About this episode

Alex Grand and Jim Thompson interview Jim Shooter about his career in comics.

Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Jim Shooter in a career spanning biography. Travel thru his youth as Mort Weisinger's 14- year-old apprentice created the rogue's gallery of the Legion of Superheroes, Princess Projectra, #KarateKid, Ferro Lad's death & intended race, drew layouts with his scripts for DC artists Gil Kane, Wally Wood, and Neal Adams, Captain Action teaching him Toy-Comics synergy, DC’s first drug addiction and rehab comic story, Parasite...

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex Grand, Jim Thompson

Guest: Jim Shooter

Topics covered

• biography
• comic book history
• interview
• DC Comics
• Legion of Superheroes
• Jim Shooter

Keywords

• Jim Shooter
• comic book
• biography
• DC Comics
• Legion of Superheroes
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DC, Captain Action

Books & works: Legion of Superheroes, Princess Projectra, Karate Kid, Ferro Lad

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