[FunkyBunch]

The Talking Joe podcast has released a new interview with former Marvel Editor In Chief Jim Shooter with a deep dive into the launch of the GI Joe comic at Marvel.

https://youtu.be/7Hu7UMIajHM

and audio only is on all the normal Poscast sites, links at https://talkingjoe.co.uk/

For the 40th anniversary, Talking Joe continues its look back to the secret origins of GI Joe ARAH. Mark and Tim talk to Jim Shooter, editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics when G.I Joe was launched in 1982. As you will find out, Jim was instrumental to the creation and success of the G.I. Joe comic and the property as a whole.
Jim Shooter is an American comics creator, editor, and publisher. He made his start writing Legion of Super-Heroes when he was only fourteen years old. He served as the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics from 1978 to 1987 and during this time launched G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero in 1982, gave Larry Hama the writing gig and has editor in chief credits up to issue 64.

After leaving Marvel he founded several comics companies including Valiant Comics, Defiant Comics and Broadway Comics.

We talk about
Licensed Properties at Marvel in the 1980s
The general conditions for Marvel, teetering on bankruptcy, and owners who had no interest in comics.
How Marvel was approached for G.I. Joe and the initial steps to putting together the book.
The parallels and differences with the launch of Transformers at Marvel.
And so much more besides!

[stopdead]

I’m in the middle of this now. Great interview!!!!

[vxc961]

You knocked another one out the park Funky Bunch! Thanks for keeping Joe going while I wait for the new publisher!