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Kiel: Tom, I think we're going to get some interesting responses to all that behind-the-scenes info.


Brevoort: They're going to hate me for not doing "Black Cosmic Secret Avengers"! [Laughter] Yes, they will. And I will once again be reading on the Cosmic message boards about how we hate Cosmic and want to see it destroyed. There's been a lot of chatter about that over the last couple of weeks. And I'm not surprised that they're unhappy "Nova" ended and "Guardians of the Galaxy" ended. But I am surprised because...who do they think made the decision to do those books in the first place? It's always been Joe and me and Axel and the guys beneath us. Andy Schmidt, when he started "Annihilation," worked directly for me as my immediate Associate Editor. That was his initiative, he spearheaded it. And he did a great job. And then when he left, Bill Rosemann took it on. And Bill was also in my department and expanded it out in "Annihilation Conquest" and all the other various things that have come since. But because readers don't quite understand the what and the why of "Why did you do this to 'Nova' and 'Guardians'?" they're very upset with us. "You hate Cosmic and you always have...why?"


The truth is, we don't hate Cosmic. We have big plans for "Nova" and "Guardians," but we're just not quite at the point where we're able to tell you about them yet. Sometimes this stuff takes time. And we'd love to be at the point where we could tell you so you’d stop beating us up about it, but we can’t do that until all of the pieces involved are properly in place.Cosmic fans can rest easy that there are plans down the line involving Nova and the Guardians in a major, massive, significant way. And as soon as we're in position to reveal what they are, we will. I know this will do nothing to stop them from pillaring me even further, but at least I've said my piece.