{"id":36256,"date":"2024-12-16T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T21:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=36256"},"modified":"2024-12-16T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T21:03:10","slug":"why-not-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2024\/12\/16\/why-not-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Not Say What Happened? Episode 11: Stan Lee&#8217;s Problem with Iron Man&#8217;s Nose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rummaging though a stack of mid-&#8217;70s memos has me remembering the time I attempted to convince Stan Lee to adapt Joseph Heller&#8217;s novel <em>Something Happened<\/em>, who was responsible for mutilating the contents of Marvel&#8217;s 1975 line of <em>Giant-Size Annuals<\/em>, how I repurposed a <em>Winnie Winkle<\/em> comic strip to resign from my staff job in the Bullpen, the day comic book fans ran a Baskin-Robbins out of ice cream, the meeting in which Stan Lee had a problem with Iron Man&#8217;s nose, Gerry Conway&#8217;s complaint to the Comics Code Authority about an <em>Inhumans<\/em> innuendo, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>You can eavesdrop on my memories of my time at Marvel via the embed below or <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/1775481331\">download at the site of your choice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/34474565\/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>Here are are a few memos which I reference during the episode  &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My Marvel Comics resignation memo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MyWinnieWinkleResignationMemo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MyWinnieWinkleResignationMemo-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MyWinnieWinkleResignationMemo-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MyWinnieWinkleResignationMemo-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MyWinnieWinkleResignationMemo-768x1036.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MyWinnieWinkleResignationMemo-1138x1536.jpg 1138w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MyWinnieWinkleResignationMemo.jpg 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stan Lee&#8217;s <em>Marvel Triple Action<\/em> advice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanTripleActionMemo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanTripleActionMemo1-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanTripleActionMemo1-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanTripleActionMemo1-621x1024.jpg 621w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanTripleActionMemo1.jpg 841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanTripleActionMemo2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanTripleActionMemo2-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanTripleActionMemo2-185x300.jpg 185w, 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