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7/1/2025, 12:09:25 PM
>>149224484
I've shared it loads of times on this board before, but Priest's old blog on his time as Spider-Editor is absolutely worth reading
https://lamerciepark.com/legacy/comics/spidey.html
>Still unsure of how much Owsley and Shooter fucked up on each end but it is fascinating.
My view is that both fucked up, Owsley due to inexperience and Shooter due to misplaced confidence, and those fuck-ups combined to make one major fuck-up for almost all involved.
>>149225022
>the whole Spider-Man vs. Wolverine Hobgoblin, Ned Leeds fiasco
This one wasn't a fuck-up. It was a deliberately petty act.
Spider-Man vs Wolverine almost gets away with it, because it's a great comic taken by itself, but once you know the behind-the-scenes shenanigans then it's impossible to see the death of Ned Leeds in that issue as anything other than Owsley breaking the toy he knew DeFalco/Frenz were set to use. It's incredibly telling that he doesn't mention the comic at all in the blog post above. Priest is a fantastically talented comic writer IMO, but this is probably his worst moment. I do wonder what he thinks of it now.
I've shared it loads of times on this board before, but Priest's old blog on his time as Spider-Editor is absolutely worth reading
https://lamerciepark.com/legacy/comics/spidey.html
>Still unsure of how much Owsley and Shooter fucked up on each end but it is fascinating.
My view is that both fucked up, Owsley due to inexperience and Shooter due to misplaced confidence, and those fuck-ups combined to make one major fuck-up for almost all involved.
>>149225022
>the whole Spider-Man vs. Wolverine Hobgoblin, Ned Leeds fiasco
This one wasn't a fuck-up. It was a deliberately petty act.
Spider-Man vs Wolverine almost gets away with it, because it's a great comic taken by itself, but once you know the behind-the-scenes shenanigans then it's impossible to see the death of Ned Leeds in that issue as anything other than Owsley breaking the toy he knew DeFalco/Frenz were set to use. It's incredibly telling that he doesn't mention the comic at all in the blog post above. Priest is a fantastically talented comic writer IMO, but this is probably his worst moment. I do wonder what he thinks of it now.
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