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I can understand me wanting to show off copies of FOOM, which is the first magazine I was ever given the opportunity to edit, but I'm not sure how Neal Adams got into my dream!

A Dream Quartet scottedelman 2008

Phuuuuuutttttzzzzsss. (the sound of me spitting) "FOOM" is the sound effect for power going out.

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Which will explain the tweaking he received in FOOM #9 at the hands of Marv Wolfman and Marie Severin, who collaborated on "The Harmony Factor Syndrome Beneath Wakanda."

"The Harmony Factor Syndrome Beneath Wakanda" by D*nald F. MxGr*mlin scottedelman 2010

I'd interviewed Steve, as I'd interviewed so many of Marvel's writers, back in 1975 when I worked there and among other things edited FOOM, the company's fan magazine.

Bad News for Isaac Asimov Fans, Good News for Steve Gerber Fans scottedelman 2010

Among the many intriguing things I found was this blurb in the "Department of Infoomation" of FOOM #10, the June 1975 issue, which explained a bit more about the Scarecrow comic that never was, filling in some of the blanks about the Don Perlin splash page I'd forgotten I'd even owned.

Yet Another Piece of the Scarecrow Puzzle scottedelman 2010

When I dug out the March 1975 issue of FOOM last week, I found something fun on the back cover—a piece of John Byrne art I don't think has seen print in 35 years.

John Byrne's Shang-She, Mistress of Kung Fu scottedelman 2010

Parts of that interview appeared in FOOM #9, the March 1975 issue.

Bad News for Isaac Asimov Fans, Good News for Steve Gerber Fans scottedelman 2010

I was remembering that thanks to the issues of FOOM, Marvel's fan magazine, that I dug up last week.

The Secret Origins of Roger Stern and Ralph Macchio scottedelman 2010

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Here's the editorial I wrote for FOOM #9, the March 1975 issue, in which I mentioned them both.

The Secret Origins of Roger Stern and Ralph Macchio scottedelman 2010