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That description of Marvel parties in the ‘90s is absolutely hilarious.

I also want to second the Iron Man recommendation. The current run is terrific!

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Weren’t there rumours of Brute Force being developed by Disney lately?

In answer to your points on Iron Man Tom, I find Tony Stark has been a bit of a mess since Bendis got hold of him. Dan’s run with the 2020 stuff really wasn’t that good, and I read a few issues of Cantwell at the start and didn’t care for that much either. It’s great having Patsy back as herself, but I found dumping Tony’s relationship with Janet straight away (how many heroes have she been loved up with now) and then for no obvious reason hooking with Patsy, to just be poorly written stuff myself.

Also it doesn’t hold up well when you have universe level threats like Ultron and Korvac being taken on by just Iron Man.

Loved having Jim Hammond appear properly as the Torch though, even though it was all a bit out of nowhere. Give him some more love and respect though, instead of being one of those characters dumped on all the time (poor old Hank Pym).

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The inside looks at Marvel were real interesting! I need to do some catch-up on your newsletters to look at more.

For Some Q&A if you have the time:

I’m pursuing the goal of entering the field of editing myself so -

1. Are there any problems you see in the business that tend to surprise or “sucker punch” new editors/interns that you wish more could know about before starting their careers?

2. Have Marvel editors returned to their offices yet? Because of remote work in the COVID-19 era, and because most writers/artists/inkers/letters/colorists work online anyways, do you think comic book editors for big publishers might soon be staying remote as well?

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I’ll have to try Iron Man this week. Thanks for the recommendation.

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