{"id":36852,"date":"2025-02-19T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=36852"},"modified":"2025-02-19T09:27:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:27:50","slug":"why-not-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2025\/02\/19\/why-not-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Not Say What Happened? Episode 19: What Gerry Conway Wasn&#8217;t Allowed to Say About Gwen Stacy in F.O.O.M."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While shredding another old notebook from my early comics career, I reminisce about the many wretched one-act plays I created while being taught by famed playwright Jack Gelber, the lie I told Marv Wolfman and Len Wein which got me hired at Marvel, the most wrongheaded conclusion Fredric Wertham reached in <em>Seduction of the Innocent<\/em>, my plot for an <em>Inhumans<\/em> strip starring Karnak which had no reason to exist, the most ridiculous method any writer ever conceived of for killing a vampire, what Gerry Conway said about Gwen Stacy which was censored out of his <em>F.O.O.M.<\/em> interview, the first words to reach readers about my Scarecrow character, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>You can eavesdrop on all those memories via the embed below or <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/1775481331\">download them 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\/35344500\/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 which will shed light on some of what I talk about this episode &#8212; but probably won&#8217;t make much sense without listening &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Me the Year Before Marvel <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/1973Me.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/1973Me-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/1973Me-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/1973Me.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Gerry Conway&#8217;s 1974 <em>F.O.O.M.<\/em> Interview<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GerryConwayInterviewTranscript.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GerryConwayInterviewTranscript-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GerryConwayInterviewTranscript-225x300.jpeg 225w, 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https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GerryConwayInterviewPublished-583x1024.jpeg 583w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GerryConwayInterviewPublished-768x1349.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GerryConwayInterviewPublished-874x1536.jpeg 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My First Scarecrow Caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MyFirstScarecrowCaption.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MyFirstScarecrowCaption-300x139.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36864\" 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