“…I didn’t actually meet Michael Jackson, it was more like I happened to be near him a few times as he toured the offices. With so much in the media about how weird he had become physically due to countless plastic surgeries, my impression was that he seemed rather normal to me—he carried himself well, and had a slim, taut dancer’s body, and he looked, well, like Michael Jackson. Certainly not at all like the more freakish photos that I’ve seen since.

“Michael was meeting with Stan Lee and Peter Paul, and was with someone named John. Weeks later, I asked Stan what the meeting was all about. Stan revealed that they had met before, and that Michael was interested in buying Marvel Comics. Now, how many fans have wanted to do that over the years? But how many actually could?”

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