Daryl Edelman
Daryl Edelman was an American editor of the Marvel Comics Transformers book, working on issues 5 through 10 of The Transformers Comics Magazine. His other work at Marvel included Inhumanoids, Chuck Norris, Thundercats, and Masters Of The Universe. He once worked as assistant editor for Bob Harras
After leaving Marvel in 1990 "to write the great American novel"<ref>"Then, all heck broke loose. Rob [Liefeld] didn't have time to do the issue, Daryl left Marvel to write the great American novel, and the office was left in a state of disarray." David B. Schwartz, "The New Mutants" annual #6, 1990. </ref>, he did stints with Archie Comics (during which he helped introduce the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise to America) and later DC before coming full circle; after doing work on a series of non-comic projects, he was eventually hired to work on Disney's Marvel Super Heroes Magazine. He and his wife co-wrote the novel Garments of Fleas, and he has also done work on a solo novel entitled Comic Book Marginal.
Trivia
[edit]- The Marvel "Bullpen Bulletins" for July 1987 refers to Edelman as "heir apparent to the title 'Marvel's most mysterious assistant editor.'"
- Daryl Edelman had a working relationship with fellow editor Don Daley; not only was Daley the one to bring Edelman on board at Marvel, according to the same "Bullpen Bulletin" the two men also at one point shared an office. They were noted as having the best stereo system in the office, but dared not use it because publisher Mike Hobson's office was next door to their own.
- The May 1989 Marvel Bullpen Bulletin (as sourced from Alpha Flight #70) noted that he also spent a day working as assistant editor to Jim Salicrup as part of an effort to cross-train assistant editors by showing them how different editors worked.
- Edelman's ties to Marvel actually go back to 1965, when Edelman - who was all of 7 at the time - was told by Stan Lee himself that Edelman belonged in the "Merry Marching Marvel Society".