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1. The retcons. I'm not bothered by saying a year of storyline didn't happen. I'm bothered by the reason a retcon is needed: they want to change the story. Making Peter Parker a high schooler breaks the old story.
2. Multiple authors. No consistent vsion. Essentially all authors after the first are trying to milk the character for money, not actually trying to continue the story.
3. Crossovers. Probably the biggest reason. Can a fan **** bring in big bucks when you've run out of real ideas? Sure! Can it brutally massacre the stories of all those involved? Always. At least with manga I know I'll never see Ichigo and Naruto team up to take down Yagami Light.
1. Making Peter a high schooler again in USM didn't break the story at all. It was simply a retelling of the story updated for the modern era. It doesn't remain faithful to the cannon but is instead inspired by it. UXMen was the same thing, but it just started to suck about halfway through.
While The Ultimates I & II are some of the greatest Marvel stories ever told.
2. USM had a consistent vision, as did Y-The Last Man. I understand where you're coming from with this one, though. Which is why nowadays I tend to pick up some of the "big" Marvel & DC books only when writers/artists I like are on them.
And The Ultimates I & II as well as the Joss Whedon/John Cassidy run on Astonishing X-Men are a couple examples of "consistant vision". I remember Jim Lee did a years worth of Batman too (forget who wrote it. Millar?) which was cool.
3. Crossovers can suck & are a huge drain on the wallet. However, sometimes they don't suck too. Case in point the recent crossover between Deadpool & the Thunderbolts. Hilariously awesome.
Truth be told, I pick up Marvel books mostly out of habit & DC books only when I like the creators. Outside of that,
Invincible,
The Walking Dead, &
Kick-*** are really the only indie books I read regularly.
Edited, Jun 28th 2009 4:15am by Omegavegeta
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