{"id":38915,"date":"2026-05-01T20:22:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=38915"},"modified":"2026-05-01T20:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:22:57","slug":"why-not-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2026\/05\/01\/why-not-32\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Not Say What Happened? Episode 32: The Fantastic Four\u2019s Connection to The Scarecrow\u2019s First Origin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This time around, I reminisce about what it meant to have met Gerry Conway in 1971 when I was only 16, the comic book comrades I should have known better but never had the chance, my dreams of decluttering with Bernie Wrightson, the first two origin stories I thought up for The Scarecrow before the one fans got to read in 1975, and more.<\/p>\n<p>You can hear me get  all nostalgic via the embed below or <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/1775481331\">download the episode  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\/41121955\/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 a few images related to a couple of the topics I mention this episode &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Gerry Conway<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>as interviewed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/05\/lunch-in-l-a-with-comics-legend-gerry-conway-on-episode-99-of-eating-the-fantastic\/\">Episode 99<\/a> of my Eating the Fantastic podcast<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GerryConwayEatingtheFantastic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GerryConwayEatingtheFantastic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GerryConwayEatingtheFantastic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GerryConwayEatingtheFantastic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GerryConwayEatingtheFantastic-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GerryConwayEatingtheFantastic-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My original notes for The Scarecrow&#8217;s (wisely) unused origins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FirstTwoScarecrowOrigins.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FirstTwoScarecrowOrigins-300x234.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-38921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FirstTwoScarecrowOrigins-300x234.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FirstTwoScarecrowOrigins-1024x799.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FirstTwoScarecrowOrigins-768x599.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FirstTwoScarecrowOrigins-1536x1199.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FirstTwoScarecrowOrigins-2048x1598.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How those origins were summarized on a <em>Dead of Night<\/em> #11 text page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DeadofNight11TextPageExcerpt.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DeadofNight11TextPageExcerpt-187x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-38920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DeadofNight11TextPageExcerpt-187x300.jpeg 187w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DeadofNight11TextPageExcerpt.jpeg 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time around, I reminisce about what it meant to have met Gerry Conway in 1971 when I was only 16, the comic book comrades I should have known better but never had the chance, my dreams of decluttering with Bernie Wrightson, the first two origin stories I thought up for The Scarecrow before the 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