This is one of the best arguments in favor of one-issue stories that are complete unto themselves. Then the anal-retentives who worry about how everything "fits together" can do the assembling in their own obsessed minds and the rest of us can just get on with enjoying reading the comics.

I guess Dwayne McDuffie got relieved of his scripting duties on JLA after he explained in detail on his message board why certain things happened and didn't happen during his JLA run, and why he didn't have certain characters to work with. The SALVATION RUN miniseries pretty much truncated his Secret Society arc, while the Big Three all became pretty much unavailable simultaneously midway through the Milestone arc thanks to being "dead" (Batman), being on New Krypton (Superman) or being in a 12-issue Manazons arc in her own book (Wonder Woman).

Paging Vibe! And we need a new Vibe for the 21st century, one whose superpower manifests itself in his Krunking!

Cheers, Jon

Just read all 5 pages and here's what stuck. Jan's dead?
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Ditto, Michael! When will the killing end?!?

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When creatively bankrupt writers and editors find something else that "sells".

Trust me! If someone put out a New Baby issue that sold thru the roof, there would be a population explosion like you never saw!

(Or is this another example of the Big Idea that dies aborning when the editors get cold feet?)

"What I find more troubling about the "It's on bitch" line, is that it was allowed in a book with an "A" rating. Marvel books that carry an "A" rating are supposed to be suitable for ages 8 and up. Also, this is not the first time that questionable language has been allowed in Marvel comics with an "A" rating."

In the latest A-rated issue of Amazing Spider-Man, the Chameleon rapes Pete's female roommate.  I just cancelled my subscription.

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QUOTE: The worst example being this notion that all the books that come out at the same time happen at the same time. So if Thor is off having an adventure in deep space, he cannot be in THE AVENGERS, or a contrived reason must be offered if he is.

I've heard that from some people. Never understood it. Why spoil your own enjoyment or other people's enjoyment?

Suppose I buy 3 Superman titles in one month. In the first title, Superman is off saving a planet in another galaxy; in the second title, Clark Kent is working undercover in Metropolis; in the third title, Superman and Green Lantern are away in another country battling supervillains.

Just because all those titles may be released in one month doesn't mean they're all happening at the same time. I wouldn't read the first title (Superman in another galaxy) and ask how he and Green Lantern can also be working on Earth at the same time. I'm reading the title now (whenever now is) and it's that title I am enjoying.

EDIT - Grammar.

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Apparently, Marvel does not understand that "All-Ages" means "can be read with equal enjoyment by people of all ages", not "is a hodge-podge of material targeted at different age groups".

I kind of thought that Secret Invasion was going to be the "fix" for Civil War.  Getting all the superheroes back and on the same page (even though I did think that the two Avengers groups could have worked but obviously didn't).  All it did was muddy up the waters more with the whole Dark Reign thing we have going on with Osborne.

Now we have more sulking heroes, death, and publicly denounced heroes to deal with.