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Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 12:25:00 EST
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Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!mcewan    Dec  9 11:25:00 1985


> John Byrne is turning over writing and art chores on "The Hulk"
> with issue #320.  I don't know if this was due to the impending
> rumors of him leaving Marvel (in my opinion, unlikely; Byrne sells
> comics, and Shooter wouldn't let him out the door unless he had
> to).

How could he stop him? Byrne is a free-lancer now.

For some reason, I'm reminded of the "hero gets disgusted and decides to quit"
plot that used to be featured in every third issue of Spider-Man and Daredevil.
John Byrne quits Marvel in disgust, only to have a suicidal Marvel fan jump off
a tall building and land at his feet, clutching a copy of Fantastic Four by
Bill Mantlo and Herb Trimpe. Byrne wails "How could I have been so blind!!!!",
jumps into a nearby phone booth, changes to Companyman, charges back to Marvel
and announces "I'm going to write AND drawn Fantastic Four, the Hulk, the
Avengers, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Thor, Alpha Flight, Captain America and
G.I. Joe!!" All is right with the world.

			Scott McEwan
			{ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan

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