apophenia wrote:
It hasn't even been a year since 'Siege', has it? Marvel's editors are insane...and haven't the x-books moved from crossover to crossover since 'messiah war'?

I point to crossovers and line wide events as one of the main reasons comic readership has dwindled (I have course have no statistical evidence to back this up, other than conversations I've had with lapsed/former fans). No one would be expected to watch 'hell's kitchen' to follow the story of 'fringe' simply because it's sweeps and the executives are mandating a network wide crossover.

Here's a challenge...name 5 'in continuity' marvel ongoings in the last 5 years that have had a self-contained run of two years without being interrupted by a crossover which left it's prior status quo either a mess or completely irrelevant.


Captain America hasn't crossed over into anything since Civil War and has been all the better for it. For that matter, Fantastic Four has avoided the crossovers since CW as well (it dealt with Secret Invasion and Dark Reign in two completely self contained mini series.)