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Originally posted by Pig Iron:
OK that's dumb. So, because wolverine, storm , etc weren't original members of the X-Men then they are redundant or something added on later and not part of the original concept?
What concept are you reading?!? lol

The concept of the X-Men allows for the constant introduction of NEW characters. It's not supposed to be about the original five X-Men and that's it...

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Originally posted by Pig Iron:
Comics are living bodies of work. Which makes them special. My problem lies in restarting the existing concepts and then replacing them with basic crap. I'm sure David wouldn't have used a matrix character if Byrne hadn't created the mess.
If Byrne hadn't created Matrix then it's doubtful that PAD would have done a Supergirl comic in the first place. Kara's series were constantly being canceled.

The Matrix/Earth Angel series lasted more than all of the Supergirl series combined...

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Originally posted by Pig Iron:
Example. Jason Todd was horrible. replace him with a good character like Tim Drake an people get on with their lives. No supergirl is better than a 3rd rate replacement for the same "add on" character concept.
Matrix replaced Kara in the same way that Tim replaced Jason. Kara was disruptive to the original concept she spun out of but DC wanted to keep a Supergirl, so they found a compromise...