“Such a Shame That A Little Fame And Attention Began to Get to Len’s Head…” On Roy Thomas’s Erasure of The Real Creators of Wolverine

2024 is upon us which means we’ve also got one more gruesome event to look forward to in the new year: the 50th Anniversary of popular mutant antihero Wolverine which will, inevitably, lead to anniversary-centric convention appearances and interviews with “Rascally” Roy Thomas himself, ostensibly to further the rather recent perception of himself as the […]

“He Kinda Looks Like A Supervillain”- A Look at the Clues- And Responses- To Funky Flashman

This is not an article which attempts to inform you on the history behind Jack Kirby’s character Funky Flashman, a brilliant send-up and factually correct satire of Stan Lee. That’s been covered numerous times to varying degrees of success and factual correctness, notably on the excellent According to Kirby blog. No, today we’re going to […]

“The Narrative Wouldn’t Exist Without Him As a Foil”- Thoughts on Martin Goodman

Think about how you know him. He’s subtly omnipresent to the point of existing in our collective unconsciousness the way founding fathers or historical figures are- he’s John Wilkes Booth, existing to be the assassin in Abraham Lincoln’s story. He’s Herbert Morrison, necessary to breathlessly describe the Hindenburg Disaster, so that it better becomes a […]

“Energized by her own enthusiasm”: 11 Untruths in 2002’s Stan Lee Autobiography

It was nothing if not a genuinely pleasant surprise to witness that the recent documentary/propaganda piece “Stan Lee“, directed by David Gelb, actually had the unintended effect of nudging a certain conversation a few more inches forward into the lexicon. That conversation was largely about the lack of credit and acknowledgement for collaborators such as […]