Post Fifty-One: How to get me to drop a series

Well, I picked up the latest issue of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man yesterday, and I'm out. That series has seen its last purchase from me.

I was already pissed that the writers were bringing back Uncle Ben: has there ever been a character that had a more profound impact on a literary character than Ben on Spider-man? Or the entire Marvel Universe, arguably? "With great power comes great responsibility." This goes beyond a personal effect on Peter Parker. This is Marvel mantra. This approaches the level of the Commandments in the comic-book world. Yet the brilliant writers cheapen Uncle Ben's death and the profound effect these words had on Parker for a meaningless storyline.

But to top it off, the writers went and revealed that this little series involves all sorts of alternative timelines, cosmic intersections, and all sorts of other bullshit. This alternative universe crap is unendingly confusing, and cannot help but totally screw up the continuity of not only Spider-man's character, but the entire Marvel Universe.

One only need look at the shambles that the DC universe is in thanks to various writers' creations of alternative universes and worlds. DC's continuum is a mess: how many friggin' Supermans do you need? Let me answer that for you: ONE. That's all you need. It's one Superman, one Batman, several Green Lanterns (there's actually a reasonable basis for that), one Wonder Woman, and one of any other hero to tell any number of stories about.

Well, this has been a disjointed, poorly written rant. I'm going to end it and go watch the Mavs beat the Heat (knock on wood).