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Conceived by theneditorinchief jim shooter, the book was in the form of a contest encouraging upandcoming comics creators to try their hand at getting a job with the company. Subscribe to marvel unlimited to access thousands of digital comics for one low price. But it is totally about childhood solace and salvation at just 12 cents per comic book. Lets look at the history of comic pros and how they destroyed comics.

Around 10 years later, they would release a more updated version. Official marvel comics tryout book by jim shooter, john s. In 1983, the editorinchief of marvel comics came up with the official marvel tryout book, which was used for a contest to recruit new talent for the business. I wanted to write something about the early days of marvel, but felt it needed to be put in the right cultural context.

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