In August of 1963, young teenager George R. Martin (He hadn’t picked up the second R yet.) bought issue 17 of Fantastic Four…and it blew him away. He simply couldn’t contain himself, so he sat down and wrote a letter of gushing praise to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Reading it over, you can see signs of the writing prowess, extreme thoroughness, and wonderful geekiness that would culminate years later in his bestselling series A Song of Ice and Fire…
(via Neatorama)