History
Bob Harras was an assistant editor at Marvel Comics working under Ralph Macchio (not the actor). During the Assistant Editors' Month, Macchio and the other editors left for the San Diego Comic Cons, leaving the assistant editors in charge; most of them took a chance to relax and have two lunch breaks, but Harras felt overwhelmed waiting for Macchio's call. Ann Nocenti convinced him to take this chance to show his own ideas. Harras then gathered his team and rallied them to explain the changes he had in mind. Dazzler artist Frank Springer was skeptical at the need of making changes; Harras then ordered Springer to stop drawing pin-up girls. Harras then received Macchio's phone call, ordering him to not make any changes, to which he complied.[2]
During the Assistant Editor's Month 1984, Harras became worried because Macchio, who had probably left for the conventions, had not called him in the last five minutes. He expressed his fears to Editor-in-functions Bob DeNatale, who was meeting with Al Milgrom; the later appeased Harras explaining that Macchio may have been unable to get change for a payphone because he tended to have only big notes.[3]
Harras and other Marvel staff members ended as members of Mojo's brain trust. When the X-Men died fighting the Adversary, Mojo needed a new franchise because his greates success was precisely broacasting X-Men's lives via TV. Mojo asked his brain trust for ideas, but most of them were babbling without real ideas. Harras simply filibustered with pet phrases. Rita Wayword finally suggested a replacement of the X-Men, an idea that Mojo pocketed as his own. The brain trust meeting was adjourned.[4]
Eventually Harras returned to Earth and became an editor at Marvel Comics. At one point, he mistakenly believed that Mark Gruenwald was having a party at his office -because several other Marvel staffers were there, perturbing Gruenwald's work- and he joined along with Mike Rockwitz.[5]
Harras obtained an office in a high floor at 387 Park Avenue South. During Christmas Eve, Harras worked feverly by night, as he had to get several books ready for their publication three days later, including one where Scott Lobdell and Joe Madureira hadn't even started working at (Probably Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 #341). His wife Anne called him on the phone, and he replied, frustrated, telling her about his prolems. Suddenly seeing a horse-drawn cart flying in front of his window (due to mutant Joseph using his powers to impress his date Rogue in a romantic date), Harras felt aghast, decided he was hallucinating due to work exhaustion, and told Anne he would leave immediately for home - which he did.[1]
Now the editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics, Harras received Ruben Diaz, Joe Bennett and Erik Larsen, who suggested him to publish a series on the super hero Nova, Harras was skeptic because Nova had previously lost his powers and, should it happen again, Marvel would be unable to write further stories; besides, Harras disliked Nova's "retro" costume and was more interested in Nova's imitator Kid Nova of the New Warriors -secretly Nova himself in a different disguise. Harras then reprimanded his staff for wasting their time in a project that would only last seven issues.[6]See Also
- 6 appearance(s) of Robert Harras (Earth-616)
- 2 mention(s) of Robert Harras (Earth-616)
- 3 image(s) of Robert Harras (Earth-616)