To nitpick here =)
RR was a cult favorite in the 70’s under Gerber and Mantlo. Then he rose to prominence in Annihilation, Giffen’s big cosmic epic. Then DnA’s Guardians of the galaxy. Which turned into a movie and Bendis version.
Gamora was Starlins creation and she had a prominent role in his stories. So Infinity Gauntlet and the Infinity trilogy. Also reintroduced in Annihilation->GG.
Star lord had his ongoing, faded to obscurity and then by Annihilation->GG was reintroduced.
These three were popular, very much so, before Bendis got his hands on them.
Jessica Jones was created by Bendis.
Regarding the royalties, we all can guess how awful the working condition are in the comic industry for the freelancers creators.
How many "we are new mutants" stories a franchise can get? Especially since we don't let the other mutants get old as well. We need to read Cyclops as a 35-year old character, a character who got tired of continuously fighting , but who still needs to fight for the good cause. We need to read Pixie, Hellion and Armor as these characters who are in their early 20s and they don't know what they suppose to do with their lives, after their teenage years have been so traumatized. Otherwise how we can invest in new characters?
Right now the appeal of Exceptional X-men are the new faces. I'm a sucker for that as Evolution and Academy X were my gateway into X-men.
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Not feeling the new young mutant characters...they are usually lame. Why not bring back some of the previous ones like surge, hellion, dust etc ...
The X-Men's mission means new mutants will turn up once in a while. It's just the mentorship roles should be taken up by some newer generation characters rather than the old guard as usual.
"Cable was right!"
Yeah the problem is the mid-generation characters (New Mutants, X-Force, Gen X) should be bigger players in the main teams. I don't want them being squad leaders or teachers.
Crazy to not see Synch, Monet, Dani Moonstar, and Sunspot all over these main lineups after their successful stints in Krakoa.
Would like to see the characters age up (not Batman Beyond level but just older) so we can see a shift in roles.
I don't really mind new characters as long as they aren't little internet jokes like every character Jason Aaron added.
Yeah hers is harder to say is a success despite the quantity of issues she appeared in. She starred in one of the longer running Krakoan books and had some sweet moments with Xuan, but was robbed of not being made a Captain Commander or whatever that role was lol
Also crazy she was never up for the X-Men vote!