Ask Kurt Busiek

[ARkadelphia]

Who hit the last home run at Ebbet’s Field?

[Kurt Busiek]

What were your plans for The Mandarin had your Iron Man run continued?

He would have taken over Stark-Fujikawa, giving him a modern-day "feudal" base from which to challenge Tony.

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[Kurt Busiek]

Where can I find a list of all of your original character creations? And are you working on any new OCs for this year?

I don't know that such a list exists.

And I'm working on a number of things, but I Dion't know yet when they'll all come out...

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[Kurt Busiek]

Whats your favorite storyline from your Avengers run?

Hard for me to judge; I don't look at them as a reader would.

But I though Ultron Unlimited, Avengers Forever and the Kang Dynasty all came out well.

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[Kurt Busiek]

what do you feel about writing characters that blur the line between hero and villain? Like your use of Livewire. You wrote her more as hero than villain, but..... not all the way?

I like characters with distinct motivations, who aren't necessarily seeking the same things as others, for the same reasons.

So characters who aren't easily categorized as hero or villain can be a lot of fun.

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[Kurt Busiek]

Who hit the last home run at Ebbet’s Field?

In the Marvel Universe, it was third baseman Bob Russo.

In the DCU, I think it was former Smallville Comet and pro-ball Metropolis Metro "Slam" Thomas.

In the Astro City Universe, we haven't said.

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[Alex_Of_X]

Mr. Busiek, your story with the Dodsons in Amazing Fantasy #1000 was a lot of fun! No one in comics can do retro\art deco quite like Terry.

What was the writing experience like? How collaborative are the Dodsons when it comes to plotting, layouts, etc?

[Tony Stark]

Just wanted to say thanks Mr. Busiek for your story in Iron Man #25. It was a damn good story and really took me back to earlier Iron Man comics.

[ARkadelphia]

Hard for me to judge; I don't look at them as a reader would.

But I though Ultron Unlimited, Avengers Forever and the Kang Dynasty all came out well.

kdb

You have impeccable taste

[ARkadelphia]

In the Marvel Universe, it was third baseman Bob Russo.

In the DCU, I think it was former Smallville Comet and pro-ball Metropolis Metro "Slam" Thomas.

In the Astro City Universe, we haven't said.

kdb

You just blew my mind!

[Nomads1]

Hard for me to judge; I don't look at them as a reader would.

But I though Ultron Unlimited, Avengers Forever and the Kang Dynasty all came out well.

kdb

Those are my three favorite also, though not exactly in that order.

Peace

[Marvell2100]

He would have taken over Stark-Fujikawa, giving him a modern-day "feudal" base from which to challenge Tony.

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That would have been very nice. Sometimes writers, really don't make The Mandarin a credible threat.

[jwatson]

Why won't marvel give us the marvel's volume 2?

[Marvell2100]

Hard for me to judge; I don't look at them as a reader would.

But I though Ultron Unlimited, Avengers Forever and the Kang Dynasty all came out well.

kdb

All of these and more.

[GAP]

I remember reading a comic called Astro City that pays homage to superhero comics. I really like that book as it reconstructs the superhero genre but what I would like to know what you of superheroes and comics as a medium?