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Marvel Comics, 1971

A Rolling Stone article from 1971 about Marvel comics (via LMG) has interesting interviews with Marie Severin (who has some shudder-inducing comments about fans visiting the Marvel offices), Herb Trimpe (artist on The Hulk), Roy Thomas (a fan living the dream), Jim Steranko (a fascinating character who tells about his youth as an amateur locksmith, escape artist and juvenile delinquent. Here’s a very cool fan page for Steranko) and Stan Lee.
I think LMG might have picked up the link from this thread on the Comics Journal board, where someone posed the question when did Marvel jump the shark? and surprisingly, got some interesting answers. (link to the thread via Fanboy Rampage, a blog which provides the invaluable service of reading the comics message boards so that you won’t have to).