“but I’ve heard it said that the job of the editors is to make sure everything gets where it needs to go on time, and that it’s good when it gets there. That’s a tremendous simplification, but pretty true(…) We make the master schedules with deadlines to make sure the book comes out when it’s supposed to’

Notice that during that, or in any other part of the interview, he never mentions “Pay attention to continuity” or “Make sure the story fits with the content of other books being published around the same time, specially in crossovers” or even “In the case of guest stars or characters that appear in more than one book, make sure the characterization fits, and the character doesn’t seem two entirely different people”.

Marvel’s problems in a nutshell.