Originally Posted by
Badou
Taylor had won you over before the first issue even came out. You looked at him as a relevant creator and because of that you were willing to overlook things you probably wouldn't for lesser writers. There is nothing wrong with feeling that way of course, you are already committed to putting your trust in him, but that is just the opposite to how I feel. I'm not willing to give creators the benefit of the doubt regardless of status. Maybe because I am too cynical now. Still, Taylor has to win me over and so far he as not and the story and things he is setting up aren't things that are probably going to lead to me looking at him any differently. He was already facing a near impossible challenge because of Bludhaven and Blockbuster, and as this story has unfolded I feel more right in my opinions, but even with trying to be objective as I can be I don't think the writing as been all that strong in this book. Redondo is carrying the series hard. So I can't just unconditionally trust a writer and plots with bad setups when I don't think he is doing a good job.
But this is a kind of storyline that pops up every year in superhero comics. Apparently they just did it in Spider-man a few years ago and just recently retconned it? It's so lazy. Sure, it could all be a fake-out, or something completely different, and these are why writers do these kind of stories. It's soap opera drama where they want to keep you coming back for the next issue/episode and keep you asking questions with each new shocking "reveal". I think also arrogance also plays a role in wanting to be the creator that changes a 80+ year old character's history in a dramatic way, which is maybe why it keeps happening over and over despite the stories never working.