He came onto Thor immediately after Simonson left, and quickly set about demolishing EVERYTHING Simonson had done. With what I can only describe as malicious glee.
Then, a few years later, he did exactly the same thing with Simonson's FF.
And since he was Marvel's EIC at the time, there was nothing to be done about it.
(It's one thing, of course, to set out to make your own stamp on a series. But DeFalco's entire design philosophy appears to be this: "I, and I alone, have the divine right to alter anything Lee and Kirby did, so the first thing I have to do is tear everything everyone else wrote since they left apart and set things back to their standard. Then I'll try to imitate L&K and fail miserably."
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Then, a few years later, he did exactly the same thing with Simonson's FF.
And since he was Marvel's EIC at the time, there was nothing to be done about it.
(It's one thing, of course, to set out to make your own stamp on a series. But DeFalco's entire design philosophy appears to be this: "I, and I alone, have the divine right to alter anything Lee and Kirby did, so the first thing I have to do is tear everything everyone else wrote since they left apart and set things back to their standard. Then I'll try to imitate L&K and fail miserably."