Casey Jones Spinoff, Annual 2025 and Peter Laird's return

[Zog The Magnificent]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Yeah, that's always a good point. Where do we come down on the issues of Tales V2 that Murphy put through that Peter said he wouldn't have approved because he was busy with the Imagi movie? I've always thought the consensus from the fandom is, "Well, he DID get those through when you weren't paying attention, so that's that" but that doesn't seem too far removed from disregarding "his wishes" as to things like Vol. 3 or The River.

I'm of the mind that any of the stories created by any of the Mirage staffers are just as legitimate as the others. Jim Lawson, Steve Murphy, Michael Dooney, Dan Berger, and I think a few others all had just as much impact on the stories and evolution of the characters as Eastman and Laird did, and even though Eastman and Laird started it, a huge chunk of the Mirage stuff we all like weren't directly created by them. They were all a team.

Additionally, Laird one time rendered a story in Tales #53 noncanon, despite the fact that it added some much needed depth and reflection to the Vol. 4 narrative, and removing it made the overall story worse. Once again, headcanon and many grains of salt.