Rereading my mid-’70s run of Captain Marvel teaches me why I should never have been writing comics in the first place — but it also causes me to reminisce about how I rescued Rick Jones from the Negative Zone, the way the success of Crazy Rich Asians caused Captain Marvel reshoots, the travesty of the Teen Brigade’s return, George Tuska’s unseen Wonder Man, why I believe in back-shadowing, not foreshadowing, 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 which illustrate some of the topics I touched on during the episode —

What AI got wrong about me and Stan Lee

How the Comics Code censored Omega the Unknown

The day I got Stan Lee to burn money

How I broke up Rick Jones and Captain Marvel

The unfortunate return of the Teen Brigade

Captain Marvel’s identity crisis

An outrageously expensive Gil Kane cover …

… which appeared on Max Cady’s wall in Cape Fear

George Tuska’s unseen Wonder Man …

… and the Dave Cockrum splash which replaced it

Dave Cockrum’s design for Deathgrip