KURT BUSIEK TO LEAVE AVENGERS

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Kurt Busiek announced late Tuesday night that he will be ending his four-year run as writer of Marvel's Avengers. "This big Kang epic will be my swan song on the book, more or less," Busiek said. "We'll wrap it up, with a blowout finale and an epilogue issue, then do a single-issue story that I plotted some years ago as the coda to my run. That should take us up through about #55, and then I'll hand the reins over to the new guy.

"I'm not fired, I'm not going away mad -- nobody's angry at anyone, and I haven't run dry on the book. I just feel like it's time to wrap things up, take my bows and get off the stage before people get tired of me, and this Kang epic seems like a good high note to go out on.

"I've had a wonderful time. It's been great working with Tom Brevoort, who I think is one of the all-time best editors in comics. I've been thrilled to work with artists of the caliber of George Pérez, Carlos Pacheco and Alan Davis, and I'm currently having a great time working with Kieron Dwyer, who's doing a fantastic job.

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