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'''Shingo''' was an eight year-old reader of the original [[Generation 1 (Marvel comic)|Marvel Generation 1 comic]] in the 1980s.
[[Image:|right|300px|thumb|The real Shingo was inside of you all along.]]
'''Shingo''' was an eight year-old reader of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_%28Marvel_comic%29" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1 (Marvel comic)">Marvel ''Generation 1'' comic</a> in the 1980s.


In a letter to the editors in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!]], 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. Fans would occasionally sign letters with names such as "Shingo XVII", or end letters with statements like "By the way, I spoke with Shingo a while back and he says Transformers are cool." In [[Totaled!|Issue #41]], the editors went so far as to hold a contest called [[Spot the Shingo]], in which the object was to find Shingo's name hidden in the artwork of various panels.
In a letter to the editors in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Bridge_to_Nowhere%21" title="The Bridge to Nowhere!">issue #18</a>, 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."


Shingo eventually did write in a year or so later, but was sharply critical of the story direction the book had taken by that point. In particular he noted the harsh contrast between the often higher-quality UK stories as compared to the US stories -- at a time when most readers would likely not have even known of the existence of the UK book.
Then in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Trial_by_Fire%21" title="Trial by Fire!">#38</a>, a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Man_of_Iron%21" title="Man of Iron!">Man of Iron!</a>" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_%28Marvel_Comics%29#Marvel_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)">Marvel UK comic</a>.
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" <small title="source in context">[''<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Template:Sic" title="Template:Sic">sic</a>'']</small> routine.


 
<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Totaled%21" title="Totaled!">A few issues later</a>,
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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
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identify the location of the signature were "eligible to win dream
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prizes & gain amazing approval from [their] peers!" Marvel called
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this contest "Spot Shingo" or "&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spot_the_Shingo" title="Spot the Shingo"&gt;Spot the Shingo&lt;/a&gt;".

Revision as of 07:37, 19 March 2009

[[Image:|right|300px|thumb|The real Shingo was inside of you all along.]] Shingo was an eight year-old reader of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_%28Marvel_comic%29" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1 (Marvel comic)">Marvel Generation 1 comic</a> in the 1980s.

In a letter to the editors in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Bridge_to_Nowhere%21" title="The Bridge to Nowhere!">issue #18</a>, 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 <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Trial_by_Fire%21" title="Trial by Fire!">#38</a>, a letter was printed from "Shingo XXIV", who was sharply critical of the comic. He/she seemed to be responding to the recent "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Man_of_Iron%21" title="Man of Iron!">Man of Iron!</a>" storyline, which was a reprint of material from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_%28Marvel_Comics%29#Marvel_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)">Marvel UK comic</a>. 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" <small title="source in context">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Template:Sic" title="Template:Sic">sic</a>]</small> routine.

<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Totaled%21" title="Totaled!">A few issues later</a>, 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 "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spot_the_Shingo" title="Spot the Shingo">Spot the Shingo</a>".

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