Avengers #287

[iamrman]

On the trail of the Fixer!

Namor rejoins the rest of the Avengers after sending Marinna away.

The Avengers eventually track down Mentallo. He is not doing well.

Rejoice, Fleshy Ones. For, Machine Man is here!

Comments

[scorntx]

Hold on... this is after Under Siege, isn't it?
Why's Monica suddenly being so insecure?
(I mean, I suppose after the events of that and then tussling with guys like Zeus her confidence might've taken a dent, but can't recall her being this unsure before.)

[mazway_75]

New writer.

[iamrman]

Mark Gruenwald insisted Roger Stern make Monica seem ineffectual and push Captain America. Stern refused and was fired/quit. Ralph Macchio was brought in to finish the story and was only too happy to defame Monica.

[scorntx]

Ah. Figured it was something along those lines.
(do like most of Gruenwald's writing, but this bit is a serious blot on the record.)