{"podcast":{"title":"Why Not Say What Happened?","slug":"why-not-say-what-happened-7069512","podcast_index_feed_id":7069512,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/549812/destinations/4744167.xml","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/549812","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/4/2/8/d428ddfc43504e35e55e3c100dce7605/WhyNotSayWhatHappened-20241001-l4feem7fdt.jpg","author":"Scott Edelman","episode_count":34,"summary":"I've lived my life in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic books, attending my first convention in 1970, hired by Marvel Comics in 1974, publishing my first short story in 1981, editing my first magazine in 1983, launching my first podcast in 2016, and more. Along the way, I've been witness to the history of multiple genres, which has caused many of my friends, followers, and fans to suggest I write my autobiography. But since I don't plan to take time away from everything else going on in my life to do so, I've decided to periodically share nostalgic stories from my many creative journeys here. Join me!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T08:19:13.852342+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 19: What Gerry Conway Wasn't Allowed to Say About Gwen Stacy in F.O.O.M.","slug":"episode-19-what-gerry-conway-wasn-t-allowed-to-say-about-gwen-stacy-in-f-o-o-m","published_at":"2025-02-19T03:02:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episode-19-what-gerry-conway-wasn-t-allowed-to-say-about-gwen-stacy-in-f-o-o-m","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512","url":"https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/tag/why-not-say-what-happened/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fd3ff005-24d3-48d3-af35-970c915f8593/Episode_19__Why_Not_Say_What_Happened_.mp3?dest-id=4744167","summary":"While shredding another old notebook from my early comics career, I reminisce about the many wretched one-act plays I created while being taught by famed playwright Jack Gelber, the lie I told Marv Wolfman and Len Wein which got me hired at Marvel, the most wrongheaded conclusion Fredric Wertham reached in Seduction of the Innocent , my plot for an Inhumans strip starring Karnak which had no reason to exist, the most ridiculous method any writer ever conceived of for killing a vampire, what Gerry Conway said about Gwen Stacy which was censored out of his F.O.O.M. interview, the first words to reach readers about my Scarecrow character, and much more.","meta_description":"While shredding another old notebook from my early comics career, I reminisce about the many wretched one-act plays I created while being taught by famed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2132,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episodes/episode-19-what-gerry-conway-wasn-t-allowed-to-say-about-gwen-stacy-in-f-o-o-m/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-not-say-what-happened-7069512/episode-19-what-gerry-conway-wasn-t-allowed-to-say-about-gwen-stacy-in-f-o-o-m.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}