Originally Posted by
Coop
Here, I agree with you fully. They could announce a miniseries that was about bringing back Peter and Mary Jane's marriage and the first thing I would check is the writer and then the artist. And if it was people that I didn't think would write interesting versions of these characters, I wouldn't buy the book.
But I don't think it's the most important thing for the entire audience. There's a lot of idiosyncrasies. We all have the things that we like to see and things that agitate us. You for instance don't like Spider-Man not being especially competent in fights. I don't like Doctor Octopus babbling about dolts and casting die etc. And I do believe that for a not insignificant portion of the audience, status quo would trump characterization, plot writing, and art.