Very rarely seen 1970s NBC videos of Stan Lee (1974) and Jack Kirby (1976) at signing events.
October 22, 1974: A celebration of the Publishing of a new book, The History of Marvel Comics. At a bookstore in Manhattan.
C/S: Various shots of children putting their head through holes in stand up models of comic strip characters for pictures and Spiderman signing autographs are seen. One writer says that rider comics are popular because the characters have fears and foibles like anyone else.October 3, 1976: Furnell Chatman is at a North Hollywood comic book shop which is throwing a reception for noted comic book artist Jack Kirby. Kirby created”Captain America” in 1940 and it’s still going strong, in addition to others. Chatman will ask Kirby how American humor has changed, and he’ll show how some of the drawings have changed over the years.
(Unscreened film. Info from Burbank Story Plans.)