The thing I love about the Chuck interview was he revealed the secret of his failures: he asked the fans what they wanted and gave it to them. Doh!

I dislike a lot of his work but his Exiles was pretty awesome. I don't understand why so many people hate him, save that anger for folks who really go out of the way to poop on comics.
 

I wasn't exactly sold on Palmiotti's response to your last question, so I brought it up with my friends in a chat (while playing devil's/Palmiotti's advocate). Here's our analysis (feel free to delete this if you don't like the length, Devon, as long as you read it at least):

AndrewMtC: who would win in a fight: monkey with a knife, or cobra with a poisoned spike tied to its head?
BlackBBear710: cobra
NiGhTwInGcM: that poisoned spike makes it unfair, cause he's got like one hundred times the monkey's level of poison
BlackBBear710: yeah
NiGhTwInGcM: why give a poison animal extra poison?
AndrewMtC: cause the spike needs the same powers he has
NiGhTwInGcM: or are we assuming these are tools that they can craft themselves?
AndrewMtC: no
AndrewMtC: theyre just trained in their use
NiGhTwInGcM: well then a monkey should have a crap throughing bazooka
AndrewMtC: couldnt the monkey climb something and throw/drop the knife at the cobra?
BlackBBear710: lol
NiGhTwInGcM: throwing
AndrewMtC: no! those are their weapons!
NiGhTwInGcM: well yeah it all depends on the terrain
NiGhTwInGcM: but i'm assuming we're talking a standard mexican cock fighting pit
AndrewMtC: well i dont know if you would ever let a monkey fight on a plain
NiGhTwInGcM: which is where all epic animal matchups take place
AndrewMtC: a monkey cant do s**t on ground level
BlackBBear710: lol
AndrewMtC: but snakes climb trees too, so i think it evens it out more if there at least one tree
BlackBBear710: meh
BlackBBear710: maybe
BlackBBear710: I think the cobra has way too big of an advantage
AndrewMtC: hmm really
NiGhTwInGcM: yeah, its unfair
AndrewMtC: even in the trees?
BlackBBear710: yeah cobras are quick as s**t
AndrewMtC: okay
Augman678: yea
NiGhTwInGcM: yeah as soon as monkey touches him, he's gonna snap around and spike him
BlackBBear710: mmmhm
AndrewMtC: but he's got a knife and arms to throw it with
AndrewMtC: and s**t to throw to blind the cobra
NiGhTwInGcM: cobra might venom spit him
NiGhTwInGcM: and hynotize him, so he just drops out of the tree
BlackBBear710: but how smart would a monkey have to be to figure out how to accurately throw a knife and have it hit where it would matter...that and a cobra is a small ass target
NiGhTwInGcM: yeah, its not like a small bit of poo striking anywhere on the towering human body
AndrewMtC: theyre mad accurate with their s**t
AndrewMtC: why not with a knife
AndrewMtC: and i said they're trained to use their weapons
NiGhTwInGcM: they aren't that accurate i don't think
AndrewMtC: i think they are
AndrewMtC: i dont know for sure, but i have that impression
NiGhTwInGcM: combined with the snake's speed and camoflauge capabilies
AndrewMtC: i guess
NiGhTwInGcM: its uneven
BlackBBear710: Knives are hard for humans to be accurate with even when skilled and a cobra's only like 4 inches or so across at most that's a small ass target when moving
NiGhTwInGcM: now an electric eel versus a vampire bat with three minutes of air in a tiny scuba tank...that's a match up

[...and so hours passed]