But see that's the thing. She's trying to tell a story here and unfortunately that story only comes out monthly. But people are already complaining that characters from Jess' past (such as Lindsay, who I would like to see too by the way but it won't make or break the series for me) aren't in it when the series hasn't had a chance to even get started. Give it a couple of arcs? It's like when people wrote off Hydra Cap immediately without even seeing where the story was going.
I can tell you that Karla has gone on record to say that Marvel gave her the option to completely reboot Jess - her origins, everything. Like it never happened, To start from scratch. She decided not to do that and said she wants to honor everything that came before it - including things in her original run though she didn't specify as to what. Marvel also told Karla they wanted it to be Dark and Action packed, which she IS delivering in spades.
A legit criticism is yes the story is moving fast and you can get a bit lost. I don't think a legit criticism is "Where is x y and z in this series" when it's only 4 issues in. I love Al Ewing's writing don't get me wrong. But I also love Karla's and Kelly Thompson, and Chip Zdarsky. Not all writers are Al Ewing and they shouldn't be.
The Dennis Hopeless run didn't acknowledge anything prior to Secret Invasion and I see far less complaints (though there are still plenty) about that. - I recind this statement. He acknowledged Jess' friendship with Jack Russell on one page.