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Stan Lee's original secretary at Marvel (March 1963–1968), Flo describes the tiny, low-key early Marvel offices and a production process where Stan wrote everything, a handful of freelancers drew it, and the staff was literally just two people. She recounts the shock of the MMMS fan response, the casual disposal of original art (thrown out when files overflowed, including early Fantastic Four pages), and anecdotes about Wally Wood dropping ashes on Stan's carpet and an FBI visit over a threatening letter from Texas. After leaving Marvel she worked at Warren's mail-order division, produced the underground anthology Big Apple Comix with contributions from Neal Adams, Wally Wood, and others, and is now managing editor at Arts Magazine. She reflects critically on pop artists like Lichtenstein "appropriating" the comic image to become fine art while the original practitioners were not considered artists.