{"id":37956,"date":"2025-10-24T21:21:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T01:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=37956"},"modified":"2025-10-24T21:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T01:21:46","slug":"taxi-drivers-comic-book-costars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2025\/10\/24\/taxi-drivers-comic-book-costars\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Taxi Driver<\/em>&#8216;s comic book costars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While watching the second episode of the documentary series <em>Mr. Scorsese<\/em>,  I spotted two Joes hiding in a photograph of Martin Scorsese directing Robert De Niro during one of <em>Taxi Driver<\/em>&#8216;s most intense scenes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot-1024x589.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot-1536x883.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot-2048x1178.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In case you can&#8217;t see them, I&#8217;ll flip over the relevant detail to make it easier for you. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MrScorceseEpisode2ScreenShot2.jpg 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Joe Staton&#8217;s cover to <em>Ghostly Tales<\/em> #117 (September 1976).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GhostlyTales117September1975.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GhostlyTales117September1975-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GhostlyTales117September1975-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GhostlyTales117September1975.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plus Joe Simon&#8217;s cover to <em>Sick<\/em> #106 (October 1976).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SickOctober1975.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SickOctober1975-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SickOctober1975-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SickOctober1975-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SickOctober1975-768x1034.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SickOctober1975.jpg 891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did either of these make it to the final cut of the film?<\/p>\n<p>I leave that for others to ascertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While watching the second episode of the documentary series Mr. Scorsese, I spotted two Joes hiding in a photograph of Martin Scorsese directing Robert De Niro during one of Taxi Driver&#8216;s most intense scenes. 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