Originally Posted by
Nomads1
In the 90's, early 2000's DC was giving a masters class ln how to handle legacy characters. Wally West, Tim Drake, Kyle Rayner, Cassie Sandmarks, Conner Hawke, Micheal Holt, Pieter Cross, Courtney Whitmore, etc... The list is endless. Bold changes, done with solid backstories that made the character different from the originals, while still respecting the legacy. Then, DC had a silver age relapse, ruined basically all of them, and, with very few exceptions, never quite got to handle legacy characters with the respect and quality that they deserved. Marvel, IMHO, with few exceptions, most of them minor characters, never was very good at handling legacy characters. IMHO, gender, race, or sexuality swaping in itself, as seems to be the trend nowadays, is hardly enough to make a charactrer interesting. Without a well-built backstory and something else to make the character stand out, in the end, they'll always pale when compared to the original, and his/her decades old well-developed story.
Peace