What we went to World War II for, at least in my mind, was not getting taken care of. It was supposed to be a brave new world, but we were getting back into the old ruts, and we were in a cold war with Russia.

Kids, Madison Avenue is lying to you. Your parents are lying to you. The president is lying to you.

The comic-book industry today is not what it was back then, unfortunately. Kids are no longer interested in reading comic books they've got television and the electronic games that they can bury themselves in like ostriches. They don't have to pay attention to what's going on in the world around them.