If it's not, I've eaten some crow before, I'll do it again. But I don't see the point in making the character old again regardless if it's permanent or temporary. If they don't have concrete plans for him or want to sideline him or not have him appear in regular publication, I'm fine with that. His age shouldn't be any factor in it.
I have two sets of these bad boys - one in sleeves/binder and another unopened box I got on eBay for next to nothing. They'll finance my retirement one day though! :P
Even in 1992 I thought they were sooo lazy and boring compared to Marvel's much more interesting/colorful offerings. The follow up set (Cosmic Teams) was a bit nicer.