Posted: 12 July 2010 at 5:26pm | IP Logged | 5
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Here's an excerpt form an interview with Roger Stern over his dismissal from The Avengers from a 2009 interview: Mania: I’m sorry to have to ask you this because Lord knows you’ve rehashed it many times. But why were you fired from Avengers? Word is you and your editor disagreed over storylines. One rumor is he wanted you to make Captain America team leader, replacing Monica as someone who is incompetent. RS: Something like that. I was asked to replace Captain Marvel with Captain America. And while I like Captain America a lot, I thought that unwise. I sent editorial a memo pointing out that dumping Captain Marvel at that time would look both racist and sexist. I suggested that we rethink that particular idea. Instead, I received a message that I was fired. Mania: What’s ironic about this whole thing is that after you were fired from the book, Cap still didn’t lead the Avengers, much less return to them because he quit being Cap as seen in Captain America #332-350. That didn’t make any sense. Comment? RS: I wasn't privy to any decisions made after I was fired, so I don't know why any of that happened. Mania: Had you remained on the book, what were some of your plans? RS: After all these years, I don't recall much, but I'd hoped to feature Loki in issue #300. And I'd gotten tentative approval to have Power Man join the team, resolving the loose threads from the last issue of Power Man & Iron Fist. Luke was going to be cleared of Iron Fist's murder. I planned to reveal that Fist's old enemy Master Khan – in the guise of Tyrone King – had framed Luke. I passed that scenario off to John (Byrne) who later used it in the Namor book.
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