If you're interested in the history of the comic book business in the eighties, you need to know about Carol Kalish. She was a remarkable woman who did a lot to make Marvel Comics successful…and by extension, its competitors and every retail outlet that sold comic books. I knew her well and she was very smart, very honest, very hard-working and very good for the field. This oral history of a woman who died way too soon will tell you a lot about her.