Re: No thanks.
Now I've read the interview instead of just going off hearsay, it would've been easier if he had. Essentially, he wanted to do a story of a DCU hero losing his powers through getting old, and editorial gave him Buddy. IT just makes it worse to realize that he did research the character and somehow just seemed to miss all the important stuff.
But then, this is the guy who killed Gwen Stacy...