This isn't about me, and appreciating me (even though I use that user name and avatar)
Anyway - just like the original thread - I am a huge fan of the character. I know a lot of folks like to make fun of the character - and while, yes, the blades he wore was a bit over the top - but every character has had a very bad design.
I made a "Let's Talk" Twitter account for Adam-X: https://twitter.com/AdamXNeramani and also a website: http://tawmis.com/xtreme/
Would love to hear your thoughts - whether or not you agree with me - and have a civil discussion.
He gets a lot of grief currently because of how he looked - but a lot of heroes have had awful costumes and come back from them (let's just use THOR as an example... http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/thor/502-1.jpg)
For example, I'd keep Adam the same, but drop the blades, so it looks more like this: