Today in Comics History, January 19: Happy birthday, Milton Schiffman!

Born on this day in 1922: Milton Schiffman, who began at Marvel as a bookkeeper and rose to become the company's Vice President of Production in the 1970s!


from Marvel Age #49 (Marvel, April 1987), text by Mike Carlin, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Paul Becto
As VP production, Milt got sample comics of each of the Marvel comics shipped to him as they rolled off the prnting press. Unopened boxes of these were later discovered and now comprise the "Milt Schiffman File Copy" collection of graded comics out and about on the secondary marketplace, sealed inside tight plastic shells where they can't breathe. For heaven's sake, people, let them out to get some air!


Happy birthday, Milt!