Every Picture Tells A Story hosted a special evening event on Wednesday, July 29, featuring new Marvel Comics art and special guests including (l-r) Batman producer Michael Uslan, store owner Lee Cohen, Desperate Housewives actress (& Batman and Superman voiceover star) Dana Delany, with an unidentified child, and author Michael Mallory (X-Men: The Characters and their Universe). When the Mirror asked store owner Lee Cohen about his personal relationship with Marvel Comics Cohen said, “I have always loved this type of art as a kid and I have always worked to express Comic art as high art in our society.”
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