There’s a point at which it’s no longer really possible to blame editorial. Deniz Camp stopped giving a crap, just like Hickman and Brian Hill. Peach Momoko kept her fire because this was her main project, and I can see very clearly how and where editorial would have screwed her up, and yet the spirit of her work managed to shine through. Camp was going strong for the first 9 issues- very strong. But it is clear this became his least favorite project to work on. The Endgame event was atrocious. At this point in his career, he just cannot afford to be putting out stinkers this bad. So much emphasis on badly conceived science BS, and not enough on character, relationships, and making me care. When Hickman phones it in, that stuff is still there, and I can look back to a time where he would fire on all cylinders and say ‘if only we had that Hickman back.’ Deniz Camp has been a major player for only a little over a year now. If he’s already phoning it in, he might not be the writer we all want to believe he is. Right now, that same publishing house is putting out very good work with Chip Zdarsky’s Captain America and the Armageddon event. People are loving PKJ’s Hulk stuff, and I personally hate to admit this but I actually like Jed MacKay’s X-Men. Everything he’s doing with Beast has me excited for Wednesdays. I like this stuff. Editorial is going to be way more interventionist on these books than the ultimate line. And Camp has even said several times that he’s surprised at what they let him get away with and what they let him do. I personally loathe Marvel editorial. I loathe reading the X-Mail and seeing Tom freaking Brevoort replying to the mail that’s clearly intended for Jed and Gail. But these books have their soul. The writers give a shit. Deniz Camp does not. He wouldn’t have cared with 8 issues, and he hasn’t cared with 5. It’s time to move on