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EPISODE · Jul 1, 2026 · 1H 34M

Jim Shooter Biographical Interview Part 5 of 6 by Alex Grand

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Alex Grand & Jim Shooter fill in the gaps not discussed from his career spanning biographical interview with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson.  Shooter starts off contrasting both Stan Lee & Jack Kirby both of whom he worked with from 1976-1978 on the Spider-Man newspaper strip & Eternals, talks about their Silver Surfer graphic novel, working with Sol Brodsky at Marvel, seeing Larry Lieber over at Atlas/Seaboard, the copyright law of 1978 that affected his job from his first day as Editor-In-Chief, the creators union that Neal Adams tried to build in 1978, his role in Neal Adams' film Nannaz,  Steve Ditko's input into the creators union discussion, why Jim Starlin left Marvel in 1977 and came back in 1980,  his last banquet with Wally Wood at SDCC shortly before his death, the altercation between him and Howard Chaykin that caused his departure from Marvel & mainstream comics for a while, the exodus of other artists & writers of Marvel during his tenure, the incoming new crowd of comic artists and writers, why Denny O'Neill arrived at Marvel and then left in the 1980s, the genesis of Marvel Age Magazine with Carol Kalish & Jim Salicrup, working with Danny Fingeroth,  the creation of the 1984 Marvel Fumetti comic, working with Marvel tech expert Eliot R. Brown, and why Mike Carlin left Marvel. Edited & Produced by Alex Grand.  #Marvel #Jim Shooter #SDCC  #Atlas #MarvelAge© 2021 Comic Book HistoriansSupport the show

Alex Grand & Jim Shooter fill in the gaps not discussed from his career spanning biographical interview with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson. Shooter starts off contrasting both Stan Lee & Jack Kirby both of whom he worked with from 1976-1978 on the Spider-Man newspaper strip & Eternals, talks about their Silver Surfer graphic novel, working with Sol Brodsky at Marvel, seeing Larry Lieber over at Atlas/Seaboard, the copyright law of 1978 that affected his job from his first da...

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Alex Grand & Jim Shooter fill in the gaps not discussed from his career spanning biographical interview with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson.  Shooter starts off contrasting both Stan Lee & Jack Kirby both of whom he worked with from 1976-1978 on the...

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