Me está costando mucho actualizar y eliminar muchas relaciones con EF Code-first.

Tengo un modelo bastante simple:

    public class Issue
    {
        [Key]
        public int      IssueId     { get; set; }
        public int      Number      { get; set; }
        public string   Title       { get; set; }
        public DateTime Date        { get; set; }

        public virtual ICollection<Creator> Creators { get; set; }
    }

    public class Creator
    {
        [Key]
        public int      CreatorId   { get; set; }
        public string   FirstName   { get; set; }
        public string   MiddleName  { get; set; }
        public string   LastName    { get; set; }

        public virtual ICollection<Issue> Issues { get; set; }
    }

    public class Icbd : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<Issue> Issues { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Creator> Creators { get; set; }
    }

No he podido averiguar cómo actualizar la relación de muchos a muchos utilizando el contexto EF. En mi acción isnert / update, tengo este código:

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult EditIssue ( Issue issue, int[] CreatorIds )
    {
        if(CreatorIds == null)
            ModelState.AddModelError("CreatorIds", "Please specify at least one creator");

        if(ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            // insert or update the issue record (no relationship)
            if (issue.IssueId == 0)
                db.Issues.Add(issue);
            else
                db.Entry(issue).State = System.Data.EntityState.Modified;
            db.SaveChanges();

            // delete - delete current relationships
            if (issue.Creators != null)
            {
                issue.Creators = new List<Creator>();
                db.Entry(issue).State = System.Data.EntityState.Modified;
                db.SaveChanges();
            }

            // insert - get creators for many-to-many realtionship
            issue.Creators = db.Creators.Where(x => CreatorIds.Contains(x.CreatorId)).ToList();
            db.Entry(issue).State = System.Data.EntityState.Modified;
            db.SaveChanges();

            return RedirectToAction("Index");
        }

        IssueEditModel issueEdit = new IssueEditModel{
            Creators = db.Creators.ToList(),
            Issue = issue,
        };
        return View(issueEdit);
    }

Puedo insertarIssues y puedo insertar una nuevaissue.Creators sin problema. Pero, cuando intento eliminar la @ actuissue.Creators para poder insertar los nuevos,issue.Creators SIEMPRE es nulo para que nunca se actualice a una lista vacía. No entiendo esto @issue.Creators tiene registros porque cuando el código procede a insertar los nuevos creadores, aparece un error como este:

Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK__CreatorI__13D353AB03317E3D'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.CreatorIssues'.
The statement has been terminated. 

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK__CreatorI__13D353AB03317E3D'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.CreatorIssues'.
The statement has been terminated.

Source Error: 


Line 59:    issue.Creators = db.Creators.Where(x => CreatorIds.Contains(x.CreatorId)).ToList();
Line 60:    db.Entry(issue).State = System.Data.EntityState.Modified;
Line 61:    db.SaveChanges();
Line 62:
Line 63:    return RedirectToAction("Index");

Como lo consigoissue.Creators para mostrar con precisión las relaciones actuales y poder eliminarlas?

Update: controlador de trabajo

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult EditIssue ( Issue issue, int[] CreatorIds )
    {
        if(CreatorIds == null)
            ModelState.AddModelError("CreatorIds", "Please specify at least one creator");

        if(ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            // insert or update the issue record (no relationship)
            if (issue.IssueId == 0)
                db.Issues.Add(issue);
            else
                db.Entry(issue).State = System.Data.EntityState.Modified;
            db.SaveChanges();

            // insert and update many to many relationship
            issue = db.Issues.Include("Creators").Where(x => x.IssueId == issue.IssueId).Single();
            issue.Creators = db.Creators.Where(x => CreatorIds.Contains(x.CreatorId)).ToList();
            db.Entry(issue).State = System.Data.EntityState.Modified;
            db.SaveChanges();

            return RedirectToAction("Index");
        }

        IssueEditModel issueEdit = new IssueEditModel{
            Creators = db.Creators.ToList(),
            Issue = issue,
        };
        return View(issueEdit);
    }