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Marvel Comics fires their longtime boss Jim Shooter in 1987 - and it might have been because he threatened to sue over unpaid royalties to creators
Jim Shooter kept quiet about why he was fired from Marvel for decades - was it because he'd tried to sue the company and failed?
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Inside Spider-Man’s chaotic 1987 bachelor party that Marvel turned into a real-life spectacle
The unbelievable true story of Spider-Man’s 1987 bachelor party, from zingers to Green Goblin mayhem.
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Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Inside Marvel’s original plans for the Spider-Man wedding that would've had Mary Jane leaving Peter at the altar - and how Stan Lee got them to change it
Tom DeFalco’s original Spider-Man wedding pitch had Mary Jane leave Peter at the altar, but Stan Lee and EiC Jim Shooter had other ideas
September 11, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Remembering the divisive and revolutionary Secret Wars creator (and former Marvel Comics' EiC) Jim Shooter following his death at age 73
How a comics writing child prodigy named Jim Shooter came to be Marvel Comics' boss, created Secret Wars, and wasn't afraid of making enemies to do it.
July 01, 2025
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Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels once co-owned a comic company
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February 22, 2024
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