Day: January 14, 2004

A *lot* of people have asked me what I thought about Axel Alonso’s comment in a “Wizard” interview in which he said:

“Stan Lee probably had feelings about Peter David’s version of the Hulk. Peter is all too vocal about what he thinks of Bruce Jones’ version.”

A lot of people see that as a slam. Personally, I don’t. I think it’s a little vague since I’m not sure what “all too” means. People kept asking me, and I finally read enough of them to form an opinion and responded. I guess whatever the “just vocal enough” limit would be, I exceeded it. Oh well. However, for what it’s worth, the times I saw Stan (and when we lunched together) he had nothing but nice things to say about what I was doing on the series. Of course, maybe he was just being polite, since Stan is, and was, a gentleman about such things. But I like to think he was sincere. He is, after all, The Man.

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Went into the city today to the Marvel offices. Met with Andy Schmidt to discuss future plans for “Captain Marvel” beyond issue #25…not just the stories themselves, but also ways of promoting them. I have fairly demented notions and we’re waiting to see if we get them approved. Should know within a few days.

Also had a lengthy meeting with Joe Q. to discuss storylines and directions for one of the two major projects I have in the hopper for Marvel. This one in particular ideally will launch late summer of this year. Should be able to discuss it in a month or so.

Sorry to be so secretive, but I just think there’s going to be a hëll of a reaction when the projects are revealed, and I want to coordinate everything with Marvel’s promotions people.

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