Editing Elliot S. Maggin (section)

====Origin of professional name====
Because comic book scripts tend to favor the [[exclamation mark]] as the punctuation of choice, Maggin routinely used it instead of a [[Full stop|period]]. Out of habit, he once signed his own name "Elliot S! Maggin" and editor Julius Schwartz liked the distinctive rhythm of the name, insisting that Maggin's name henceforth be written that way.<ref name="Eury" /> Explaining in an interview:
{{blockquote|I got into the habit of putting exclamation marks at the end of sentences instead of periods because reproduction on pulp paper was so lousy.  So once, by accident, when I signed a script I put the exclamation point after my 'S' because I was just used to going to that end of the typewriter at the time.  And Julie saw it, and before he told me, he goes into the production room and issues a general order that any mention of Elliot Maggin's name will be punctuated with an exclamation mark rather than a period from now on until eternity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://superman.nu/theages/users/supreme/archive/elliot_s_maggin_seduces_the_innocent.html#s |title=Elliot S! Maggin Seduces the Innocent |first=Chris |last=Galdieri |date=December 19, 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525020947/http://superman.nu/theages/users/supreme/archive/elliot_s_maggin_seduces_the_innocent.html |archive-date=May 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all |access-date=March 17, 2012 }}</ref>}}