Plant (born 1952) was a comics and illustrated books enthusiast who founded Bud Plant, Inc. in 1970 as a mail order company specializing in the undergrounds. (He was listed as a member of the Merry Marvel Marching Society in Fantastic Four #40.) In 1971, Plant and five friends spent the summer dealing comics at conventions in Houston, New York, Dallas, San Diego, Miami, Boston, and Washington, D.C.