Join me and Neil Ottenstein for a rambling panel about Howard the Duck in which I share the Marvel Comics chaos which caused me to be hired there in 1974, my regrets over having written an issue of Omega the Unknown, my ethical queasiness about owning original art, what it means when I say I knew Stan Lee before he had hair, my terrifying Bullpen encounters with “Jumbo” John Verpoorten, why Howard the Duck was the Silver Surfer of the ’70s, my Times Square street theater with Steve Gerber, the time Howard the Duck had to be hatched instead of laid, how immaturity cost me Captain Marvel, the only time I ever saw Stan Lee get flustered, and more.

You can eavesdrop on all those memories via the embed below or download them at the site of your choice.

Here are several images relating to some of the topics I touched on during the episode —

The Omega the Unknown panels I regret writing

How the Comics Code Authority censored my Omega the Unknown panel
with more info here

The time Howard the Duck couldn’t get laid
with more info here

My first Frogman splash page
from Unknown Soldier #219 (September 1978)

Stan Lee tells me he’s horrified about horror

My ACBA Button for a con that never was

How F.O.O.M. reported my parachute jump with Jim Shooter

A volume of my bound comics

My $30,000 Doorway to Nightmare cover
with more info here