{"id":24109,"date":"2017-12-01T09:16:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T14:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=24109"},"modified":"2017-12-01T09:16:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T14:16:30","slug":"join-comics-legend-marv-wolfman-for-gelato-in-episode-54-of-eating-the-fantastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/01\/join-comics-legend-marv-wolfman-for-gelato-in-episode-54-of-eating-the-fantastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Join comics legend Marv Wolfman for gelato in Episode 54 of Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I prepared to lunch with this episode’s guest, I was startled to realize I’d last interviewed him in 1974—43 years ago! Back then, I was an assistant editor in the Marvel Bullpen, while Marv Wolfman was (among many other things) scripting Tomb of Dracula<\/em> and editing Crazy<\/em> magazine, not yet having ascended to the role of Editor-in-Chief. And it was my job to report on his doings for the readers of F.O.O.M.<\/em>, Marvel’s official fan magazine.<\/p>\n

Over the course of his career, Marv did a whole lot more than what I talked with him about back then. He went on to script the adventures of many legacy characters for both Marvel and DC, including the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Superman, and Green Lantern, and during that time he also co-created the characters of Blade, Bullseye, Destiny, Nova, and many others. He wrote the Teen Titans<\/em> comic for 16 years. There’s even more to Marv than that, of course, as you’ll find out when you give this episode a listen.<\/p>\n

Our lunch took place on the Sunday of the recent Baltimore Comic-Con when we fled the convention enter for La Tavola<\/a> restaurant in the heart of Little Italy.<\/p>\n

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We discussed his horrifying early job as a DC Comics intern destroying (and in some cases rescuing) original art, why he loves the science fiction writer Alfred Bester, how his writing back when he started out was a blend of John Broome and Stan Lee, what he learned from binge-reading 181 issues of Spider-Man<\/em> before starting to script it himself, what it was like returning to DC after his years at Marvel, why he felt he could write Tomb of Dracula<\/em> even though when he was handed the assignment he’d never read the Bram Stoker novel or seen any of the movies, his secret to making the Teen Titans seem like actual teens, why he owes his career to Gene Colan, and much, more.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how you can share some lasagna with us—<\/p>\n

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3) Or simply use the this embed to listen here without leaving this page.<\/p>\n