Spider-Men II by Brian Michael Bendis ends with a huge twist (MASSIVE SPOILERS)

[Cyclocius]

Mate what the fuck let Ultimate Pete stay dead. He's the best Peter Parker and the best Spiderman we ever got, precisely because his story ended. Stop shitting on that legacy

[AprilMoon]

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;53010209]Printed comics are a largely failing business these days. People don't buy issues, and the comic book store system that's in place largely doesn't work anymore.

And then you add stories like this, and the recent "Secret Wars" bullshit to the pile, and you can clearly see why comic book readers are not buying shit past the first few issues. Reboot all you like, you're hitting diminishing returns.

Writing is hard so I have sympathy for that, but this shit being published is just hurting the medium, the companies, and the highly enjoyable and deep fiction that is comics.

Dramatic choices that are quickly undone are meaningless and creatively draining. I don't like the idea of "oh this hero is just dead now" forever either, but there isn't a point to even killing a character off or let alone a universe in these mainstream comics. It just comes back.[/QUOTE]

This is a major issue marvel had time after time, dc has finally started to learn it's lesson