# Episode 26: The Reason I Should Never Have Been Allowed to Write Comics Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episode-26-the-reason-i-should-never-have-been-allowed-to-write-comics Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episode-26-the-reason-i-should-never-have-been-allowed-to-write-comics.md Podcast: [Why Not Say What Happened?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512) Published: 2025-08-06T13:25:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/tag/why-not-say-what-happened/ Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fd3ff005-24d3-48d3-af35-970c915f8593/Episode_26__Why_Not_Say_What_Happened.mp3?dest-id=4744167 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episodes/episode-26-the-reason-i-should-never-have-been-allowed-to-write-comics Duration seconds: 2084 ## Resource Rereading my mid-'70s run of Captain Marvel teaches me why I should never have been writing comics in the first place — but it also causes me to reminisce about how I rescued Rick Jones from the Negative Zone, the way the success of Crazy Rich Asians caused Captain Marvel reshoots, the travesty of the Teen Brigade's return, George Tuska's unseen Wonder Man, why I believe in back-shadowing, not foreshadowing, and more. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episodes/episode-26-the-reason-i-should-never-have-been-allowed-to-write-comics/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episode-26-the-reason-i-should-never-have-been-allowed-to-write-comics.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.