Editing Walt Simonson (section)

===1980s===
In 1982, Simonson and writer [[Chris Claremont]] produced ''[[The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans]]'' [[intercompany crossover]] between the top-selling Marvel and DC titles.<ref>Manning, Matthew K. "1980s" in Dolan, p. 199: "The issue, written by longtime ''X-Men'' scribe Chris Claremont and drawn by Walter Simonson [was]...one of the most well-received crossovers of its time - or of any time for that matter - the team-up was a huge success."</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last = Brown|first = Jonathan|title = ''The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans'': The Breakfast Club of the Comics Crossover|journal= Back Issue!|issue = 66|pages = 65–68|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = August 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref>

Simonson is best known for his work on Marvel Comics' ''[[Thor (comic book)|Thor]]'' which he began writing and drawing with issue #337 (Nov. 1983).<ref>[[Tom DeFalco|DeFalco, Tom]] "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 213: "This issue began a highly acclaimed run by writer/artist Walt Simonson that would last for nearly four years and end with issue #382 (Aug. 1987)."</ref> During his run as writer/artist, Simonson used the epic story that he first began writing in college in 1967,<ref name=ThorVisionaries/> transformed Thor into a [[frog]] for three issues and introduced the supporting character [[Beta Ray Bill]], an alien warrior who unexpectedly proved worthy to wield Thor's hammer, [[Mjolnir (comics)|Mjolnir]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.popimage.com/reviews/071001thorsimonsonrev.html|title= Review: ''Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson''|first= Matt|last= Singer|date= July 10, 2001|publisher= PopImage|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131016233812/http://www.popimage.com/reviews/071001thorsimonsonrev.html|archive-date= October 16, 2013|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.silverbulletcomics.com/news/story.php?a=2189|title= Merely This and Nothing More: Defining Our Heroes|first= Cary|last= Kelley|date= August 21, 2006|publisher= Silverbulletcomics.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061026023551/http://www.silverbulletcomics.com/news/story.php?a=2189|archive-date= October 26, 2006|url-status= dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He left the book as artist with issue #367 (May 1986), after which [[Sal Buscema]] took over. Simonson continued to write the book until issue #382 (Aug. 1987).<ref name="GCD"/> Buscema described Simonson's stories as "very stimulating. It was a pleasure working on his plots, because they were a lot of fun to illustrate. He had a lot of great ideas, and he took ''Thor'' in a totally new direction."<ref>{{cite book|last = Amash|first = Jim|author2=Nolen-Weathington,, Eric |title = Sal Buscema: Comics' Fast & Furious Artist|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|year = 2010|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|page = 72|isbn = 978-1605490212}}</ref> In late 1986 he dropped several of his assignments, including ''Thor'', remarking that "I had a very busy season over the past six to eight months, and I'd like to take some time off, to take time maybe to take stock and refuel a bit."<ref name="DAK39">{{cite news | first = Peter | last = Sanderson | author-link = Peter Sanderson | date = October 1986 | title = Walt & Louise Simonson | work = [[Comics Interview]] | issue = 39 | pages = 42–57 | publisher = [[Fictioneer Books]]}}</ref>

Simonson was to have drawn a ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' story written by [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]] but it was never completed and [[List of comics solicited but never published|remains unpublished]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil-interviews/Simonson |title=Interview With Walt Simonson |first=Kuljit |last=Mithra |date=August 1997 |publisher=ManWithoutFear.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321183824/http://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil-interviews/Simonson |archive-date=March 21, 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=March 17, 2013 |quote=The gist of it is that by the time Marvel was interested in having us work on the story, Frank was off doing ''Dark Knight'' and I was off doing ''X-Factor''. So it never happened. Too bad--it was a cool story too.|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Simonson joined his wife Louise on the ''[[X-Factor (comic book)|X-Factor]]'' series with issue #10. In #25, the creators gave the character the [[Warren Worthington III|Angel]] blue skin and metal wings in a process which would lead to his being renamed as "Archangel". Their run on ''X-Factor'' included the story arcs "[[Mutant Massacre]]", "[[Fall of the Mutants]]," and "[[Inferno (Marvel Comics)|Inferno]]".<ref name="GCD" />

In 1983, he returned to ''Star Slammers'' with another version of the story that Marvel published in ''[[Marvel Graphic Novel]]'' No. 6.<ref name=Slush/>

Simonson left Upstart Associates in late 1986.<ref>Cooke (2000) p. 26</ref>