![]() Jim Shooter took aim with a simple phrase: The World Outside Your Window. Biggest of all, royalties and profit sharing would have changed the face of the comics landscape in America. Shooter wanted to hire independent writers and artists, to make a new generation of comics heroes that would reignite the Marvel Comics revolution all over again. This idea did not go over well with anyone above or below him, and Jim Shooter chose to aim his sights differently. This would end the “old” Marvel Universe and restart it, with modern story sensibilities and new creators. Long-time readers loved the continuing stories, while new readers could find it overly daunting to even pick up a single issue. After all, continuity was both a selling point of superhero comics and a weakness. He wanted to relaunch Marvel, much like DC had done two years prior with their Crisis on Infinite Earths. ![]() At the 25th anniversary of Marvel’s popular relaunch in 1961 in 1986, Editor in Chief Jim Shooter had an idea. With 80 years of Marvel Comics comes another unique anniversary. ![]()
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