He was vicepresidentandartdirectorofGoldenBooksatWesternPublishingfrom 1952-1972, and then vice president andassociatepublisher of the juvenile division of Random House from 1972 to 1990.
He has held a variety of positions in the publishing industry including product development manager, editor-in-chief and most recently associatepublisher at O'Reilly Media.
Vaughn, the associatepublisher of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, an annual publication considered the authority on comic book pricing, said the Action Comic No. 1 book sold Monday is worth every penny.
He will serve as AssociatePublisher for Mass Appeal, which was originally founded in 1996 as a graffiti magazine and has since involved into a broader outfit spanning print, web, video and a monthly event series.