…entity controlled Marvel Comics and asked for a meeting. Marvel was failing spectacularly at that point, on the brink of bankruptcy. I met with Bill. Told him I thought I could turn things around in the comics publishing area, given control of comic book creative and business operations. He seemed…
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…“happy violence” in comics. And cartoons, for that matter. So, we had some common ground. I was generally against violence without consequences in comics. Every time a character in comics was hit on the head with a heavy, blunt instrument, went to sleep for as long as it was convenient…
…in association with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and ACTOR Comics Presents, published by Century Comics in association with ACTOR (A Commitment To Our Roots). Currently known as the Hero Initiative, ACTOR was founded in late 2000 by a consortium of publishers including Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse…
…to the Legion. The Legion Outpost. I think. Among the last things he asked me—might have been off the record—was why I wasn’t writing comics at that time. I told him that I was sure Mort wouldn’t want me back at DC, and that, having walked out on Marvel after…
…told me, too. So…after being cut loose by Marvel and failing to buy Marvel, I needed a gig. Thanks to Marvel’s efforts to blame me for everything bad that ever happened, the journalistically-bereft fanzines’ willingness to believe Marvel’s spin, or in the case of The Comics Journal, their zeal to…
…were a critical success and absolutely essential for Marvel’s image. We needed to be a place where creators wanted to bring their ideas. And, I figured, sooner or later, an EPIC Comics title would take off, make some creator wealthy, and then the floodgates would open. A few EPIC Comics…
…so ill-used in such a rotten-plot story? The Marvel Comics of the 1980’s adds this: “Shooter in the Marvel Age article vehemently denies stalling the project to remove Perez from the book.” Stalling the project to remove Pérez from the book?! Of course I denied it vehemently. It’s baloney. That…
…all creators. If I’d had my way, I would have made Marvel Comic Book Creator Heaven in a heartbeat. However, I knew that the likelihood of my being able to totally revolutionize and restructure Marvel’s business relationship with its artists and writers during my first few months in office was…
…the Marvel management), both Marvel and DC had instituted art return policies. Marvel’s, set up by Roy Thomas, gave writers a share of the pages. Go figure. As soon as I could, I changed that — one reason why a few writers like Moench and Thomas didn’t like me. Tough….
…on Massarky’s license to mount the show—so he went back to Marvel seeking an extension. Somebody had wised up, and Marvel demanded millions for an extension. Massarky went back to Marvel with the power people of MCA and Radio City at his side to convince Marvel that, if they were…