Record: Tom Brevoort

Tom Brevoort began working as an editor for Marvel as far back as 1989, and later oversaw titles and series like the Avengers and some of the solo superhero books whose stars appeared in the Earth's Mightiest Heroes series. But since the early 2000s, whatever talent he may have offered as an editor went straight downhill, as he proceeded to subject the comics he oversaw to some of the worst misuse possible, and here's a few examples of what occurred when he was editor for Avengers-related titles post-2002:

• In Geoff Johns' run on Avengers, there was a scene where Whirlwind licked the face of the Wasp, in one of the grimiest, creepiest and most repellent moments from Johns' writing portfolio. And Brevoort actually allowed that? Shameful.
• During Avengers: Disassembled, which was written by the overrated Brian Michael Bendis, Hawkeye was written telling Hank Pym, "don't you have a wife to beat?" It was bad enough that a storyline as questionable as what the late Jim Shooter produced in 1981 - where the 1st Ant-Man slugged Wasp to get her to stop protesting at a scheme he was trying to get back in the good graces of his costumed colleagues - had to remain canon for many years. But what Bendis wrote and Brevoort allowed was repulsive, and throughly ignored how it's never a fictional character's fault for how or what he/she was depicted doing in a fictional story. It's the writer's fault. And that includes Bendis. And arguably, even the editors and artists have some accountability to shoulder there. Including Brevoort.
• Making matters worse was how Scarlet Witch, in what's already become the most notorious part of Disassembled, turned out to be the culprit in weird attacks occurring to Avengers, including apparently Jack of Hearts, who was depicted blown to smithereens in the loathsome story.
• Later, in the House of M crossover, the misuse of Wanda continued as she was depicted as draining mutants of almost all their powers, topped off by saying "no more mutants", in what was a contrived notion for how to eliminate an allegedly too-large-list of mutants in the Marvel universe.
• There was a storyline in Bendis' "New" Avengers where Tigra was assaulted by a villain called The Hood, in another example of the editor allowing a repellent direction to go ahead with another notable lady.
• It's also worth noting that Brevoort's had at least a few projects in his editorial career where he depicted heroes fighting each other far more than battling villains. And that's pretty telling too. Not a very creative editor at all.

Brevoort, for all we know, is one of the most pretentious editors ever employed by Marvel. He may not have been the worst contributor when he originally began his career there, but post-2000, he certainly proved he'd worn out his welcome. And the resulting damage to Marvel's cohesion and morale has been pretty apparent since.