quote:Originally posted by I'm Not Mister Mxypltk: No, the criteria is: a whole fucking lot of comics have been published and they're all in continuity. Green Lantern is nowhere near Superman. Bat-Man might, I don't know, I don't read it. I've been told it has a lot of "grey" not clearly defined areas, though.
Do you have any idea of how many GL books DC published in the late 80's/early 90's?
quote:A story starts in the mid 80's. The following week, there's an addition to that story. The following week, there's another addition! And, guess what: the next week... there's yet another addition!!! This goes on for years. Sometimes there are months with only three additions, but other times there are months with six or more. Don't you think that, at some point, somewhere between the first 10 and 15 years, at the rate we're going... things wouldn't be as fresh as they used to be? Wouldn't the writers start running out of ways of stretching the same old story... always keeping in mind what goes before? Wouldn't it start getting... boring?
It didn't start getting boring till that continous story you mention got IGNORED back in 99 and replaced with continuity and characterization best suited for the 1970's...
Sales are in the crapper NOW, how can you blame something that hasn't been used in five years for that?
