With DC’s rumored-to-be impending move to the West Coast, they certainly aren’t in a hiring phase (they’ll be in a shedding phase). But the sole remaining big-time comic book company in New York still looks for people to join the Marvel Employment Universe.

First up, mighty Marvel is looking for a Royalty Analyst for their Finance and Licensing Department in New York. It’s a data-entry gig where you get to “collect and analyze detailed royalty reporting and forecasts.” You’ll also be checking over contracts and how they impact royalty reporting, and working with “worldwide licensee accounting maintenance.”

This is a great entry-level opp for someone just out of college in the past couple of years. And if you “possess a keen willingness to learn, analyze and desire to enhance the licensing business team of Marvel” you could find a new post-college home.

On the opposite coast, Marvel Studios is looking for a System Administrator in their Manhattan Beach offices.

This position has a ton of technical qualifications with lots of terms and phrases I’d have to Google to even begin to understand. And I’m too lazy to do that for a job I’m not even remotely qualified to apply for.

But you might be different. If you’re interested in “installing and configuring computer/networking infrastructure, operating systems and software products based on MS Windows, Macintosh, and Linux platforms, for a 24/7 supporting and maintaining heterogeneous corporate data center and networking-based business processes,” well, we probably can’t be friends, but I certainly wouldn’t stop you from what seems like a good opportunity at the place where comic books get turned into movies and TV shows.

Also, I might have mentioned this once or twice before, but Manhattan Beach? Nice place!

Good luck, job seekers! We’re all counting on you to bolster the economy.

[Artwork: Cover to Marvel Comics #1, © Marvel Characters]