Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-61022-20160330220251/@comment-61022-20160401184828

Because the whole point of writing these profiles is based on what is published by the company that publishes it. Not about what any employee chooses to interpret it.

That's how an encyclopedia works. Based on the information published and deemed "factual" turns out to be an error, it needs to be retracted before it can be admissible.

To put it into a different perspective: A medical text book that is published and peer reviewed says vaccinations don't cause autism. One doctor who was involved in the study says "But they do!", well you have to show your work and prove it. Only once that's done is the incorrect information excised and a new interpretation of the data is presented.

Putting that into the context of a work of fiction: While obviously the only restriction with a work of fiction is imagination as opposed to empirical scientific data... The fact remains, it's not cannon unless it's published.

These are MARVEL Comics. Not Brevoorts Comics.

If Brevoort wants to correct what he feels is an error, he has to get someone to write a story explaining it and making those specifications and it has to be published. Then it's admissible.

Obviously there are many hands involved in the production of comics, stakeholders and tons of other people. Sure Bravoort presently has a great deal of editorial control, but his word is not the final word.

Ultimately at the end of the day, what must be accepted when it comes to serialized fiction is what is published.

If they didn't consult him on how the handbook explains it, then that's neither here or there and it's not like it can't be changed later. However, the fact remains that there is countless references in that handbook that state who those characters are.

If Brevoort missed the boat on this, if I were to opine on the matter, that's pretty incompetent on his part. Like you said, he is the lead editor for the series. You'd figure they'd have consulted him before they went forward. Clearly he couldn't have been bothered or could have allocated the time to make sure his vision was preserved and this is what was published.