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   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   In article <8dhcc21470p9fkcd8no09dhiv2jcn7pnec@4ax.com>,   
    shawn  wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:48:14 -0700, Anim8rFSK    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >In article ,   
   > > Paul Harper  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:12:08 -0700, Anim8rFSK    
   > >> wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> >In article ,   
   > >> > Paul Harper  wrote:   
   > >> >   
   > >> >> In short, he didn't like corrections and criticism.   
   > >> >   
   > >> >And yet, no one is more in need of it.   
   > >>   
   > >>  Well, even I wouldn't go quite *that far! :-)   
   > >   
   > >I would.  His Spider-Man work is abhorrent, and it looks like they're   
   > >already thinking about retconning it out.  I saw the editor in chief of   
   > >Marvel introduced yesterday, and the interviewer actually ASKED if they   
   > >were gonna undo JMS's 'work' and the guy flinched and refused to say   
   > >they weren't gonna retcon it out.  Ended up with a non committal answer   
   > >like "well, this will affect Spider-Man for some time to come .. "   
   > >   
   > >They're already looking for an escape route.   
   >   
   > If they had an issue with the plot then why not speak up before it   
   > gets into print? they have the final say so and can only blame   
   > themselves if a writer goes in a direction they don't like and yet   
   > they let it happen.   
      
   No argument here; they should have stopped JMS and/or fired him a long   
   time ago.  But letting a hack past his prime screw up an existing   
   character and then retconning it out isn't without precedent; they did   
   the same thing with John Byrne's work on Spider-Man.  And DC spent years   
   getting rid of Byrne's work on Superman.   
      
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