MrTinkertrain wrote:
nakamachi wrote:
Just a possible example, but anyway I remember thinking that when I learned of Quesada's no smoking policy back when Marla was still alive. But I think the idea with comic characters struggling with it is a good one. What if JJJ had to deal with throat cancer and over a long time eventually died in the comic. It might almost be worth losing a great character like that for a good long running cancer story. Since newspapers are dead and Parker would only be paparazzi now, JJJ as a character has almost outlived his irrational hatred of Spider-man anyway.

That is a good idea, but I think the problem is JJJ would never stay be allowed to stay dead and Marvel wouldn't want to undo a cancer death. But maybe I'm wrong. After all, it looks like Foggy Nelson is on his way out.


Did you read the story where Peter Parker basically caused JJJ to have a heart attack?  I forget if smoking was involved but it was pretty damn funny.