"Makes me wish Wood had inked Kirby on FF! "

Apparently (according to one published anecdote) Kirby and Wood went to Stan Lee and asked him to put Wood on as inker on one of Kirby's regular books (though I don't think it would be the FF). Both of them really wanted this to happen, and Kirby wasn't usually a guy who made requests of this sort.

(As you'll recall, Evanier describes how loath Kirby was to cost Colletta the job of inking New Gods until he learned how much he erased and short-changed the art. )

Stan, as the story has it, said that Kirby's work was so strong in the pencils that he could have anybody ink it, while Wood was such a polished inker that he could salvage the crappiest pencils. And having two good books instead of one great book made more business sense.

The anecdote, as I read it, goes on to describe how this disappointed Kirby and completely devastated Wood (who despite his defense of "hacking" and "swiping"  seemed dedicated to being the best artist he possibly could be. At least at this point.  )

I can see Stan's point, but I think its decisions like these that cost him Kirby in the long run. I think a 100 issue run of Kirby and Wood would have been a beauty to behold, whether on Avengers, Thor or even a Marvel based New Gods.

Ah. What could have been.