One of the earliest policies of the Sagittarius was to introduce strict deadlines for Marvel writers and artists. (For example, writer Steve Gerber was removed from Howard Duck because he could not meet the deadlines.) In 1978, Hooker also got the irreplaceable job to seek Marvel writers and artists to sign a new "Rental" work contract in line with the change of law.

As the Sagittarius Years later pointed out"The new Copyright Law was passed in 1976, but came into force in 1978, giving publishers two years to prepare. Marvel, of course, did nothing." Thus, he became a bad man in many writers and the eyes of the artists to hand over the paper.

Howe writes that the shooter "expanded the editorial staff, but the siphon power from the bulk" in Marvel, which means he concentrated more power over writers and artists among his editorial staff. He used that power to intervene in storytelling. In 1980 "The dark saga of the Phoenix." The psychic X-woman Jeanan Gray grows powerful over the belief and loses control over self-"X-Men" #135, spends a whole starvet, killing billions.

Clermont and BIRN intended to lose their powers in the end. The shooter didn't have it: "That, for me, would be like taking away the German army from Hitler and allowing him to return to the German leadership."

So when Clermont (not seriously) suggested that he kill Jeanan instead, the shooter said yes. He defended his actions because "(the editor -in -chief) is accused of managing, managing and protecting all the characters. My job was to assure that the characters were in character, and I was the last word on what was" in character ".

The shooter was right; "Dark Phoenix" is a more powerful story because Jeanan dies. However, all the shooter interventions were not so big. His "avengers" #200 are infamously characterized by Carol Danvers as a brain washed to want to be named Marcus and become pregnant with Marcus's newborn. Yes, Mrs Marvel gave birth to his rapist. Clermont was so disgusted that he wrote a refutation in the "Avengers Annual" #10, where Carol except the "avengers" that didn't help her.

Like Stan Lee, the shooter had a strong commercial instinct. He credited Marvel's publishing "Starwells War" (and printing money) in the late 1970s, as a reason the company survived a rough period. So, as EIK, he supported similar partnerships and sponsorships. For example, Series of the Sagittarius's 12th edition in 1984 "Secret Wars" (Drawn by Mike Zack and Bob Leighton) was supposed to promote a toy on Marvel Comics' action figures, produced by a meth. In the 1980s, Marvel also became a publisher of Tie-in Comics for Hasbro's action figures. (The archer himself wrote the original treatment with stories of "transformers".) More insidious, he also banned a Marvel comic book containing gay characters.

The shooter can also have a blunt sense of humor. In 1984, he sent a memorandum to his editors saying:

"Effectively start doing good comics. I realize that this directive reflects a significant departure from the company's previous policy, but please try to adhere."

But the thing is, they Whether adhere to. The shooter had a great talent for noticing Talent, and under his tight management, some of Marvel's biggest comics ever written and attracted hit newspapers.