{"id":35993,"date":"2024-11-12T14:05:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=35993"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:05:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:05:38","slug":"why-not-episode-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2024\/11\/12\/why-not-episode-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Not Say What Happened? Episode 7: Archie Goodwin&#8217;s Marvel Bullpen Parkour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A regrettable reminder to wish a dead comic book friend happy birthday sent me down a Marvel memories rabbit hole, reminding me of what it was like to know Stan Lee before he had hair, the cherry pie that almost got me fired, the day Archie Goodwin did parkour across Bullpen furniture, Len Wein turning us into a Mickey Mouse operation, Marie Severin&#8217;s most inventive prank, my faux fight with Don McGregor, performing Time Square guerrilla theater with Steve Gerber, the time I was on Candid Camera (or was I?), and more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33901772\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here are a few things which will illuminate the anecdotes I share in this episode &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A mid-&#8217;70s Marvel Bullpen pic<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>with Irene Vartanoff, Chris Claremont, Bonnie Smith, and Roger Slifer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/MarvelBullpen2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/MarvelBullpen2-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/MarvelBullpen2-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/MarvelBullpen2.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/lenwein.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/blast-from-past-pt-1.html\">Len&#8217;s full story<\/a> of why I&#8217;m wearing a Mickey Mouse hat in the photo above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Giant-Size Defenders #5 (July 1975) credits box<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GiantSizeDefenders5CreditsBox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GiantSizeDefenders5CreditsBox-300x47.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"47\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-35998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GiantSizeDefenders5CreditsBox-300x47.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GiantSizeDefenders5CreditsBox-768x119.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GiantSizeDefenders5CreditsBox.jpg 961w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A regrettable reminder to wish a dead comic book friend happy birthday sent me down a Marvel memories rabbit hole, reminding me of what it was like to know Stan Lee before he had hair, the cherry pie that almost got me fired, the day Archie Goodwin did parkour across Bullpen furniture, Len Wein turning 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