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Q: mithrandir23 05-08-2007 03:50 PM

In Incredible Hulk #106 it is said that Amadeus Cho is the 7th smartest person in the world. I would like to know if there is a list somewhere that I can read to see how all the Marvel characters stack up.

I am assuming that Tony Stark, Reed Richards, Hank Pym, Bruce Banner, and possibly Peter Parker are among the top 10, but am curious as to rankings and a list of like the top 10 or so. Do you have a list or know them off the top of your head?

JQ: mithrandir23, there’s no one definitive list—and those rankings may even change over time, either as situations change or new characters like Amadeus pop up. But I would think that most of the folks you listed might qualify (with the exception of Peter Parker) along with maybe the Beast, Doctor Doom, and a few others.

Someone once asked Greg Pak this and his response was that he thought part of the fun for fans was speculating who else is on that list.

Q: Spidey616 05-09-2007 01:29 PM

I was just curious if you were ever asked by the higher-ups to delay World War Hulk till next year to better coincide with the new "Hulk" movie? If not, was it ever suggested by anyone to delay WWH for 2008, just to give readers some time off from big crossover events after the magnitude of Civil War, and as previously mentioned to have a tie-in with the new "Hulk" movie?

JQ: While absolutely no word came down from any of the higher ups, Spidey616, we could have managed to force WWH into next year, but we chose not to for many reasons.

First and foremost, the timing for that story is now. We’ve been building to this in the pages of Hulk and so many of our other titles that to delay it would be forced and artificial.

It would also mean that we would have to produce many, many months of titles that are just filler and “after the fact” stories to keep you guys occupied while we wait for the time to be just right. While it’s not horrific or a burden to do that for perhaps a month, maybe even two, to delay a story like WWH for a year would be a huge mistake.

Also, we’ve been building to this moment with Hulk and the time to pull the trigger on the story is now from a shear momentum standpoint. When you have momentum like this rolling on a particular story, fans are waiting for the other shoe to drop, the conclusion, the third act. If you continue giving fans the second act of your story and prolong it beyond where it’s scheduled to end, then you’ll lose everyone’s interest by the time you decide to get to your third act.

With respect to the movie tie-ins, the WWH trade paperback will out for the movie along with all the Planet Hulk stuff as well so moviegoers will have all the wonderful Hulk stuff they need.

Now as far as giving readers time off, while we are very conscious of how mush stuff we do put out there, my job is to keep you cats engaged, interested and entertained and, oh yeah, wanting more. Look, if the stuff we were putting out was dreck, no one would care how much of it we were putting out except our retail partners who would be feeling it in their wallets.

Also, it’s not like we don’t have stories that happen after this, whether in Hulk (and we have a doozy) or within the Marvel Universe, we’re not looking to stop publishing our books any time soon and we’re not looking to make them any less engaging. Now, I’m sure the competition would love for us to take a few months off; it’s not something that we do. But then again, maybe we should cancel Hulk after this is all said and done, what d’ya think?

Q: Spideymark 05-15-2007 11:59 AM

Before and during Civil War you repeatedly promised us a clear winning and losing side at the end, which (I think no one can dispute) you and Mark Millar and everyone else involved delivered on. My question is - can you promise the same for World War Hulk?

JQ: Yes, I can Spideymark, I don’t think you’re going to see a draw at the end of this one. Did I mention that since Spidey 616 asked his WWH question I’ve been thinking about canceling the Hulk? Hey, don’t get mad at me, go talk to Spidey616!

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