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...chiefly responsible for all the TV superdoing is Stan Lee, 56, the mustached and irrepressible publisher of Marvel Comics. Ideas pop in and out of his head so fast that Lee keeps a tape recorder by his bed to catch them late at night. Probably the most familiar of Lee's TV heroes is the Incredible Hulk, a pleasant enough physicist (Bill Bixby) who turns into a green monster (Lou Ferrigno) when he gets mad at some injustice or another, which happens predictably every Wednesday night. Another Lee creation is Captain America, who made his first appearance this month...
...instance, worries about more humdrum problems-like his dandruff and allergy attacks and how he is going to get a date. Dr. David Bruce Banner, the mild-mannered physicist, agonizes over his uncontrollable "hulkouts." This mix of fantasy and foibles zapped teenagers, and by the mid-'70s, Marvel had become the world's largest comic book company...
...Marvel's debut on the screen seemed inevitable. After all, Lee's comics themselves used cinematic techniques like closeups, fadeouts and establishing shots. Says Marvel Editor Roy Thomas: "Unlike most comic artists, Marvel's illustrators always drew their pictures first-before the writers put in dialogue. It was a very cinematic approach." Italian Film Director Federico Fellini is a fan. He once paid a visit to Marvel's New York office and pronounced that "Lee added his own kind of ironic parody to comics...
Chris Nicodemis and David Frim will represent Harvard in the 440; freshman marvel Adam Dixon will run the 600; John "Space Shot" Chafee and Tim Sellers will round out the 880; and John Murphy and Thad McNulty both qualified...
Although the guests came from many different backgrounds they all agreed that this was an "historic," "fascinating" occasion. Some even called it unexpected; they never dreamed normalization would occur in their lifetimes. Members of the Chinese delegation seemed to marvel even more; they certainly couldn't have looked any happier. Deputy Liaison Chief Han Hsu beamed as he shook hands in the reception line while the proudest-looking man had to be Liaison Chief Chai. He looked especially pleased when someone pointed to one of the three buttons pinned to his suit. In Coca-Cola script it read "things...