{"id":37251,"date":"2025-05-31T14:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T18:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=37251"},"modified":"2025-05-31T14:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T18:10:33","slug":"why-not-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2025\/05\/31\/why-not-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Not Say What Happened? Episode 23: Why Howard the Duck Was the Silver Surfer of the &#8217;70s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join me and Neil Ottenstein for a rambling panel about Howard the Duck in which I share the Marvel Comics chaos which caused me to be hired there in 1974, my regrets over having written an issue of <em>Omega the Unknown<\/em>, my ethical queasiness about owning original art, what it means when I say I knew Stan Lee before he had hair, my terrifying Bullpen encounters with &#8220;Jumbo&#8221; John Verpoorten, why Howard the Duck was the Silver Surfer of the &#8217;70s, my Times Square street theater with Steve Gerber, the time Howard the Duck had to be hatched instead of laid, how immaturity cost me <em>Captain Marvel<\/em>, the only time I ever saw Stan Lee get flustered, and 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\/36800270\/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 several images relating to some of the topics I touched on during the episode &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The <em>Omega the Unknown<\/em> panels I regret writing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OmegaSpeaksIssue7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OmegaSpeaksIssue7-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OmegaSpeaksIssue7-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OmegaSpeaksIssue7-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/OmegaSpeaksIssue7.jpg 929w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How the Comics Code Authority censored my <em>Omega the Unknown<\/em> panel<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>with more info <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/09\/the-comics-code-and-jim-mooneys-altered-omega-the-unknown-artwork\/\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CensoredOmegatheUnknownPanelSidebySide.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CensoredOmegatheUnknownPanelSidebySide-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CensoredOmegatheUnknownPanelSidebySide-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CensoredOmegatheUnknownPanelSidebySide-768x508.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CensoredOmegatheUnknownPanelSidebySide-1024x678.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CensoredOmegatheUnknownPanelSidebySide.jpeg 1416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The time Howard the Duck couldn&#8217;t get laid<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>with more info <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2021\/05\/23\/why-howard-the-duck-didnt-get-laid\/\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HowardtheDuck1Correction.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HowardtheDuck1Correction-300x176.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HowardtheDuck1Correction-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HowardtheDuck1Correction-1024x599.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HowardtheDuck1Correction-768x449.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HowardtheDuck1Correction-1536x899.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/HowardtheDuck1Correction-2048x1198.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My first <em>Frogman<\/em> splash page<br \/>\nfrom <em>Unknown Soldier<\/em> #219 (September 1978)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Frogman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Frogman-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Frogman-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Frogman-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Frogman-768x1181.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Frogman-999x1536.jpg 999w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Frogman.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stan Lee tells me he&#8217;s horrified about horror<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanLeeMarvelConMemo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanLeeMarvelConMemo1-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanLeeMarvelConMemo1-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanLeeMarvelConMemo1-634x1024.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanLeeMarvelConMemo1.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My ACBA Button for a con that never was<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MyACBAButton.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MyACBAButton-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MyACBAButton-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MyACBAButton-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MyACBAButton-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MyACBAButton-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MyACBAButton.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How <em>F.O.O.M.<\/em> reported my parachute jump with Jim Shooter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/FOOMShooterParachute.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/FOOMShooterParachute-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/FOOMShooterParachute-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/FOOMShooterParachute-1024x831.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/FOOMShooterParachute.jpg 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A volume of my bound comics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ScottEdelmanBoundHulk167182.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ScottEdelmanBoundHulk167182-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ScottEdelmanBoundHulk167182-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ScottEdelmanBoundHulk167182-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ScottEdelmanBoundHulk167182.jpg 1274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My $30,000 <em>Doorway to Nightmare<\/em> cover<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>with more info <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/comic-books\/doorway-to-nightmare-5-october-1978\/\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Kaluta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Kaluta-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Kaluta-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Kaluta.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join me and Neil Ottenstein for a 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