{"id":36635,"date":"2025-01-27T15:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T20:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=36635"},"modified":"2025-01-27T15:55:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T20:55:58","slug":"why-not-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/27\/why-not-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Not Say What Happened? Episode 16: What Teen Me Got Wrong (Twice!) About Jim Steranko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join me as I look back at the trouble I had getting out of an elevator at the first <em>Star Trek<\/em> convention, what my ballot looked like when I voted for the 1968 Alley Awards, the composers who wrote the music to match the lyrics I had Rick Jones sing in <em>Captain Marvel<\/em> #50, what teen me got wrong (twice!) about Jim Steranko, the three comics characters I almost cosplayed as at the 1972 Rutland Halloween parade, the mystery woman who would have been my Beautiful Dreamer on a Forever People float, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>You can eavesdrop on those memories 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\/35033935\/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 some images to accompany the listening experience &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The cover to my 1969 Poetry Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PoetryBook1969.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PoetryBook1969-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PoetryBook1969-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PoetryBook1969-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PoetryBook1969-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PoetryBook1969-1230x1536.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PoetryBook1969-1640x2048.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Flyer for 1972&#8217;s first <em>Star Trek<\/em> Convention Flyer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1972StarTrekConventionFlyer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1972StarTrekConventionFlyer-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1972StarTrekConventionFlyer-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1972StarTrekConventionFlyer-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1972StarTrekConventionFlyer.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My votes for the 1968 Alley Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1968AlleyAwardVotes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1968AlleyAwardVotes-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1968AlleyAwardVotes-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1968AlleyAwardVotes-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1968AlleyAwardVotes-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1968AlleyAwardVotes-1536x1034.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1968AlleyAwardVotes.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My invite to the 1972 Rutland Halloween parade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RutlandInvite1972Interior.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RutlandInvite1972Interior-231x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RutlandInvite1972Interior-231x300.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RutlandInvite1972Interior-790x1024.jpeg 790w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RutlandInvite1972Interior-768x996.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RutlandInvite1972Interior-1184x1536.jpeg 1184w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RutlandInvite1972Interior-1579x2048.jpeg 1579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tom Fagan as depicted in the pages of<br \/>\n <em>Amazing Adventures<\/em> #16, <em>Thor<\/em> #207, and <em>Justice League of America<\/em> #103<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TomFagan18972-Comics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TomFagan18972-Comics-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TomFagan18972-Comics-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TomFagan18972-Comics-1024x454.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TomFagan18972-Comics-768x340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TomFagan18972-Comics.jpg 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How I masked up in Rutland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ScottEdelmanRonEricksonRutland.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ScottEdelmanRonEricksonRutland-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ScottEdelmanRonEricksonRutland-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ScottEdelmanRonEricksonRutland-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ScottEdelmanRonEricksonRutland.jpg 1344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join me as I look back at the trouble I had getting out of an elevator at the first Star Trek convention, what my ballot looked like when I voted for the 1968 Alley Awards, the composers who wrote the music to match the lyrics I had Rick Jones sing in Captain Marvel #50, what 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