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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 4849224" data-attributes="member: 4720"><p>The problem with passing the torch is that it fails miserably with flagship characters.</p><p></p><p>You can pass the torch with Green Lantern and the Flash, because they are actually second string. But any attempt to do so with Superman or Batman alienates people... some of them not even current readers. You can bounce the Beast and Iceman around between teams, retcon their history to heck and back, but changes to Spider-man and Captain America freak out large segments of the population.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I wish they would just start over completely every 5 years. Wipe the continuity clean <em>for real</em>. But continuity wipes drive teh hardcorez collectors bat-guano loco. It is as if knowing a cumbersome, impenetrable, often contradictory and frequently silly continuity makes them special, and the removal of that barrier to entry is a sin against them.</p><p></p><p>I think it would be the best solution, however, as you can always be a bit more risky with a specific version of a "mythic" character that has a 5-year lifespan. And it allows comic book writers to actually plot and tell stories that have a beginning, middle, and end. This is why "Elseworlds" style graphic novels often rock on toast.... creative freedom. Inject some of that into the actual comics.</p><p></p><p>Whenever they do a "continuity wipe" they always set right about reintroducing the entire rogue's gallery and muddying the waters right back up. A real reset with some simpler, cleaner storytelling for a few years would be something to see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost, post: 4849224, member: 4720"] The problem with passing the torch is that it fails miserably with flagship characters. You can pass the torch with Green Lantern and the Flash, because they are actually second string. But any attempt to do so with Superman or Batman alienates people... some of them not even current readers. You can bounce the Beast and Iceman around between teams, retcon their history to heck and back, but changes to Spider-man and Captain America freak out large segments of the population. Personally, I wish they would just start over completely every 5 years. Wipe the continuity clean [I]for real[/I]. But continuity wipes drive teh hardcorez collectors bat-guano loco. It is as if knowing a cumbersome, impenetrable, often contradictory and frequently silly continuity makes them special, and the removal of that barrier to entry is a sin against them. I think it would be the best solution, however, as you can always be a bit more risky with a specific version of a "mythic" character that has a 5-year lifespan. And it allows comic book writers to actually plot and tell stories that have a beginning, middle, and end. This is why "Elseworlds" style graphic novels often rock on toast.... creative freedom. Inject some of that into the actual comics. Whenever they do a "continuity wipe" they always set right about reintroducing the entire rogue's gallery and muddying the waters right back up. A real reset with some simpler, cleaner storytelling for a few years would be something to see. [/QUOTE]
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