At the risk of seeming grumpy—which I never am—your questions seem designed to pull out as much info as possible before this book is published. I think from now on you can plug in a standard answer: wait and see.

When I was starting up on HIDDEN YEARS word got out that the Magneto seen there would be the ruthless S.O.B. he’d been at that vintage—and that Stan and Jack created—and I was hammered online by those who defended his “freedom fighter” status. It mattered not a jot that Chris, in portraying him that way, was ignoring all that had gone before—including what Chris himself had written!

(I’ve mentioned before that when we were working together Chris would often call me with dramatic readings of his latest dialog, and whenever Magneto was in the scene Chris would switch to a cackling Wicked Witch of the West voice. Years later, after Magneto’s “rehabilitation” I often asked if he still sounded like that!)

Which is a pity. If Marvel decides they don't want this, based on all this noise, the only ones who will be "hurt" are the fans who are so looking forward to it. Won't hurt me at all. I'll just "publish" here, as fan fiction.

It's all too typical, unfortunately. The internet trolls who don't want to see something published, and therefore don't think ANYONE should see it. Joseph Goebbels would be proud.