I grow a bit verklempt this time around while I rap about the Spider-Man rock album for which I made sure the band didn’t miss a note, remember watching Dave Cockrum and Len Wein create Giant-Size X-Men #1 out of thin air, pass along the surprising truths Steve Ditko’s family most wants you to know, critique the Metropolitan Opera’s production of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, choke up while praising Marie Severin’s posthumous induction into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame, walk the exhibit hall at Baltimore Comic-Con where only a single item of comics memorabilia tempted me, and more.

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Here are some images related to some of the topics you’ll hear me touching on during the episode —

Stan Lee sells Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Super-Hero

My autographed copy of that album

Praising Marie Severin at the Society of Illustrators

Marie Severin draws my going away card from Marvel Comics

Marie Severin draws the Incredible Hulk

Marie Severin’s F.O.O.M. map of Marvel

Marie Severin’s grave

The $175 issue of F.O.O.M. from Baltimore Comic-Con

Hanging with my Captain Marvel collaborator Al Milgrom at Baltimore Comic-Con