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Adding the advice at the end makes this post not negative

Left this out of my ridiculously long and rambling rant from Friday, but i wanted to comment on this excerpt of a Press Release-y article from CBR:

Bendis commented on Jean Grey's return to the Marvel U via time travel, explaining, "It's the one thing X-Men fans have always asked for is: They want Jean Grey back. But they want Jean Grey. Not reincarnated Jean, or the ghost of Jean. Well, you're getting Jean back. And Jean is gonna be looking at a world that rattles her."

I have no problem with the premise of this series. It's Days of Future Past flipped on its head, and i think that's a cool idea. But i wish Marvel wouldn't try to present this stuff as "We're just giving the fans what they asked for."

I wasn't aware that there was a huge clamor for the return of Jean Grey. I think probably the most unified message from X-fandom would be "Less titles, and more coherent stories". And i think people are tired of death being a revolving door. Maybe that's what Bendis means by "Not reincarnated Jean". But in any event, i don't think anyone was asking for Silver Age Jean to show up in modern times.

Again, not saying it's a bad idea. But i see this type of rhetoric a lot (usually from editorial, not the writers), and along with it is usually "Man, fans say they want something and then when they get it they're all up in arms about it." Well, no one wanted this. Advice: just talk up the cool idea; don't pretend you're responding to fan feedback.

By fnord12 | July 23, 2012, 10:47 AM | Comics