LARRY LIEBER: Writing on the back, yes. [33], Lieber was a recipient of the San Diego Comic-Con International's 2003 Inkpot Awards. But he always used it. "[8], In 1974, Lieber left Marvel to take on an editorship at Atlas/Seaboard Comics, the term comic book historians and collectors use to refer to the "Atlas Comics" line published by Seaboard Periodicals, to differentiate it from the 1950s Marvel Comics predecessor Atlas Comics. Lee then took over as regular writer for the next few years. Was there anything, just to be clear so for the record (break in testimony) IT GOT THREE . Larry Lieber was born in Manhattan, New York City, the second child of Romanian-Jewish immigrant parents Celia (ne Solomon) and Jack Lieber, and the brother of Stanley Martin Lieber, later known as Marvel Comics editor and impresario Stan Lee. In 2008, he was one of two recipients of that year's Bill Finger Award, which annually honors one living and one deceased comics creator. Stan said, 'I'm trying to make up a character,' and he gave me the plot, and he said, 'Why don't you write the story? I reduce the pencils and I fax them. Also my uncle was in it and a cousin of ours owned the company. Q: Do you know of other, any other writers or artists who are working freelance, on a freelance basis with Marvel, who at that time were also submitting freelance work to other comic book publishers? [23], With the end of his run on Rawhide Kid, Lieber found little further Marvel work. LARRY LIEBER: Oh, okay. As Stan Lee recalled, in his trademark jocular style, in 1974, Heretofore, I had written all of the origin tales of each new character, as well as the subsequent follow-up stories in every series. They could go from one to another, and some of the artists would actually play, you know, one company against another in the sense of saying, "Oh, I've been offered more money there," so if the art director wanted to keep him, he had to, you know, give him give him a little more. Also I think it's even more dramatic than [the] Spider-Man [comic strip]". LARRY LIEBER: A script. Q: Okay. Q: Can you tell me how you came into possession specifically of these drawings? I think it might have been Don Heck, but I'm not sure. And what what did he provide you with or what did he ask you to do? LARRY LIEBER is one of the more overlooked, underrated and as such forgotten men from the Silver Age of Marvel comics. He, he I never had to, you know, go home and do it again. LARRY LIEBER: No. Q: We don't have to worry about I'm focusing you, I'm sorry, I'm focusing you on the period 1958 to 1965. I don't remember the year, but I obtained them when they were discarded. LARRY LIEBER: No. From 1974 to 1975, he was editor of Atlas/Seaboard Comics. I did a few inventory stories [in the comic books] or different things, until finally they needed somebody, an artist, on [the] Spider-Man [comic] strip, which Fred Kida had been doing until he retired. And should I go on? Brother of Stan Lee. Q: Is that because those pages were originally ripped in half? It was either Jack or Don Heck, I think. Q: Let's talk about The Rawhide Kid. I try to finish it, but sometimes I can't, so he just sees roughs, but that is good enough for him to get the idea if I captured the scene right. [5] At "about ten-and-a-half", with his brother in U.S. Army, Lieber and his parents returned to Manhattan, moving to the Washington Heights neighborhood. LARRY LIEBER: No, I would say I don't recall looking at the book. LARRY LIEBER: You mean the in the story parts? '"[20] Under Lee's plotting, Lieber's eight Thor stories also introduced the Marvel characters Loki, Odin, and Balder, from the pantheon of Norse mythological gods; their home, Asgard; and Bifrost the Rainbow Bridge, which connected that realm to Earth. Lee co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, Doctor Strange, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man . After you wrote the first strike that. (break in testimony) Find out about Larry Lieber's family tree, family history, ancestry, ancestors, genealogy, relationships and affairs! As Lieber explained, Lee, wasn't always the most patient person and I had problems [writing] the dialogue and he said, "Why did you say that? And as time went on, he had fewer to make. LARRY LIEBER: Yeah. As he notes, this material is sure to be dissected at the atomic level for years to come. [8] His first superhero work, the first appearance of Marvel's Thor in Journey into Mystery #83 (Aug. 1962), introduced one of the mainstays of the Marvel Universe, the mystical metal "uru", of which Thor's hammer Mjolnir is made. Is that consistent with your recollection? Find out about Stan Lee's family tree, family history, ancestry, ancestors, genealogy, relationships and affairs! MS. SINGER: That's okay. I never had to, you know, go home and do it again. Q: Do you know who the artist was who drew the first Iron Man? I didn't think about it at all. LARRY LIEBER: I I'm not certain. Q: And when you say you were writing the stories, what exactly were you writing? Martin Goodman the owner, was the referred-to cousin. [4], Lee wrote in his autobiography that when Larry was 15, the boys' mother died and Lieber went to live with his brother and his sister-in-law, Joan, prompting the trio's move to Woodmere, New York, on Long Island. I don't, yeah, I don't know how it came about that way and why I moved on. Q: And was it your understanding that the import of the writing on the back of these checks was that by signing the check and accepting payment for your work, you were transferring over to Marvel all rights in your work? For roughly a year-and-a-half, he lived in the since-defunct Hotel Manhattan Towers, a residence hotel at Broadway and West 76th Street in Manhattan. [25][26] With co-scripter Gary Friedrich primarily, Lieber wrote the hero's seven-page lead feature in the weekly Captain Britain #24-37 (March 23 - June 22, 1977), and, with co-writer Jim Lawrence, Captain Britain adventures in Marvel UK's Super Spider-Man #233-246 (July 27-Oct. 26, 1977). Alta Ann (Lieber) Troxel 11 Sep 1934 Jennings, Decatur County, Kansas, USA - 24 Mar 2019 managed by Larry Fisher last edited 13 May 2021. Larry has testified in both Federal and State courts on the subjects of computer . Assumes facts. But if you didn't come into the office, I don't remember if they sent them to you. Solicited for comment, celebrity hairstylist Jose Eber said he "would have made it sexier.". That was the way I interpreted it anyway. 369 subject(s) created by "Larry Lieber" 3 work(s) that were produced while "Larry Lieber" was Editor-in-Chief 142 work(s) where "Larry Lieber" worked on a cover 56 work(s) that "Larry Lieber" edited 282 work(s) that "Larry Lieber" wrote 157 work(s) that "Larry Lieber" penciled 33 work(s) that "Larry . with . Please see his blog for a far more complete version. I don't know where the hell I came up with it. The very last line on page19. He also wrote the newspaper Spider-Man comic strip for years. A tweet showing Stan Lee with his brother Larry Lieber and comic book artist Ken Bald is actually using a five-year-old photo from a 2013 Wizard World NYC report. Well, Marvel was at that time putting out black and white, what we call black and white books. Newly minted 13th Dimension regular Jim Beard is back with another foray into Marvel's past this time paying tribute to Larry Lieber, who was born 91 years ago on Oct. 26, 1931. He still gave me work, he didn't want to take work away, but they were putting out a few more books. As Lieber recalled, "I kind of liked it; it was short. "[15], Lieber's earliest, tentatively confirmed pre-superhero Marvel script is for the six-page Don Heck-illustrated "I Am the Beast-Man" in Strange Tales #77 (Oct. 1960), and his first confirmed is the 13-page "I Led the Strange Search for Manoo", penciled by Kirby and inked by Dick Ayers, in Amazing Adventures #2 (July 1961). In his early childhood he spent time living in. Though he gave up the role of regular artist in Spring 1979 and the role of regular writer in mid-1982, he would still write and draw the occasional installment until the strip's end in September 1982. LARRY LIEBER: and I made it up." Don Rico, writing as "N. Korok", followed for a two-issue stint. "[10] There Lieber began illustrating comic books; his first known credit is penciling and inking the four-page story crime comics story "Cop on the Beat", by an unknown writer, in All True Crime #44 (cover-dated May 1951). I think I wanted a little more freedom. Indexer Notes. MS. SINGER: Objection. Now, onto the deposition of Larry Lieber: LARRY LIEBER: I I know I was doing, sometime back, I did The Hulk newspaper strip. LARRY LIEBER: That I did freelance work for them? Geni requires JavaScript! LARRY LIEBER: No, they all came from Stan Lee. He worked most of his life as a dress cutter in New York. LARRY LIEBER: Yeah, I yeah, I guess. MR. TOBEROFF: Objection to form. It was the latter half of the 1960s when I became infatuated with Marvel Comics, among the favorites was Larry's Rawhide Kid. [27], The Hulk was kind of popular on television, and so I drew The [Incredible] Hulk. LARRY LIEBER: Okay, I didn't know the term. [3] When he was six months old, the family moved to The Bronx,[4] settling into at 1720 University Avenue, which Lee described as a one-bedroom, "third-floor apartment facing out back", with him and Larry sharing a bedroom and his parents using a foldout couch. And it's also sequential, so the artist has to have a sense of sequence and story. For others, I don't think that was the case. [4] Already interested in art and drawing by this time, he attended George Washington High School there. It didn't appeal to me. Jury finds Harvard professor Charles Lieber guilty of hiding ties to China Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard's chemistry department, has been convicted of lying to the university and the . Were the scripts that you wrote for Iron Man, Ant-Man and Thor, were those Marvel style? He was putting out color comics, and he was also going to put out black-and-white comics like Warren and Marvel. I made up stories that I really liked and it lasted a little while. Slowly surveying our entire, vast writing staff which mainly consisted of myself and any occasional freelancer who happened to wander in to make a free phone call my gaze happened to fall upon Larry Lieber and I remembered that he had many times expressed a desire to write a superhero story. . Q: Okay. Stan was writing it and after a while The Hulk wasnt doing well and Stan decided to give it up, or give up his part. Celia had one brother: Joseph Solomon. Q: Did you ever work on the comic Thor? Lieber is now 89 years old and worked on the earliest comics versions of Thor, Iron Man, and . At this point, business was bad, and I tried to do what I could. I was unsure of myself just sitting down to write a script. Did you come up with any of the other elements of Iron Man? Stan Lee was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics. LARRY LIEBER: Yes. Q: Was the first scripts for Marvel strike that. Q: So you came up with the name Anthony Stark? Q: And how did you come to write the first script? LARRY LIEBER: No. And he told me the plot, you know, somehow I got synopsis, and I and I wrote it. And so, no, not that I recall. [22] Lieber wrote the first nine Ant-Man stories (following the character's non-costumed introduction months earlier) in Tales to Astonish #35-43 (Sept. 1962 - May 1963) before veteran Ernie Hart did five issues, followed by Lee taking over. I know that at the time I wanted what's the expression? Jack Lieber (father) (L-R) Stan, Jack, Larry and Celia. 5 Dec 1947. Joan Lieber. Q: So not in the period 1958 to 1965? He would go over my work and, you know, do things. American comic book writer and creator Stan (8 years older) Works Larry Lieber Movies (5) There are 5 movies of Larry Lieber. LARRY LIEBER: Yes. LARRY LIEBER: No. Let me start again. And I, since I was such a big fan of his, I knew that at the end of the day, they would be discarded, you know, and would be trash. Stan, yes. "[24] He considered seeking work at rival DC Comics, as some other Marvel writers and artists did, but found, "I was the only one who could never do that because that was the price for Stan being my brother. LARRY LIEBER: The civilian name of Don Blake I made up. Within a few years I gathered quite a few of the early Marvels I had missed including a bunch . Jeff Rovin came from Warren, and he knew nothing about color comics. So once again I was writing and drawing, and that I enjoyed even more than the Rawhide Kid. I tried to get names that fit the the person. After that, after the Hulk, Stan left. 7. LARRY LIEBER: Well, this must have been a Hulk story and I have the originals at home. I can make certain changes, if I wish, and all that, but it's a full script, which I welcome. No. LARRY LIEBER: My understanding they were not obligated. [11] This included creating the names of their respective alter egos: Don Blake, Tony Stark, and Henry Pym. [25] Lee then offered him the editorship of Marvel UK, the New York City-based imprint that produced black-and-white reprint comics for the UK market, as well as new stories of the superhero Captain Britain, created by writer Chris Claremont and penciler Herb Trimpe. Family (1) So I went back home and I did so, and I came back and I think either he didn't like it a second time or he accepted it, but there was another story that he made me redo again. Sitelinks. I don't recall. LARRY LIEBER: They had about three stories in the magazine, drawn by different people. Erwin Lieber and Margaret Elizabeth (Taylor) Lieber. The media giant, which acquired Marvel in 2009, on Friday sued Larry Lieber, who helped create the characters Iron Man, Thor and Ant-Man, and the estates of several other artists, including Spider . 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