Mig Da Silva wrote: Now i ask. Why should M***** or DC move into the direction these 2, once 3 (IDW,DH,CrossGen), are going?

Never, ever have I said that they should.  I have only been saying that there is, in fact, an audience out there for non-superhero, finite and continuing comic books, as well as licensed product.  Never said that Marvel or DC should emulate Dark Horse, IDW, or CrossGen. I've only been countering your original notion that CrossGen failed because their series were finite (which most were not), that they didn't star heroes, and that they were written by Millar/Bendis/Moore wannabes. If you've ever read anything that I've ever written on any JB board over the last six years, you'd never question where I stand with regard to "age" and "growth" of all-ages mainstream heroes at Marvel and DC.

As far as the market not wanting finite concepts, get back to me after you've looked at the sales of SANDMAN, 100 BULLETS, and Y: THE LAST MAN (to name just a few) in trade.  SANDMAN, in particular, has never been out-of-print, regularly outselling most other TPB.  Again, it's a gross generalization to make a point with having anything to back it up.

Mig Da Silva wrote: Here's the point i make: "Super-heroes that "age", "grow" and "change" don't work."

I'd qualify that by saying all-ages mainstream superheroes at Marvel and DC, not the superhero genre in general.  Creator-owned concepts where the conceit is an aging superhero in a realistic world, I have no problem with nor would I ever say that those concepts don't work.  I would, however, say they don't work with characters that were expressly created to be all-ages, with the conceit being that they don't age so that generation after generation can enjoy them.  In other words, they're akin to the Peanuts, Archie, and WB characters, to name only a few.  Personally, I like ASTRO CITY, a concept with a conceit that the heroes age and grow.  It's Busiek's work and world and he can do with his characters as he pleases.

Dennis Calero wrote: Creatively, I think some of the New Universe titles worked just fine.  So did the earlt Valiant titles.  Actually the Valiants sold pretty well, so it has worked.

In the case of the former, different line, different conceit.  In the case of the latter, different company and characters altogether. They were created, in both cases, to be different with new superhero characters than those of Marvel and DC proper.  In that respect, I have no problem with the age and growth in those specific universes or line of titles.  What I do have a problem with is grafting that idea onto characters who were never created to "age" and "grow" in the first place all in an attempt to keep an aging fan base.