And then there was the time Jim Shooter called Wolverine a runt (and I agreed with him)

Posted by: Scott    Tags:  , , , , , , ,     Posted date:  December 22, 2014  |  4 Comments


Thanks to a Tumblr post, I was reminded of a Marvel Bullpen moment I’d completely forgotten. The following response apparently appeared in answer to a reader’s letter about Wolverine’s height, and was published in X-Men #103 (cover dated February 1977).

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Did we really say those things? I’m no longer sure.

If we didn’t say those things, then who put those words in our mouths? I’m no longer sure of that either.

It was probably Chris Claremont, as he was writing X-Men at the time, and the writer of a book always got first shot at putting together that title’s letters column unless there was a compelling reason against it. But all this time later, I don’t feel comfortable guaranteeing it was him and not one of the Assistant Editors.

I guess I could always track down Chris and see whether his memory is any better than mine …





4 Comments for And then there was the time Jim Shooter called Wolverine a runt (and I agreed with him)


Tim Roll-Pickering

“Editor-in-chief”. Was this one of the first times that title was used? I thought it didn’t come in until some months into Shooter’s term when he re(?)organised the office.

    Scott

    Hmmm … I always used that term for Roy and Len and Marv and Gerry and so on. I never thought it a new term invented for Jim.

      Tim Roll-Pickering

      I was going by the credits on the stories themselves where the “Editor” is usually either the regular writer or the cannonical E-i-C until some months into Shooter’s tenure. I assume consistency of title was not a priority at Marvel in those days?

        Scott

        I think we all thought of the Big Boss as an Editor-in-Chief whether or not that was the official title. Not sure when it became official.