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In S/LSH # 243, Mr. Fatsi questions the LEGION OUTPOST lettercolumn how S/LSH can be on issue # 238, as that would mean the title began in 1949.
Paul Levitz explains that the title DID begin in 1949, but the Legion didn't start to share cover billing until issue 197.
One wonder if Thomas Fatsi is still out there in North Grosvenordale, CT figuring out what year OTHER long-running comics began publishing.
Does he still read Legion, or did he drop the book with the reboot? Did he live? Marry? Get fat? Die?
Maybe Cobie or Povvins can do some research since they're in CT too!
quote:Originally posted by MLLASH: In S/LSH # 243, Mr. Fatsi questions the LEGION OUTPOST lettercolumn how S/LSH can be on issue # 238, as that would mean the title began in 1949.
Paul Levitz explains that the title DID begin in 1949, but the Legion didn't start to share cover billing until issue 197.
One wonder if Thomas Fatsi is still out there in North Grosvenordale, CT figuring out what year OTHER long-running comics began publishing.
Does he still read Legion, or did he drop the book with the reboot? Did he live? Marry? Get fat? Die?
Maybe Cobie or Povvins can do some research since they're in CT too!
Thomas Fatsi, I SALUTE YOU!
Thomas Fatsi, I will find you!
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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I think it was a legitimate question. Fans, especially young fans, should not be expected to know every detail of the history of every comic they read.
I remember thinking that Captain America had first appeared in AVENGERS # 4, based on a timeline provided in a Marvel calender. I knew that Cap fought in World War II, but not that he was actually published then. So when an issue of INVADERS showed someone holding a CAPTAIN AMERICA comic book, I wrote in to request a no-prize, since characters living in the 1940s should not have a Cap comic. I got a nice postcard from Stan Lee's secretary (I think) correcting my misconception.
Besides, Thomas Fatsi's error wasn't the worst made by a fan in a lettercol. After SUPERBOY # 211 featured a flashback of Star Boy's court martial in ADV. # 342, someone complained that Thom wasn't even in the flashback. The editor dutifully pointed out that Star Boy was indeed in the panel, wearing his original costume.
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From: The Stasis Zone | Registered: Jul 2003
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He probably had the sense to use a pseudonym for his public letter writing: Thomas "Fats" Waller. Makes tracking him down a little hard, though.
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Hmm. His address is listed as BOX 409, North Grosvenordale, CT 06255. I wonder if he still has that PO Box? I wonder if we should organize a mass letter-writing campaign asking him to come visit Legion World?
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Jillikers! UCONN is practically next to Pov, and I spent the major portion of my last five years there! Imagine if Pov or I have meant Tommy Fats before?
I like the mass-letter mailing campaign! We'll recruit to Legion World, one Legion letter writer at a time!
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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