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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

You ain't seen nothing yet, get me started on the writer of Uncanny X-Men I now refer to as "He Who Shall Not Be Named"...THAT'S some passionate dislike there.

Realizing how vague that was, I will just refer you to "The Draco" storyline as an example.

Ha ha ha. Ooooh, boy. People haven't seen anything "bad" until they've read his work.

Destiny will always be Nightcrawler's mum. Mystique will always be his dad/other mother. To me, Azazel is an insane red splodge, nothing more.

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

Bendis doesn't so much ruin everything he writes as he writes almost everyone but his star character or two the same. Everyone else has the same voice. He's got some REALLY great starting ideas, and usually his runs have started out extremely well (the first arc of ANXM? New Avengers? but everything just fizzes out and turns into a big blob of nothing at the end. My actual main gripe with Bendis is his total disregard of continuity.

But all that pales during the 2001-2004 period where every month I just asked myself WTF did I just read and why do I still read it if only to torture myself because everything was horrible. Every idea. Every characterization. Nothing good came of that run, because whatever good was created in that run was destroyed by the end of it.

At least a big bunch of bland nothing is better than a big unsightly mess of a stain on what was once the flagship Marvel title.

I assume you're still talking about "that" guy? If so, yes. Yes.

As for Bendis, completely agree. I think it's very easy to just disregard him, and yes nobody asked for his take on the Guardians, but the man has some brilliant ideas. They just tend to get... derailed. Fast.

In conclusion, all writers are capable of good and bad. Morrison revitalised the X-brand, but he was also responsible for Glob Herman and Ernst.