According to early reports from Harlan Ellison, a fire April 6 at the home of accomplished comics writer Len Wein and his wife, Christine Valada, has destroyed at least half the house. Sadly the couple's dog was killed in the fire.


on a side note: Lost to the fire was the original art for the cover of Giant-Size X-Men #1 and the original pages from Incredible Hulk #181, the first appearance of Wolverine. Information on helping Len to rebuild his file-copy library of his own works once the rebuilding is underway... check out Mark Evanier's blog: [link]