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08/02/11(Tue)11:53 No.17553817I
think comics are slowly entering a huge decline in popularity again, so
all the companies are scrambling and thinking of ideas to get people to
read. The thing is, in the process, they are completely changing the
cores of the characters. DC is rebooting every damn issue simply because
they feel the big numbers on the comics scare new readers off. While I
can see the point, if someone really wanted to start getting into comics
it's not difficult at all to read up on the history, browse some forums
for suggestions and buy TPBs of backissues. Instead they have to do
things like make Superman wear a t-shirt and jeans so he's "modern and
hip!" ... not to mention making him single again. As for Marvel, their
Ultimate line has always been more of a miss than a hit. They've
rebooted Spider-Man 3 times now, and the latest one doesn't make much
sense at all unless you consider the fact that they've run out of unique
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