Marvel Comics Editors in Chief: Difference between revisions

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* Vincent Fargo (1942-1945): Handled the company while Lee was doing service in WWII. His main impact was a large amount of [[Funny Animal]] titles.
* Roy Thomas (1972-1974): A natural choice to follow in Lee's footsteps, as the first [[Promoted Fanboy]] at the company, and was the writer with the largest pull after Lee.
* Len Wein (1974-1975): Was editor for the briefest of the times, but he did make his mark by reviving a little book called ''[[X -Men]]''...
* Marv Wolfman (1975-1976)
* Gerry Conway (1976)
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''In 1995, the decision was made to split the editor-in-chief position five ways. This only lasted a year, as Marvel's line shrank drastically.''
 
* Bob Harras (1996-2000): Gained prominence by more or less running the [[X -Men]] line, so that when the editor-in-chief position was consolidated again, he was pegged as the natural choice. Word is, he made his enemies around the office, and some were not pleased at his resolution of the [[Spider Clone]] saga (though to be fair, it was an inherited mess), but what may have ended his tenure was the inability for the X-Men comics to resemble, let alone capitalize, on the upcoming film. Although a great deal of titles were bland, directionless, or even experiencing a [[Dork Age]] through his stewardship, a few of his efforts were positive as well. The majority of the non-mutant characters were reinvigorated and finally given top-notch creative talents. [[Deadpool]] was tested out with his own book, and has become the [[Breakout Character]] of the nineties. Harras also greenlit the [[Thunderbolts]], a property that still sticks around here and there.
 
* Joe Quesada (2000-2011): Currently Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Entertainment (which includes not only comic publishing, but video games, films, etc.), and the second longest-serving EIC of Marvel Comics. Started out as controversial, but got some good notice for cleaning house at the company. However, is now controversial for storylines like [[One More Day]].