Happy 33rd Anniversary, Paul Kupperberg
On this day in 1975, Paul Kupperberg made his first professional sale to Charlton Comics. It was a five-page story titled "Distress" that would ultimately be published in the December 1975 issue of Scary Tales (pictured here) drawn by a kid named Mike Zeck.
Yes, Paul, you’re right — you’re o-o-old. On the other hand, you churned out a good 600+ comics stories since, created Checkmate, Arion, and Takion (how’d you miss creating Ion?) and they turned the cover of a comic book you wrote into a US postage stamp. Your page rate has even gone up since that first story.
And look at the bright side — you’re actually reading this. Which means that this isn’t an obituary post. At your advanced age, that’s always a concern.
Paul now works for the WWE, on their new "WWE Kids" magazine. He just got John Byrne to do a one pager about the Hardy Boys (the wrestlers, not the detencives) in outer space.I look forward to hearing that The Undertaker works for the Lords of Chaos.
Paul, Congrats on the amazing anniversary! Best,Chuck Fialahttp://www.swordandsarcasm.com/
I will pay Paul the biggest compliment I give anyone…I like him, he's one cool mofo.
You mean … Paul is still alive?!? *Gasp!* *Choke!*Hey, Paul! We'll have to get together and talk wrestling someday! I didn't know you were at the WWE.