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Seriously, I know everybody loves the Marvel Comics movies, but have those guys begun to lose it? Ever since Iron Man opened in May, there has been a crumb trail of bad or at least surprising moves that lead back to the comic book powerhouse.

Look at the way they hemmed and hawed with Jon Favreau's deal to direct Iron Man 2, how Don Cheadle was introduced as Rhodey in the sequel before announcing Terrence Howard wouldn't be back, or replacing the writers for that sequel for no obvious reason.

Witness the very existence of a Thor movie, which could prove monumentally troubling, as well as the decision to hire Kenneth Branagh to direct it. There have been some strokes of genius - and maybe that's what tempers the really big question marks - but Marvel should be in a better position on a lot of these deals.

And now, Samuel L. Jackson tells The Los Angeles Times that he may not be back as Nick Fury. The actor fumed about "an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world" on Tuesday, and referring to the entire Marvel slate through 2011, added that "somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won't be in it."

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