Marvel finally dropped the gauntlet and brought back Assistant Editor’s Month. And it only took 25 years!
If, like me, you were around the first time, you’ll probably recall some memorable departures as the lunatics ran the asylum. Among my favorites: 
The Avengers on Letterman (issue #239)!
Aunt May becomes a Herald of Galactus!
And, oddly enough, G.I. Joe #19. Not odd because I liked G.I. Joe, but odd because in a month of completely non-serious issues, the Joes had their most brutal conflict with Cobra to that point. Not only was the surface of their HQ The PITT destroyed, their allies General Flagg and mercenary Kwinn were killed. Cobra also lost trooper Scarface and scientist Dr. Venom.
How about you? Any favorites from that crazy month in ‘84?
January 6th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
You’ve been channelling me, haven’t you? I just wrote this…
http://www.comicbycomic.com/2009/01/assistant-editors-month-returns-kind-of.html
The Avengers on Letterman. Snowbird vs Kolomaq in a whiteout. The Kid who Collected Spider-Man. Good times.
January 6th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Wasn’t that the month John Byrne did this crazy multi page sequence in Alpha Flight that had nothing but white panels in it and word balloons? I’m not sure if it was actually done *for* Assistant Editor’s Month, but it certain fit right in.
Does this include that X-men annual where the X-men crash the Marvel Bullpen with all those staffers in it?
January 6th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Gerry - that’s the one; Snowbird in a snowblind fighting the embodiment of winter. According to Byrne, he was told it was an artistic choice by EiC Jim Shooter.
January 7th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Ha, I always thought the whiteout fight was a way to make sure the art got finished on time. Maybe that’s how they should have ended Civil War.