I was tempted to buy these when they came out in the mid 80s, but I never did.  Did anybody like them?

You don’t really notice pacing until you read how badly it gets mangled in Continuity Comics.  Without giving the reader a “Meanwhile, back at HQ…” caption, one turns the page to find totally different characters, settings, and events from what they were just reading.  Many issues just end as if someone cutoff the story at a random point, with no caption of “To be continued.”

But I do have a soft spot for them, and for a long time it was the only way to see new Adams.

The problem with Continuity was exactly what happened with Image Comics.  Too many watered down copycat artists taking over for the artist we really wanted to see; most of the stories were written by an unknown/friend(?) (Peter Stone); instead of a foundation of solid single-issue stories they tried long arcs that were confusing; the covers often outshined the interiors; they played with the issue numbers and restarted series that weren't finished, causing confusion; and they forced too many company-wide crossovers into the company's relatively short life.

It could have been great.  And I was still hoping that Neal might try one last mini-series (with a solid writer) teaming all the heroes he so fantastically designed.