Jim Shooter was the best EIC Marvel had whose name wasn't Stan Lee. Under Shooter we had the Claremont/Byrne X-men, the Miller Daredevil, the Stern/Romita Jr Spiderman, the Byrne FF, the Simonson Thor, and a number of other books that set the bar for excellent comic books.
Sure, by all accounts he was tough on the writers and artists but a lot of the complaints they had with him were about the fact he--shudder--enforced deadlines.
Was Shooter a saint? Obviously not. But, at the same time, he set a high water mark for Marvel that no one has been able to meet since.
I doubt Marvel would ever hire him again, but if DC was smart they'd hire Shooter and give him an editing job.
