Okay, Marvelophiles! This is all the introduction you're gonna get! We've got a lot of story to tell, so let's get with it! Flip the page, and awaaay we go...!
1965 May, Jack Marchese, quotee, “All About the Avengers [letters]”, in The Avengers, volume 1, number 16, Marvel Comics, page 33:
We of the Stanford Chapter of the M.M.M.S. have only been merry Marvelophiles for a short time. Our problem is one of distribution in our area, so we have gathered together our Christmas present money and have decided to treat ourselves to subscriptions to nine of your mags!
This time we’ll be discussing a team once more. But not a team like the exemplary X-Men, which we created on a whim and tossed full-blown to the waiting world outside. No, the team we’re now about to probe in depth consists of characters who had already become favorites amongst Marvelophiles everywhere.
1978 October 10, Bill Marvel, “His web of fantasy has captured the public”, in The Tampa Times, volume 86, number 211, page 4-A:
A true Marvelophile can recall even the most obscure Marvel superhero, tell what issue that superhero made its debut in, and deliver a kind of thumbnail biography, including some observation on the character's peculiarities and frailties.
