All in good fun, prove you're a cranky old Marvel fan.

[Riv86672]

Yes and no.


Back when most of us were reading-we didn't start at issue 1. A LOT of us started at issues 200 or 150 or 7 and didn't look back.

When we started NOBODY threw a fit if someone like Falcon got a mini or Power Pack or Generation X or the New Warriors got an ongoing. If Marvel Comics Presents existed.

We saw new characters and NOBODY threw fits. Saying Night Thrasher is putting comic book stores out of business. Or need to band together against an Inhuman or Blade book.

We did not care-it was more the merrier.

If a book got axed-we THANKED Marvel for trying not say this proves an entire race doesn't read comics or nobody like that character or franchise.

^^^This seems more like you’re saying FANS were better back when a lot of us started reading comics.
And they were.

[Chris0013]

Writers spent years on a book telling multiple stories over that time.

[CaptCleghorn]

We don't need a renumbering and a new number one if the inker's cat gets a new brand of food.

[Anthony W]

Mary Jane is an actress and model, and also a bombshell.

There is nothing wrong with that, looking at you MCU Spider-Man that gave us a Mary Jane that looked and acted like she was a shoplifter at the local GoodWill. Looking at you Insomniac PS5 Spider-Man 2 videogame that gave us a Mary Jane so old looking that she looked like Peter's aunt.why-does-mj-have-a-new-face-model-in-the-marvel-spider-man-v0-y3ff6vjawadb1.jpg

[Alan2099]

I've always preferred the big haired MJ of the late 80s and 90s to the more flat haired version myself.

Oh, and another thing, Peter Parker does not just tell people his secret identity. Not even very close friends in the superhero community he's know for a long time. To them, he's just Spider-man and that's enough.

[Username taken]

What's been done to Beast is criminal.

What's been done to Moira is criminal.

As someone mentioned earlier, cover boxes were part of what made Marvel comics, Marvel comics.

There was a time when mutants were rare and seeing one was a big deal (I know this will never happen but when things were like this, it was very cool).

Ron Lim was the best ever Silver Surfer artist, yeah, I said it.

[Chris0013]

What's been done to Beast is criminal.

What's been done to Moira is criminal.

As someone mentioned earlier, cover boxes were part of what made Marvel comics, Marvel comics.

There was a time when mutants were rare and seeing one was a big deal (I know this will never happen but when things were like this, it was very cool).

Ron Lim was the best ever Silver Surfer artist, yeah, I said it.

Gruewald and Lim were Peak Captain America.

[JudicatorPrime]

Writers spent years on a book telling multiple stories over that time.

...And sometimes when a book got cancelled, or plots were left unfinished for whatever reason, those stories continued on in other titles. Other writers picked up the baton and finished the damn race emphatically.

[JudicatorPrime]

There was a time when mutants were rare and seeing one was a big deal (I know this will never happen but when things were like this, it was very cool).

A phenomenon we'd see with other rare groups. Eternals. Inhumans. Atlanteans. Aliens. Gods. Cosmic beings from "beyond" or before the multiverse ever existed. Limitless reality breaking magic users who are oh so powerful and yet they don't bother to take half a minute to whip up a spell that will fix themselves. What was once rare is now very much common and run of the mill.

And don't get me started on the omnipotence-endowing weapons and artifacts. Really, no one cared to use any of these devices before humanity arrived on the scene? Life itself should have been wiped out countless times over before Thanos ever came along, if Knull truly hated it that much. But here we are and none of it makes sense.

[K7P5V]

Ron Lim was the best ever Silver Surfer artist, yeah, I said it.

When it comes to The Silver Surfer, Ron Lim will always be Numero Uno in my book

[Riv86672]

...And sometimes when a book got cancelled, or plots were left unfinished for whatever reason, those stories continued on in other titles. Other writers picked up the baton and finished the damn race emphatically.

^^^Marvel Two In One was good for that.

[Donkey Hotay]

Norman Osborn should have stayed dead. So should have Harry Osborn.

[Alan2099]

Superhero costumes should not have visible seams or padding.

[Username taken]

Gruewald and Lim were Peak Captain America.

This a million times!!

[DrNewGod]

...And sometimes when a book got cancelled, or plots were left unfinished for whatever reason, those stories continued on in other titles. Other writers picked up the baton and finished the damn race emphatically.

That's a fantastic point. There was a sense creative teams served characters rather than vice versa, even when that meant picking up on something you couldn't claim as your own.