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Is Roy Thomas' memory reliable? Patrick Ford 12 October 2016 How is it an interviewer can let this pass without follow up? Roy Thomas says here that he approached Martin Goodman. He does not say that Goodman approached him. And what was it about the deal that he didn't like? Patrick Ford: If a person goes to Wikipedia they will see the article on Atlas-Seaboard says that Goodman approached Thomas and offered him a job. That contradicts what Thomas said in the clip I posted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas/Seaboard_Comics Patrick Ford: What is really strange is Thomas says in the same interview that he turned down the job. There is no mention in the Wiki article that Thomas says he was the one who first approached Goodman and that he approached Goodman while still at Marvel. "Goodman offered an editorial position to Roy Thomas, who had recently stepped down as Marvel Comics editor-in-chief, but Thomas turned it down, recalling in 1981 that, '[I] didn't have any faith in his lasting it out. The field was too shaky for a new publisher.'" Patrick Ford: It just does not make sense to me that when Thomas mentioned he had approached Goodman that didn't lead to a line of questioning about that incident. Wouldn't it be normal to instantly ask: "Oh, so you called Goodman on the telephone? Or did you go over to the office?" Patrick Ford After the publication of the Sean Howe book MARVEL THE UNTOLD STORY Roy Thomas issued these comments which represent yet another version of events. THOMAS: " P 149: About how I -talked things over - with Seaboard/Atlas publisher Chip Goodman to feel him out about a job, I don't care if the info is added in the book or not, but that dinner meeting was at Chip's request, not mine. I was not looking to leave Marvel, but I felt I might as well talk to him, as long as he was paying for dinner. I was offered the job of co-editor with Larry at equal status - same if any other editor was in place at that time." Patrick Ford: Contrast that with: Patrick Ford: "I myself..." Patrick Ford: "...had approached Martin Goodman some weeks earlier..." Patrick Ford: Why does anyone use a phrase like, "I myself" unless they want to stress that it was their idea? Michael Hill: How could anyone question any version of events presented by Renowned Comic Historian and former and current Marvel employee Roy Thomas? Or maybe Lee's memory excuse is contagious. Patrick Ford: All three versions are true depending on what is most convenient. Michael Hill: I think they're time-dependent... the TCJ 61 version expired in 1998 when Marvel made up with him. Patrick Ford: Well he seems to have contradicted himself in the space of the TCJ #61 interview. This is also know as "John Romita Syndrome."

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