As it turns out, A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin has always had quite the knack for writing. Case in point, at the tender age of fifteen, Martin wrote legendary comic creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby a gushing fan letter after a particular arc of Marvel’s The Fantastic Four. When the letter was published in a subsequent issue of Fantastic Four, it marked Martin’s first published work.
For those unaware, Kirby and Lee are responsible for creating everyone from Captain America to the X-Men, and when you throw in a teenage Martin, that’s quite the literary gathering. Martin revealed the contents of the letter for a new History Channel special titled Superheroes Decoded, which airs Sunday, April 30 as well as Monday, May 1. Watch Martin describe the letter in the clip below.
It seems Martin did not earn the second “R” until he was older. Either way, its pretty amazing to see Martin’s obvious enthusiasm for the comics. Martin’s use of the words “ergo” and “gumbo” are also fairly noteworthy for a fifteen year old aspiring writer. Martin comments that Stan Lee’s response “changed my life,” and we can hardly blame him. Having a legendary author such as Lee respond to your letter would make quite the impression on any fifteen year old.
It makes one wonder if Lee and Martin have ever met, and if Martin still maintained the same level of unabashed excitement after enjoying the success that he has. Regardless, Martin’s first published work certainly was memorable. By gumbo.
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