Today in Comics History, June 11: Happy birthday, John Dokes!

Born on this day: John Dokes of the 1990s Marvel Editorial Planning Department (thank you, narrative caption) and Senior Vice President of Marvel's Integrated Sales and Marketing! And a comic book character as well — here he is carryin' the Big Red Book of Mighty Marvel Miracles:


from 101 Ways to End the Clone Saga #1 one-shot (Marvel, January 1997), script by Mark Bernardo, pencils by Ben Herrera, inks by Mike Christian, colors by Kevin Tinsley, letters by Janice Chiang
He's also a fan of, letter writer to, and reference poser for the beautiful Black Panther!


from letter column of Black Panther (1998 series) #2 (Marvel, December 1998
Here's more about John. And join me in wishing him a happy birthday!