It all started with N.C. Wyeth's incredible illustrations in the Scribner's Children's Classics. Long before Bernthal could read the books, he sat on the floor of Detroit's Thomas Jefferson Library and let those pictures whisk him off on imaginary adventures of his own concoction. Adjacent to the library stood the Alger theater, with its invitations to further fanciful outings through countless Saturday matinees.Mark's first childhood storyboards came at the expense of baseball cards that are worth a fortune today!