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Episode 33: What I Was Thinking the Day Before I Started on Staff at Marvel

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Why Not Say What Happened?
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Jun 23, 2026
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Summary

I don't have much to say this episode, but I'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't be writing my autobiography, when I'll be shredding half a century of daily diaries, and more.