Originally Posted by
Rivka
No it's not! It's the basis of the X-MEN! It's how Chris Claremont created the modern super hero comic book within his long UNCANNY run. It's story-telling 101. You can't tell good stories without the relationships. You need plot, varying degrees of action, but without the human interaction that the reader or audience recognizes and identifies with, your story is nothing but an amusement-park ride. This is one of the major complaints I've had about the last few years of X-MEN comic books. Too much focus on "bang" "pow" "bop" cartoony action without any pages of quiet, character interaction some of which could be way more dramatic, exciting, and important than constant fight scenes. I wouldn't have minded an entire comic book devoted to Jean's return, her finding out what Scott had been up to, finding out about his death, meeting with Emma Frost to discuss some of this and their confrontation, her psychological progress as she vows to make good on what she thinks Xavier's dream should be (X-MEN RED). Just an example, but these characters have long histories with one another, and these histories and relationships are among the main reasons fans love them. That being said, I'm hopeful that Hickman and his hand-picked associate writers and their editors will focus on the soap-opera and the history of the characters as much as the action.