Guess who's back...

[cyberghostface]

Comments

[turtlefu]

I am of the opinion that the only person allowed to write Osborn from now on is DeConnick.

Also, I just read Alias the other day. What the HELL happened to Bendis!? How did his writing get so bad/cliche?

[cyberghostface]

Nothing "happened" to him. He's just better suited on some titles than others.

Although I don't get the Bendis Osborn hate. With the exception of 'Pulse', Bendis has had a good handle on the character. On the contrary, I thought the Osborn miniseries series was pretty bland.

[salinea]

I liked Dark Avengers, I loved the miniseries.

Not sure it's the right time for a revisit of it, though; but then again, let's wait & see how it turns out.

[randyripoff]

Well, let's see.

I strongly dislike Norman Osborn because he's dead and I'm sick of Marvel pushing him down our throats. He had his time, it's over, go away, die...again.

I dislike Bendis's writing because IMO I think he's brutally overrated. The only thing he writes well is crime--and really that not so well. Alias worked out only because he was working with a blank slate in Jessica Jones. I think his endings are poor, he writes almost every pre-existing character out of character to suit his plots--to me that's poor writing. Put him on a comic where he gets to write only non-super underworld types and cops--normal, non-super cops--and I think he'd do a good job.

[cyberghostface]

If we got rid of every single comicbook character that has been overexposed and/or has been killed off and brought back to life at one point or another, we'd be left with...well, I was going to say Alfred, but technically he was killed off, revived as a supervillain and then restored back to normal. Norman didn't really get overexposed until Dark Reign.

As for Bendis...his team titles can get stinky, but his solo titles (Spider-Man, Daredevil, Alias, etc) are great. He's not the best thing since sliced bread, and his work has suffered when being stretched too thin, but he's still a more-than-adequate writer. Even if he turned into Jeph Loeb tomorrow, many of his earlier runs would still be regarded highly.

[randyripoff]

I disagree with your assessment about Osborn and about Bendis, but I'm glad you like them.

[thehood]

Except Osborn isn't "dead" and he's one of their top villains. What, just because you don't like a character you think they should be killed off, even if other people like him?

I also disagree with you about Bendis.

[randyripoff]

That's cool. I offered an opinion, and you offered yours.