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Marvel Bullpen Bulletins Pro Files

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Between May 1987 and February 1990, Marvel Comics included Pro Files in the Bullpen Bulletins columns. These were small profiles where various Marvel staffers answered questions about what they were working on, who their influences were and various other bits of trivia, alongside a caricature of the person in question. I always enjoyed them, and since I couldn't find them anywhere online, I thought I'd get out my old comics, scan them in and post them here. I think I have them all, but if I've missed any, please let me know where I can find them, and I'll try to keep this page updated. Click on the images to embiggen.
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Captain Britain: Anarchy in the UK

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In 1976, as the British people suffered from a historic heatwave, comics in the UK were also suffering from the heat of a Fredric-Wertham-like backlash . A new comic was published by IPC, devised by Pat Mills (who would go on to create 2000AD the following year.) Called simply "Action", it had no connection with the American comic which had launched Superman in 1938, being instead, the usual British anthology format showcasing a number of strips each issue. The content of those strips was anything but usual, though. One of the standout strips was "Hook Jaw." Inspired by the success of Jaws, Hook Jaw focused on the shark as the main protagonist, inflicting his own brand of justice on the unsympathetic human characters - usually by graphically dismembering them. Hook Jaw always gets his man   Other strips focused on a Nazi tank commander during World War II, and football hooligans. This extreme approach did not go unnoticed - by consumers or the media. The first issu...
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