It’s like every title is jumping the shark every couple of months. Furthermore, the number of different versions of the same characters diminishes any storyline’s impact.
Spidey (take your pick, there are over 1,700 in canon) is trying to save Earth (again, take your pick) while MJ (again, a nearly infinite number, simultaneously dead, alive, married to a Spider-Person, married to Not a Spider-Person, divorced, widowed, pregnant, a mother to a world threatening singularity, etc) is working out important, all consuming relationship issues that will definitely have long term effects, possibly, maybe. At any rate, imminent mortal peril, Spidey has to make the tough decision, but a different tough decision from the one from two issues back. Join us next issue, when we give you an all-new, totally different, same story, but this time Spidey is back to wearing his black costume!
I know it’s tough to come up with complete, compelling stories, but at least give us a character arc that’s an actual arc, not a series of points of no gravity, depicted as having all the gravity in the world.
Well a big problem stems from they always have to hit the old reset button and trap the characters in an ageless scenario. Ideas run short and they retcon the whole thing. Like DC Comics does every few years. They are missing the creative boat by not having generational characters. We should have stories about Batman’s grandkids by now. And this has worked in the past as DC used Earth 2 for its generational characters ie Batman got married and had Huntress as his daughter. Then Crisis happened
There's a reason I tend more towards graphic novels and completed comics.
Continuity…I once heard this word as in a faraway dream…
It’s like every title is jumping the shark every couple of months. Furthermore, the number of different versions of the same characters diminishes any storyline’s impact.
Spidey (take your pick, there are over 1,700 in canon) is trying to save Earth (again, take your pick) while MJ (again, a nearly infinite number, simultaneously dead, alive, married to a Spider-Person, married to Not a Spider-Person, divorced, widowed, pregnant, a mother to a world threatening singularity, etc) is working out important, all consuming relationship issues that will definitely have long term effects, possibly, maybe. At any rate, imminent mortal peril, Spidey has to make the tough decision, but a different tough decision from the one from two issues back. Join us next issue, when we give you an all-new, totally different, same story, but this time Spidey is back to wearing his black costume!
I know it’s tough to come up with complete, compelling stories, but at least give us a character arc that’s an actual arc, not a series of points of no gravity, depicted as having all the gravity in the world.
THANK YOU! This is exactly what I am talking about. You nailed it. Stands up and claps
Well a big problem stems from they always have to hit the old reset button and trap the characters in an ageless scenario. Ideas run short and they retcon the whole thing. Like DC Comics does every few years. They are missing the creative boat by not having generational characters. We should have stories about Batman’s grandkids by now. And this has worked in the past as DC used Earth 2 for its generational characters ie Batman got married and had Huntress as his daughter. Then Crisis happened
I really liked Earth 2. I was recently reading that on the DC app. I forgot how great and fresh those stories were.
Infinity Inc kicked a lot of butt. So naturally Crisis wiped it out