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I'm going to allow the story as much time as it needs -- which is pretty much how I operated before on JBNM. 20 issues was an estimate. Might work out more, might work out less. Certainly "targeting" the 50th issue for the last makes sense.

...one of the most destructive phrases that as worked its way into comic reading is "What's a good jumping on point?" Whole "generations" of potential readers have been scared away by the idea that there is no way to simply START READING, as I did lo these many years ago.

My friend won't read Batman or Superman because the issue numbering is so high he feels he won't know what is going on.  (But I guess it was okay for him to start reading X-Men at issue 180 or Amazing at 237, oh well)

I'm going to allow the story as much time as it needs -- which is pretty much how I operated before on JBNM. 20 issues was an estimate. Might work out more, might work out less. Certainly "targeting" the 50th issue for the last makes sense.

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So does the 100th.  ;)

Just sayin' (and hopin'!).

Great news!

This brings me back to 1982 when I picked up Asimov's long awaited return to the Foundation Series. He too had to revisit his old material and had to work at recapturing the flavor of the original (uncompleted) series.

I suppose one of the greatest challenges in these circumstances is to produce material that flows seamlessly from the original, despite the growth in artistic maturity.

Thinking of the difference between X-Men and Hidden years, I can't imagine what the output will look like.

Add to that the fact that technology has advanced so much in 20 years: makes me wonder whether the continuation's background technology will be consistent with the original. The same can be said about the religious undertones or the rise in world terrorism. Society has changed enourmously, even in just 15 years.

With the Next Men back in action, can Babe be far behind?