“'The Dark Knight Rises' does not beat 'The Avengers. ' The reason? It ...” — Neal Adams Quote

“'The Dark Knight Rises' does not beat 'The Avengers. ' The reason? It is a totally different kind of movie - to compare them is an empty exercise.”

“I like Captain America because I liked Captain America when I was younger.”

“One of the things people think about me is that I don't do deadlines. But if you look at all the books I've ever done, they're all sequential every month. There might have been glitches along the way. But almost all of my books appeared sequentially.”

“It used to be that comic strips were the big thing, and comic books were toilet paper.”

“I think that Curt Swan, when he did Superman for the longest time, became the definitive Superman artist, and everybody got it. That made him very, very special in the annals of comic books.”

“Not too many people draw black people as well as I do.”

“I love the Avengers movies and Iron Man and Captain America.”

“I think of the Avengers as The Beatles, and the Guardians are the Rolling Stones. That is really how I feel about the groups.”

“Nothing makes a girl feel more special than being adorned with some lovely Didier Dubot jewelry for the 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' premiere.”

“If the Loki in 'Thor' was about a spiritual confusion - 'Who am I? How do I belong in this world?' - the Loki in 'Avengers' is, 'I know exactly who I am, and I'm going to make this world belong to me.'”

“I always wanted to see why Captain America was on this team of Avengers. He's got to have a reason - he can't just be really fast and punch really hard.”

“I love getting to be in 'The Avengers.' You just breathe a little bit. It's not all about you. It's so nice to have other people bearing the burden of responsibility.”