I don't like new Magneto and Bishop's VA nearly as much as the OGs, but this new Sinister worked great to me. Oh, wait, you mean comic book/Gillen's...
Definitely agree, MacKay's Avengers isn't decompressed at all. The plot has been moving along pretty well and hasn't been bogged down with subplots....
I would say that Ewing had a premise similar to Liss, king off the throne, becoming a more street-level hero. But that would be the only similarity....
They tried that with Forever, and it didn't work. I even spoke with Lord Claremont about it on Facebook onetime and it seemed he didn't quite accept...
ALL HAIL THE HADARI YAO, THE OMEGA'S OMEGA, BEYOND OMEGA, THE VOICE OF SOL!!!! NOW AGAIN THE ONE TRUE AND ONLY GODDESS OF THE X-MEN AS CLAREMONT INTENDED!!!!!