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Marv Wolfman

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Andrew999

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Marv Wolfman
« on: May 13, 2020, 07:26:49 AM »
Happy Birthday Marv - 73 today!

In the early seventies, I was addicted to Hammer horror movies and Tomb of Dracula filled the gap beautifully - could there ever have been a more appropriately named writer?
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Re: Marv Wolfman
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2020, 07:50:43 AM »
His name is why writer's on DC horror titles first got credits.

The Comics Code forbade using vampires, zombies, wolfmen, etc. Gerry Conway asked what if a writer's name was Wolfman would that be forbidden? And they said no. So he wrote an intro to House of Secrets where Abel tells of a story told him by traveling wolfman. Turn the page and see Marv Wolfman is credited as the writer. The other writers in that issue wondered why he got the special treatment and soon all writers got credited.
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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2020, 08:32:24 AM »
So, this would be the Story for DC? I think the creators were credited at Marvel long before that?
That is one thing I have always thought that we could thank Stan Lee for.   
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Re: Marv Wolfman
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2020, 09:05:57 PM »
Yeah, DC's attitude to crediting creators was different than Stan Lee's at Marvel. Then again Stan was also a writer & wanted credit whereas at DC the various editors had different opinions about credits (I think some DC editors had credits in their books before the horror books did, but I'm not positive.)
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