Same here.
I never get hung up on the "inconsistencies of canon and character" from one writer to the next as everyone, even the best ones, have either met, surpassed and/or fallen short of my personal expectations (that they're not beholden to, by any means) at one time or another throughout my comic book reading history. I can overlook differing canon from differing eras once I'm engaged in the overall story but to write yourself into a dead-end in your own era/status quo (which HiX-Man has done before, imo) is...disappointing.