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Vinny Valenti
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The Colors and Editing results alone make me suspicious of the rest.
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Doug Centers
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| Posted: 25 January 2025 at 8:36pm | IP Logged | 2
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Mike's is a favorite of mine. Invaluable spot for research. I'm on it several times a week.
Do we have a majority on what is JB's first professional published work? I've read a couple of different things and none match my own research.
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Steve Coates
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JB, when did you became a professional?
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John Byrne
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My first professional sale was to THE MONSTER TIMES, a New York based tabloid, just a few weeks before my 21st birthday, in 1971. (54 years ago!!!!!!!!)
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Doug Centers
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Yes, THE MONSTER TIMES was one of those cited. Listed "DO NOT DISTURB" issue #16 Oct. '72 as your first.I got a bunch of those TMT and I found this one from #13 July '72 when it was eventually printed. Love the TOS references!
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Doug Centers
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Mark Haslett
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Very cool!
Some dates:
If Fantastic Four 32 marked the end of young John Byrne's reading days, that was late 1964.
Then John Byrne, professional cartoonist, lands his first job, and that was mid-1971.
I'm sure those middle 6 years felt like an eternity, but realizing the first pages of X-Men Elsewhen were penciled 6 years ago now makes that period from fan-to-pro sound like the blink of an eye!
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John Byrne
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Didn’t feel like it, I can assure you. Six years now seems like nothing, but back then—well, six years was almost a quarter of my life!
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Mark Haslett
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Possibly contributing to the sensation of how long those years were is the historical oddity that 1964-1971 experienced an exceptional amount of change.
In many ways (TOO MANY ways) 2025 does not feel tremendously different from 2019.
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Paul Wills
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Those pages are great. You can see hints of what's to come! Also really like the cigarette smoke forming the title.
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