Crime #44 (cover-dated May 1951). He just didn't like my question. He was very easy, he was showing me. LARRY LIEBER: Yes. Yes, sure. 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