Marvel Comics: The Untold Story (71 page)

Puzo, Mario, 46, 49, 61, 80

Pym, Henry.
See
Ant-Man; Giant-Man; Yellowjacket

Pynchon, Thomas, 193

Quack!
, 183

Quality Comics, 37

Quesada, Joe, 392–94, 396–97, 404–6, 409–11, 413, 417, 418, 422–23, 432

Question, the, 70

Quest
magazine, 262n

Quicksilver, 56, 83

Rabkin, William, 310–11

Ragone, Matt, 362–63, 370, 372, 385

Ragtime
(Doctorow), 358

Raimi, Sam, 414

Rand, Ayn, 55, 63, 70n

Rasputin, Peter.
See
Colossus

Rawhide Kid
, 35

Redbook
magazine, 81

Reddy, Helen, 129

Red Raven, 17

Red Skull, 74, 115, 274–75

Red Sonja, 155

Rehme, Bob, 294–97, 311

Reinman, Paul, 70

Reno Jones, Gunhawk
, 132

Resnais, Alain, 103–4, 113, 117, 119, 171, 414

Revlon Corporation, 104, 312, 313

Revson, Charles, 104

Rhoades, Shirrel, 387, 390, 391, 393, 395, 398

Richards, Sue (née Storm).
See
Invisible Girl

Richie Rich
, 77

“Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The” (Coleridge), 13

Ringo Kid, 100

Robbins, Frank, 223

Robbins, Tom, 193

Roberts, Ethan, 53

Rockwell, Norman, 358

Rockwitz, Mike, 342

Rocky III
(film), 261

Rodriguez, Robert, 397

Rogers, Richard T., 334, 341, 343, 364, 368, 372

Rogers, Steve.
See
Captain America

Rohmer, Sax, 145, 146

Rolling Stone
magazine, 117, 135, 190, 212, 255, 292

Rom
, 220, 255, 280

Romita, John, 26, 95n, 105, 107, 115n, 149, 292, 430

appointed art director, 124, 147

characters created by, 132, 154, 429

at DC, 50, 57

departure from Marvel of, 374–75

Fantastic Four offered to Starlin by, 147, 318

fired by Timely, 32, 57

Gwen Stacy’s death plotted by, 136, 137

and Kirby’s departure from Marvel, 108

on Lee and Kirby’s plot-development methods, 65

and merchandising, 354

Shooter and, 295, 296

Starlin’s caricature of, 163

titles drawn by, 57–58, 81–82, 96, 142, 205, 319

Romita, John, Jr., 222, 223, 286, 288, 369

Romita, Virginia, 374–75

Ronin
, 247, 265

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 22

Roots
(television miniseries), 215

Rosen, Joe, 251

Rosen, Sam, 55

Rosenberg, Scott, 366–67

Ross, Alex, 357–58, 414

Ross, Steve, 91

Ross, General Thunderbolt, 40

Roundtree, Richard, 310n

Roussos, George, 46, 124, 251

Rozanski, Chuck, 216–17, 395

Rubinstein, Josef, 246, 257

Ruby, Joe, 231n

Ruby-Spears Productions, 231, 232, 239

Rush (band), 212

RZA, 407

Sail
magazine, 322

Salicrup, Jim, 127, 152, 183, 217–18, 220, 227–28, 237, 319, 331, 348

Sanderson, Peter, 230

San Diego Comics Convention (Comic-Con), 139, 217, 235, 242, 262, 293, 317, 346, 359, 422

Sandler, Adam, 415

Sandman, 54, 318

Sarnoff, Bill, 272

Sassa, Scott, 385–88, 390, 394

Sassoon, Vidal, 356

Saturday Evening Post
, 105

Saturday Night Fever
(film), 244

Savage Dragon, 382–84

Savage Tales
, 123, 126

Scarecrow, the, 155

Scarlet Spider, 365

Scarlet Witch, 56, 83, 160, 231, 285

Schiff, Jack, 91, 103

Scholastic Publishing, 237

Schreff, David, 385, 386n, 387, 399n

Schulberg, Budd, 278

Schutz, Diana, 243, 264, 268

Schwartzberg, Stu, 84

Sea Gate Distribution, 216

Seattle Mariners, 317

Secret Defenders
, 342

Secrets Behind the Comics
(Lee), 26

Secret War
, 425

Securities and Exchange Commission, 294

Seduction of the Innocent
(Wertham), 29

Sekowsky, Mike, 32–33, 68

Selleck, Tom, 261

Selluloid Productions, 231, 244

Senate, U.S., 30

Sentinels, 48n, 236, 358, 413,

“Sentinels of Liberty” fan club, 20

Seuling, Carole, 129, 130

Seuling, Phil, 129, 169, 216–17

Severin, John, 57, 100, 111, 148, 348

Severin, Marie, 49, 57–59, 107, 108, 130, 164, 199, 205, 217, 374, 375

Sex Health
magazine, 10

Sgt. Fury
, 50, 59, 60, 80.
See also
Fury, Nick

Shadow, the, 233

Shaft
(film), 124

Shakespeare, William, 16, 44, 71

Shamus, Gareb, 392

Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu, 144–47, 257–60, 266, 308, 412

Shanna, the She-Devil, 129, 130, 132, 421

Shatterstar, 330

She-Hulk, 220–21, 236n, 314, 335

Sheinberg, Sidney, 294

Sherman, William David, 85

Shestack, Mel, 61

Shi’Ar Empire, 198, 227, 413

S.H.I.E.L.D., 73, 89, 194,424

Shield, The, 18, 20

Shogun Warrior
, 220

Shooter, Jim, 153n, 198, 234, 247, 251, 263–85, 286n, 287–93, 316, 347, 360, 371, 395, 410, 429

and animated cartoons, 215

arrival at Marvel of, 173, 176–77

Big Bang proposal of, 255–59, 266, 270, 273, 275

and character development, 222

at comic conventions, 235

conflicts between artists and writers and, 184–85, 207, 217–20, 225–28, 254, 275–76, 286n, 298–99, 314

contracts with freelancers required by, 208–9

on Conway’s promotion, 183–84

crossover event comics projects of, 264 (see also
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars
)

at DC, 173–77

death of characters ordered by, 228, 230, 242, 260, 266

DeFalco hired by, 237–38

direct sales policy of, 217, 219

Epic Comics division formed by, 248

Epic
magazine launched by, 216

former DC employees hired by, 212–13, 223, 278

as Goodwin’s associate editor, 191, 199–201

Gruenwald hired as assistant by, 206

Kirby and, 207–8

merchandising efforts of, 263–64

New Universe of, 291–92, 299, 307–8, 325, 391

and New World acquisition of Marvel, 295–97, 300

promoted to editor in chief, 201–2, 205–6

replaced by DeFalco, 303, 304, 307

rules imposed on writers by, 228, 237, 270, 318

spin-offs encouraged by, 242–44

at Valiant/Voyager, 312n, 330n, 347

Shores, Syd, 19, 24, 50, 83n, 127

Shukin, Ed, 178, 193, 217, 268

Shuster, Joe, 12, 99, 209, 245

Siegel, Jerry, 12, 45, 59, 70, 91, 99, 209, 245, 293, 402, 429

Sienkiewicz, Bill, 213, 233, 257, 258, 275–76, 285, 293, 315, 316

Silberkleit, Louis, 9, 10, 18n

Silliphant, Stirling, 261

Silver Sable
, 341

Silver Surfer, 3, 64–65, 72–73, 86, 90–91, 95, 102, 103, 106, 114, 120–22, 207n, 214, 275, 314, 323, 373

animated cartoon, 214

film projects, 215, 244, 392

Silverman, Fred, 215, 231n

Silvestri, Marc, 318, 338, 429