Working at Marvel Comics has been a job dreamed of by so many young people, every since the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man and the original Avengers made it the cool, connected, offbeat place it was in the Marvel Age. Virtually every one who came to work there, from the late 60's onward, was a massive fan of some (or nearly all) Marvel character. So here's the story about one of those young people. (And here is Glam rocker Marc Bolan- who once interviewed Stan Lee for a BBC show-holding the first comic scripted by DAK! Yeah!) Stream or download, and happy 2019! DAK: Everyone likes to use the phrase, “break into comics”- but I like to say, I was invited. Not that I wouldn’t have broken in! Lue: You already had taken on work, in high school, as a literary agent for the work of pulp writer Otis Adelbert Kline. You simply wrote, expressed some knowledge and interest- boom, you got it. DAK: I put an inquiry to see if I could work for Marvel. One day, I went ...

Captain America is such a wonderful touchstone to cultural values, history, and an enduring sense of decency fostered in a time we try to preserve in us. I knew I had to participate in my country’s culture today by discussing someone whose courage transcends politics. He’s just the sort of fellow we need to make real from our own hearts and determination. From soldier to teacher to playground child to handicapped shut-in, to believe in Cap gives an intangible form to what we admire in ourselves in the face of adversity. Yes, in his stories, he’s a hero who finds a way to win. Along the way, he finds a way to never quit! In my selection for Spider-Man’s most awesome team-up of 1981, I went with the spirit of Marvel Comics Group at that time. Frank Miller was completing the new, rather basic crime noir Daredevil; John Byrne began a back-to-basics approach with Fantastic Four. I might’ve cocked an eye at first, how Cap spouts historic object lessons throughout. But isn’t this a ...

Bullpenner Scott Edelman recounts working with Stan Lee personally on the content for Marvel's very first company comics convention in 1975. We also talked earlier, as you'll find in my December podcasts. Hey, I'm thinking of changing the name of my podcast to Creating Wonders, as I always meant the title to be a double entendre on the creators as well as the creations...but would like to make it feel more open to non-Marvel Comics folks, as I have so many coming up! Copy and paste this to listen or download instantly! What do you think? Ol' Sparkling in 1975!

To be clear, photos with this kid are from Will Alovis! Thanks, Will! Ken and I had a hoot talking about adventure as a ten year old at Marvel Con '75, the first hosted by Marvel Comics Group. Did he meet STan? Did he pose with Red Sonja? Did he put his face in a cut-out? The pictures tell the tale...but why not listen to Ken himself? Look him up on imdb for a big smile, too. He's a massive Submariner fan, has some great Golden Age comics you'll never pry from his cold cybernetic hands, and was a big fan of Hulk, Spidey and The Thing back in those classic times, too. I have more of our audio I think I'll spring on you one day where we talk fan stuff and a bit about his career. And Harold, I almost have our interview ready, too! I had like two hours to wade through but I have almost isolated the Marvel Con stuff. I see a conglomerate Marvel Con podcast coming in March where I put out the other stuff from everyone with whom I spoke...and if I could find the ho...

Face front! We're heading back to 1975, alongside the Marvel Bullpenner charged by The Man himself with organizing the whole gasmorgle. Scott discusses the memos and his thoughts on putting together the big weekend of Marvel Comic Con 1975. You can find the lowdown on his career and his podcast, Eating The Fantastic (on iTunes) at Scottedelman.com ! Enjoy! First: you can't get in without this, OK? (Thanks Harold! NOw I'll use this one to get in and double back and hand it back to ya!) HEre be the link where you may download or stream the 36:51 podcast. https://creatingmarvels.podbean.com/e/marvel-con-75-with-bullpenner-scott-edelman/ That's https://creatingmarvels.podbean.com/e/marvel-con-75-with-bullpenner-scott-edelman Convention program scans courtesy of Halcyon Harold Parker! A couple courtesy of Ken Seagal and Wil Alvolis at Marvel Comics 1961-1986 on FB : That's lil' Ken with STan. Boy, it's so hard to save some of these for ...

sammaronieentertainmentfunhouse.com It's pop culture writer/ photographer Sam Maronie! Hear all about his adventures at the first Marvel Comic Con, the spring which saw the return of King Kirby! IN fact, Sam sat down with Jack Kirby, in addition to attending all the panels. Come back in time... Marvel Comic Con in 1975 was the very first convention hosted by the Marvel Comics Group itself- and Sam Maronie was there! Here's a few minutes with his eyewitness account, including his meeting with Jack Kirby. Sam shot most of the existing high quality photos from the event that you still see today- and continues photographing comics convention the nation over. Sam's also produced a book: Tripping Through Pop Culture: The (Mis) Adventures of a Pop Culture writer, with a cover by the acclaimed Joe Phillips! It's also got a foreword from Scott Edelman, who you see in the silly picture above with legendary inker Joe Sinnott- our next guest on Creating Marvels! ...

Happy Birthday this week to DAK- Many happy trips more 'round the sun, many howls at the moon! Part One: Man-Wolf! Wait...Man-Wolf? Lue Lyron: So the story goes, one day working as an assistant editor at Marvel Comics Group, you’re walking past Roy Thomas, after hearing you’d get a series to write one day for a while, and he stops his conversation with Steve Englehart, who was visiting from California. Roy just turns casually to you and says, “I’ve been meaning to assign you a book. I have your first series for you to write.” Then he picks right up talking to Steve, while you walk away savoring that bombshell. (DAK’s account of how he and George became the new creators on the ongoing Man-Wolf series appeared in Creatures On The Loose #33, a personable text piece of that sort that delights we readers. This is the team’s introduction in their first color comics issue at Marvel in 1974.) DAK: Everyone likes to use the phrase, “break into comics”- but I like to say, I...

My well-documented love for the Marvel Comics Group of 1983 led me to collect all those issues I could find! I started collecting regularly at the end of that year, with Marvel Team-Up #138, then Marvel Tales #170, then Amazing Spider-Man #250 together opening my way into the Marvel Universe of that era! So: the Sandman goes straight, Roger Stern and John Romita, Jr. with Klaus Janson bring the Hobgoblin mystery to its fever pitch, and Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, from 1965, begin what some call their magnum opus on the title they created together, the Amazing Spider-Man #31---that month's Marvel Tales reprint. (for me: it had really come out in September and might have been the first of these comics I collected at Len's Kwik Shop, two blocks from home.) How cool! Marvel Tales reprinted all fifty of Spider-Man's first issues plus his origin and three annuals. No, the writing didn't feel modern, but I allowed for that: still was I young enough to enjoy the suspense...