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It would allow some other writer to use the character without having to write away why he didn't actually die the first time. It also gives the alternate Billie a somewhat 'happy' ending to her crapsack life so far.
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They mentioned it's been 20 years since Selim came into power after Miles died fighting the 3 clones. The barrier coming up shortly after and Aaron apparently being it's power source somehow he might have been stuck here for awhile.
Probably could have given the ending of the clone saga more time to breath before doing this evil alternate timeline plot instead of what feels like back to back clone stories. Barb and Judge showed up for a page spoilers:end of spoilers Not much but it's at least acknowledgement. Future Ganke's explanation for Billie's hero moniker felt a little hokey. Still scratching my head as to HOW that last page is happening, unless it's like a Bioshock Infinite kind of thing? The power draw a normal human body doesn't seem to be enough energy to build a shield capable of keeping out the F4, Avengers, X-men etc.
Before being executed to make a point
I'll see how it ends up but yeah, the last 2 arcs have felt like duds.