Rod Whigham, penciler of issue #41, was not a NYC resident so he would not be stopping in the office at any point. However, he was also doing work for my editor on the Men in Black comic.
One of my main responsibilities was shipping on behalf of my editor. I'd traffic scripts and artwork in and out of the office. Fortunately, we had a script to send to Whigham and I stuck the comic in that package along with a note asking if he'd sign it. And the next time he sent artwork back, he sent the comic back. With that, the "big three" were achieved.
But I didn't stop there. There was one more that I could get. The colorist of this comic book was a man by the name of
George Roussos. Roussos had a long history of working in the comic book industry. He was a staff colorist in the 80s and still worked at Marvel in 98. He was a very interesting man and I'm glad that he was willing to sign my G.I. Joe comic.
I figure the signature quest is over for me. I have met Denny O'Neil and Jim Shooter at conventions but I didn't have this comic with me (I might have met them before I had this comic, I can't recall the timeline). And Joe Rosen passed away in 2009.
Still, this is a very awesome piece in my collection that not only looks cool, but has a lot of personal meaning to me as well.
