Imagine having to work under Mort Weisenger and get called a faggot by that notorious prick and then go on to work as an editor in chief and deal with petty office drama like having to fire Peter David because one of your editors (Owsley) hired him from the sales team and other writers/editors got mad this happened which then enrages the editor (Owsley) who you kinda get along with but also put on a Spidey book which then leads to more drama and Owsley himself dealing with a lot of shit. Being the chief didn't sound easy but he did probably the best anybody could do.
PAD still ended up defining Hulk in the end anyway, lol.
Still unsure of how much Owsley and Shooter fucked up on each end but it is fascinating.
Here's a joke memo Owsley sent to Shooter.