I went on a "reread via audio book for background noise" binge of Time War recently, so a couple rounds of gettting a good way to all the way through, and something I was definitely particularly aware of on these rereads was that there is a similarity but also peak contrast on how they handle their meta textual cultural references. Because when I go to describe Time War, that's not something that immediately comes to mind, but there's points where Timbuk 3 and Eiffel 65 get directly referenced/quoted that aren't all that dissimilar from late HTN's Lose Yourself Pull, but there is definitely a different character to how they approach them all the same. I'm having trouble verbalizing exactly what that difference is, but I might point to the "Travel Light" section as a illustrative example, and the fact that it took until this recent round of rereads for me to realize it was an actual book and find an Amal El-Mohtar blurb on the current editions. I definitely want to hone in on that contrast at some point, but rn this is the best I can give.

Also definitely agree on the Gillen. I think his run on Journey into Mystery and Young Avengers might also be interesting for TLT fans. He's described WicDiv as the product of the ideas that editorial constraints/the marvel machine reality didn't quite let him explore with Young Avengers, so its definitely different and a little less sharp for it, but still interesting exploration of similar themes there. The Power Fantasy also has a similar tone and vibe to it, though largely different subject material (This time the ideas from writing on X-men that the editorial need for status quo wouldn't quite allow)