While the first cohort of writers was expected to work regular hours, nine to five, their supervisor, Broussard, got pulled into production for Captain America: The First Avenger, and the studio’s leaders—Feige, Louis D’Esposito, and Victoria Alonso—were too busy with movies in production to check in on the program. Left to their own devices, some days the writers would just sit around talking about movies and reading old comic books. They knew to keep an eye out for a good Doctor Strange story, since the character was one of Feige’s favorites. Other days, they would go across the street to a
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