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Locoman at 21:51, 31 October 2021

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* As of ~~2020~~, Shingo has not been reported seen. Please notify us if you see a Japanese man in his 40s saying Transformers are cool.		* As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, Shingo has not been reported seen. Please notify us if you see a Japanese man in his 40s saying Transformers are cool.

	[[Category:Comics]]		[[Category:Comics]]

Cyberlink420 at 20:16, 27 October 2020

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	In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."		In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."

	Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. ~~He/she~~ seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.		Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. They seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.

	[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "Spot the Shingo".		[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "Spot the Shingo".

MistaTee: note

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	==Spot the Shingo contest==		==Spot the Shingo contest==
	"Spot the Shingo" was a contest run in 1987 through the letters pages of the original [[Marvel Comics]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Generation 1 comic]]. The contest required readers to examine the comic's artwork to spot the subtly inserted signature of the fan named Shingo. Two such signatures appeared in the pages of issue #41, "[[Totaled!]]"		"Spot the Shingo" was a contest run in 1987 through the letters pages of the original [[Marvel Comics]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Generation 1 comic]]. The contest required readers to examine the comic's artwork to spot the subtly inserted signature of the fan named Shingo. Two such signatures appeared in the pages of issue #41, "[[Totaled!]]"

			==Notes==
			* As of 2020, Shingo has not been reported seen. Please notify us if you see a Japanese man in his 40s saying Transformers are cool.

	[[Category:Comics]]		[[Category:Comics]]

G.B. Blackrock: Removed "Spot the Shingo" link, which just comes back to this very page!

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Removed "Spot the Shingo" link, which just comes back to this very page!

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	Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.		Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.

	[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "[[Spot the Shingo]]".		[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "Spot the Shingo".

	==Spot the Shingo contest==		==Spot the Shingo contest==

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	In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."		In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."

	Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron(issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.		Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.

	[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "[[Spot the Shingo]]".		[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "[[Spot the Shingo]]".

Interrobang at 14:28, 19 November 2011

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	In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."		In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."

	Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron!]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters		Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron(issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.
	announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.

	[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "[[Spot the Shingo]]".		[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "[[Spot the Shingo]]".

Geewunling at 10:29, 1 August 2011

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	In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."		In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."

	Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron!]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[~~Generation 1~~ (Marvel ~~Comics~~)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters		Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron!]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters
	announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.		announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.

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	==Spot the Shingo contest==		==Spot the Shingo contest==

	"Spot the Shingo" was a contest run in 1987 through the letters pages of the original [[Marvel Comics]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Generation 1 comic]]. The contest required readers to examine the comic's artwork to spot the subtly inserted signature of the fan named Shingo. Two such signatures appeared in the pages of issue #41, "[[Totaled!]]"		"Spot the Shingo" was a contest run in 1987 through the letters pages of the original [[Marvel Comics]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Generation 1 comic]]. The contest required readers to examine the comic's artwork to spot the subtly inserted signature of the fan named Shingo. Two such signatures appeared in the pages of issue #41, "[[Totaled!]]"

Starfield: /* Spot the Shingo contest */ Category:Real people

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	"Spot the Shingo" was a contest run in 1987 through the letters pages of the original [[Marvel Comics]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Generation 1 comic]]. The contest required readers to examine the comic's artwork to spot the subtly inserted signature of the fan named Shingo. Two such signatures appeared in the pages of issue #41, "[[Totaled!]]"		"Spot the Shingo" was a contest run in 1987 through the letters pages of the original [[Marvel Comics]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Generation 1 comic]]. The contest required readers to examine the comic's artwork to spot the subtly inserted signature of the fan named Shingo. Two such signatures appeared in the pages of issue #41, "[[Totaled!]]"

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	[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "[[Spot the Shingo]]".		[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "[[Spot the Shingo]]".

			==Spot the Shingo contest==

			"Spot the Shingo" was a contest run in 1987 through the letters pages of the original [[Marvel Comics]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Generation 1 comic]]. The contest required readers to examine the comic's artwork to spot the subtly inserted signature of the fan named Shingo. Two such signatures appeared in the pages of issue #41, "[[Totaled!]]"

Starfield: Category:Humans

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	In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."		In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."

	Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. ~~He/she~~ seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.		Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. They seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.

	[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "Spot the Shingo".		[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "Spot the Shingo".

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	In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."		In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."

	Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron(issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.		Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.

	[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "[[Spot the Shingo]]".		[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "[[Spot the Shingo]]".

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	In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."		In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!\|issue #18]], John Kamatani, a 23-year-old reader, mentioned that his eight-year-old cousin, Shingo, thought ''Transformers'' was cool. The letters column ran with this, eventually wondering why Shingo himself didn't write in. No letter was immediately forthcoming, and Shingo became a running joke among the comic's readers and editors. As time went on, the letters-column text would contain mock indignation and "outbursts" about Shingo's silence. Some fans ended their letters with statements like, "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool."

	Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron!]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters		Then in [[Trial by Fire!\|#38]], a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "[[Man of Iron(issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel_UK\|Marvel UK comic]]. This person thought that the UK story had more emotional depth and drama, while the US book was overloaded with one-dimensional characters announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.
	announcing their weaponry in a "trivolous" {{sic}} routine.

	[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "[[Spot the Shingo]]".		[[Totaled!\|A few issues later]], the editors claimed that Shingo had snuck into the Marvel offices at night and written his name into the issue's artwork. Readers who could identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called this contest "Spot Shingo" or "[[Spot the Shingo]]".