{"id":39153,"date":"2026-06-23T13:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=39153"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:03:24","slug":"why-not-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2026\/06\/23\/why-not-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Not Say What Happened? Episode 33: What I Was Thinking the Day Before I Started on Staff at Marvel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t have much to say this episode, but I&#8217;ve decided to say it anyway, sharing about the way Stan Lee saved me in a dream, what I was thinking (or not) 52 years ago today on the eve of starting my Marvel Comics staff job, the PTSD of older creators who lived through the creation of the Comics Code, why I won&#8217;t be writing my autobiography, when I&#8217;ll be shredding half a century of daily diaries, and more. <\/p>\n<p>You can hear me wax 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\/41744180\/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>Hanging with Stan Lee at San Diego Comic-Con<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ScottEdelmanStanLeeSDCC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ScottEdelmanStanLeeSDCC-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-39157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ScottEdelmanStanLeeSDCC-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ScottEdelmanStanLeeSDCC.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Chilling with Brian Keene during StokerCon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrianKeeneScottEdelmanStokerCon2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrianKeeneScottEdelmanStokerCon2026-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-39155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrianKeeneScottEdelmanStokerCon2026-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrianKeeneScottEdelmanStokerCon2026-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrianKeeneScottEdelmanStokerCon2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrianKeeneScottEdelmanStokerCon2026-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrianKeeneScottEdelmanStokerCon2026-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrianKeeneScottEdelmanStokerCon2026-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Outside the White House during the 1974 Worldcon<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>with Carl Gafford, Paul Levitz, and Steve Gilary <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1974Worldcon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1974Worldcon-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1974Worldcon-300x209.jpg 300w, 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