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Believe it or don't

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PaulD

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My wife recently got on me to do something about something that happened back when I was 13 years old, I am know 55.

I know that nothing can be done about it, But I will pass on the story that only a few friends and family know.

I will start with some of my background, I started collecting Marvel comics back in the early 70's  I of corse sold that collection back in the 90's.(Bad mistake)

I restarted collecting in 2000. I went on to work  as a layout designer for the HASBRO Toy co. Starting in 1984  worked on Transformers G.I. Joe ...

Instruction layout & line art ... I will get to the story, as most 13 year olds that are big Marvel fans I was a member of "FOOM".

I would send drawings of super heros that I created, the first time I sent one in my brother in-law took it and had a copy made and I sent the copy.

The second time I did not make a copy . It was not like today as you can make a copy at home. You had to take it to work or to a copy store.

About 6 months after sending it in I received FOOM #12 and there on page #28 was my Super hero ... The Name was the same his helmet and chest design

Was the same. They had dropped the cape, shield and changed his boots but it was my hero. I sent a letter asking about my hero but even at 13 I knew 

I would never get a response. I recently picked up a copy of FOOM #13  and showed it to my wife, she knew the story.

I know it was Marv Wolfman and John Buscema ... That "created" him and of course both worked on Foom magazine at that time.

But all I can do is tell the story, You can choose to believe it or not.  The Super hero is NOVA.

 

 

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Not doubting you created a very similar character but Wolfman and Wein created a character called Black Nova for a fanzine called Super Adventures (published in 1968). Costume wise it's an almost exact copy of the Nova character introduced in 1976.

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Hopefully someone will post a picture from FOOM 12, and you can reconstruct yours.  

I created a one armed hero who was seven feet tall and green, but who turned red whenever he sensed danger.  Called him The Destroyer. This was two or three years before IM 55.

Chit happens.

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