Hulk - Mayan Rule

[-K-M-]

I just was talking to Jeff Parker (very nice man) and he mentioned a very interesting note

"But there's another reason- I originally had Northstar in there and then it was determined his marriage was going to be around that time and he couldn't appear anywhere outside of Astonishing, so Dale had to erase a couple of drawings and I changed the script!"

So Northstar was supposed to appear with team Alpha, but they had to erase him (literally). Must be hard for writers and artists when the editorial axe comes down.

Still I REALLY enjoyed the story, and Northstar wouldn't have added that much but would have been nice to see him with his team.

[Flightpath07]

his marriage was going to be around that time and he couldn't appear anywhere outside of Astonishing

Hm.

Why, exactly, is that?

I mean, Alpha Flight showed up for Northstar's wedding, yet they appeared in Mayan Rule...so who decided that Northstar could not appear, with his team, in another book?

[Le Messor]

Honeymoon, maybe?

[Phil]

I'd imagine editorial wanted to distance him from AF due to it's arguable failure and focus on him solely as an X-Man for marketing reasons.
All purely devils advocate hypothetical.

[Flightpath07]

I'd imagine editorial wanted to distance him from AF due to it's arguable failure and focus on him solely as an X-Man for marketing reasons.
All purely devils advocate hypothetical.

Tend to agree.

[-K-M-]

Kind of similar to how FVL had to deal with his ediotoral headaches.