icemanjeff79 wrote:
Do you think Enghlehart and Stern and David and Simonson and Conway and Michilinie and Layton and DeFalco are saying to themselves "The last 20 years are crap, why don't I write an alt-universe retcon story that doesn't fit in with established continuity?" NO!


Two words: "Hobgoblin Lives".

Not that there was anything wrong with it. I liked it much better than the version which made...well, you know who, The Hobgoblin.

icemanjeff79 wrote:
The exception to this is of course Byrne and Busiek, but there's a difference: Bynre and Busiek are giving us new info on established tales


There's also another, more relevant difference: Claremont was a genuinely talented writer (in his prime).


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