This time around, I reminisce about what it meant to have met Gerry Conway in 1971 when I was only 16, the comic book comrades I should have known better but never had the chance, my dreams of decluttering with Bernie Wrightson, the first two origin stories I thought up for The Scarecrow before the one fans got to read in 1975, and more.

You can hear me get all nostalgic via the embed below or download the episode at the site of your choice.

Here are a few images related to a couple of the topics I mention this episode —

Gerry Conway
as interviewed on Episode 99 of my Eating the Fantastic podcast

My original notes for The Scarecrow’s (wisely) unused origins

How those origins were summarized on a Dead of Night #11 text page