DEATHLOK #1
July, 1991
DEATHLOK was the first regular comic book series I got to edit–and I botched the hell out of it.
Now, mind you, I had some help. The limited series that resurrected the character had been edited by Bob Budiansky, who would continue to be associated with the book as “supervising editor.” That limited series had been co-written by Dwayne McDuffie and Gregory Wright, but by the time the ongoing title had begun production, the two had decided that they couldn’t work effectively together. With Solomon-like wisdom, Bob decreed that they would both continue on the book, each one writing 4-part story arcs individually. This was, to put it lightly, an ill-advised move, particularly when you consider that Bob’s view of the character had drifted away from both Dwayne and Greg’s interpretations. (That cover copy is Bob’s as well, for the record.)
Beyond that, most of the major mistakes were mine. A more experienced editor might have been able to make it work, but I wasn’t that guy. It’s too bad, too, since I thought the first issue of the limited series was one of the strongest launches Marvel had done at that time, and I felt that the character had all sorts of untapped potential. This was also the single best-selling issue of any comic book I was associated with, moving over half-a-million copies. And yet, the series was dead less that three years later, with #34.
The Tom Brevoort Experience 
I found the title depressing.
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I bought the original run because I had started it, liked him well enough in Captain America and Two-In-One, but have had zero interest since. Besides the ugly design, I think it’s the association with Buckler. I only ever liked him inked by Sinnott and swiping Kirby. Otherwise I needed a good second reason to buy a book he drew and back then Duffie and Wright were unknowns to me. Either would have got me past a bad artist a while later but not then.
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I liked the mini and I bought the ongoing series just because it was a time when I was buying everything but I’m not sure I bought it beyond the first arc. Punisher and Ghost Rider team up weren’t enough to get me to stick around.
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Ghost Rider, Punisher, and Wolverine appearing everywhere whether it made sense was really annoying to me but not enough to skip issues yet. It helped that I thought the first two were more villains than heroes so it was cool for the star of the book to smack them around.
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I despise Wolverine with a fiery white hot passion and was never happier than when he was dead.
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I like him as a teammate, Avengers or X-Men, but not as a guest star and never as a solo title.
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he’s just a straight up murderer. Doesn’t belong in a superhero book.
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