Anthony Tollin tells me that Alan Kupperberg's first job in comics wasn't in 1974 at Continuity Associates. I got that from a copy of Alan's own bio but Tony says "Alan was Jack Adler's assistant before Rick Bryant, who held the position before Steve Mitchell, who was succeeded by Carl Gafford as Assistant Production Manager in July 1974, followed by me in 1976. I believe Alan was on staff at DC circa 1972." I think Tony may be right.
He also sent me a note about the weather today in San Diego, where thunderstorms struck with street flooding and more than 500 lightning strikes. As of 3:30 PM today, 1.03 inches of rain had fallen, shattering the old July record which was set in 1902. One can only speculate what would have happened if Comic-Con had been this weekend instead of last weekend.