[Kirathis]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Regarding current comics in general, I am saddened. Nova is dead and replaced by yet another high-school aged character, the Guardians of the Galaxy have been altered way too much to fit the movie crew, and X-books are getting the short end of the stick. I'm seriously still super bummed about Richard Rider being a skeleton floating in another dimension and almost nobody in the stories seems to give a crap. I can only wait until he is revived, along with Wolverine.

I could not agree more regarding Nova and the GotG crew. Richard Rider is one of my favorite characters. I have grown to enjoy Sam Alexander but I would take Rich back in a heartbeat.

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Originally Posted by Poison Shadow

And that's the problem with comics. I think a much more successful business model would be to do away with the shared universe altogether, and allow writers and artists to do mini-series (twelve issues at the most) with a definitive beginning, middle, and end using any characters they want.
No continuity.
No decades of sloppily edited stories and convoluted events.
Just great artists and writers making great stories without restrictions - basically what DC has been doing with Earth One, and what Marvel's Ultimate universe started out as, but without the need to continue each story until they wear out their welcome.

But that's just me.

Considering it seems like neither company can get their writers to stick with continuity that might be a decent plan. I always laugh how much Marvel applauds Bendis and yet he is one of those writers who just up and changes something to suit his whim.

I am currently committed to a couple months out on Previews orders but if things do not get better from both companies...so much for comics...again.