Who Will Wield the Shield?
So Marvel promotions guy Jim McCann comes into my office, and asks me if he can borrow my Captain America shield for Joe Quesada’s appearance on the Colbert Report to promote the death of Captain America. This is the shield I’ve had for years, one I inherited from Mark Gruenwald when that beloved Executive Editor passed away. So I tell Jim yes. The next day, he won’t look me in the eye, and I need to corner him before he’ll tell me that they’ve somehow given my shield to Stephen Colbert permanently. Despite my better judgment, Jim is still alive-and the shield has remained a part of Colbert’s set ever since. Omega I was the strikeout king, despite one or two near-misses, in getting acquaintance [and Pulitzer-winning author] Michael Chabon to write a Fantastic Four story. But in an effort perhaps to divert my attention, he did put me in touch with [National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author] Jonathan Lethem, who had an interest in revisiting OMEGA THE UNKNOWN, the cut-short Steve
