Originally Posted By: Lawson
I noted that Cooke had secured the blessings of Westlake before the old man's death.

I had never heard of Parker or Westlake before Cooke's adaptations, so I didn't know this. When added to the similar claim with Eisner, it casts an interesting shadow. Of doubt, that is.
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