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    1. Fred Van Lente

      Wow, that's kind of a broad question. I grew up reading the Pocket Books reprints of the Lee/Ditko/Kirby era, so it's hard to pick just one. For some reason I remember returning again and again to Vulture dumping Spidey in the water tower in ASM #2. I don't know what it was that appealed to me about, it was combining such a mundane feature of the NYC skyline in with this fantasy of the super hero story, something I keep trying to do in my work over and over again today: The infusion of everyday objects with drama of the hyper-real.

      I guess that sounded overly academic. What I really mean is I like to write stories where GI Joe and Cobra have a shoot-out at the mall.

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      Nothing for the two you mentioned at present, but plenty from Valiant (Archer & Armstrong), IDW (GI Joe, Comic Book History of Comics), Dynamite (Ha ha funny zombies) and... well... it'll be announced soon. :)

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      FVanLente responded to Gekired 21 Sep 12

      As far as I was concerned, INCREDIBLE HERCULES ended with "CHAOS WAR" and I was reluctant to keep doing the character, and Marvel asked us for a series. The depowered thing seemed like an interesting concept and we took it in that direction. In my personal opinion, though I appreciate the kind words we got on HERC, it never quite clicked, for me at least. I think taking on a second series so soon after the first one ended was unwise. But as always it was great to work with terrific people like Neil Edwards, June Brigman, David Hahn and Mike Grell -- that was awesome. And that Greg Pak guy's not bad either.

      Nobody stuck us in tie-ins -- those were all our decisions. I like how both those stories turned out.

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      Yup! And it won't be what you expect... (Or out for a while... but it'll be worth the wait, I promise.)

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      FVanLente responded to Layters 27 Aug 12

      Some very cool stuff, but nothing I can announce just yet. Keep watching the Internets for the announcement(s)!

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      Oh, just Ur, New York City, Rome, Jerusalem, Shao-Shih Mountain, the jungles of India ... and Adams County, Ohio.

      So, you know, not much.

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      FVanLente responded to Layters 5 Feb 12

      That would be telling. Sorry! Not trying to be coy, just want to get started off with a new company on the right foot, y'know?

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      FVanLente responded to Layters 5 Feb 12

      Any of 'em, though I do have a soft spot for Martian Manhunter, which is the one DC character I've actually rewritten before.

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