Yes, M-Day basically means that mutants aren't viable as a new/separate species. So what? That makes them all the more unique, doesn't it?

Ellis on X-Men, Millar on FF, Slott on Spidey... 2008 is going to be kick-ass.

Guaranteed to throw out all the interesting stuff and replace it with stilted dialogue, the lastest New Scientist theory and smoking.

The All-New, All-Smoker X-Men would get five subscriptions from me.

And if they can’t come up with a killer storyline that doesn’t seem like a cop-out, then for the longer term health of the franchise, they’re better off just biting the bullet, doing the cop-out and getting it over with.

Agreed.

Back when One More Day was first announced (which was, what, twelve years ago? Feels like it), or maybe even before, when Quesada was just talking about how bad the marriage was, I argued that, if you think a book really needs a change THAT badly, just make the change, even if you have to do it with a stupid storyline like Avengers Disassembled. People WILL eventually forget about it, and then you'll have the changes you want.

I must still be pissed off that he killed Synch. I miss Generation X….

Yeah, that was a bit annoying.

My pal Jake suggested that perhaps Synch could be Night Thrasher in the current New Warriors series.

There are few characters that would be easier to resurrect than Synch, a guy whose power was to mimic other people's powers, hmmmm...like, perhaps, Wolverine's healing powers!?

The Stormwatch reboot was one of the best reboots I’ve seen in comics.

Oh yeah. That was fantastic....
(Goddamn facts getting in the way of a hate-filled rant!)

I must still be pissed off that he killed Synch. I miss Generation X....

The fundamental problem with M-Day is that it negates the premise of the series. If there are no more mutants to be discovered, and mutants aren't going to be the next evolutionary step... then what's the series about? A handful of characters waiting to die in futility? Not only have the books failed to provide a convincing answer to that question, but they haven't even TRIED to answer it. It's a hideous botch job and at this stage there's nothing for it but reversal.

Like Paul alluded to, yes, it would have been better if this WASN’T needed, but I think it is needed, so better that they actually do it than not, and let the books drift aimlessly like they have since Decimation.

I suppose, but both Marvel and DC need to get past the idea that the best way to handle large-scale changes is to cram everything that needs to be done into one mini-series, surround it with a bunch of tie-ins, and hope that the scope of the event will mask the plot holes that crop up.

I'll be very happy if I ever see something like this get done properly, but I'll believe it when I see it.

At this point, they’d pique my interest more by going a year on anything without needing a scorched-earth relaunch.

Like Paul alluded to, yes, it would have been better if this WASN'T needed, but I think it is needed, so better that they actually do it than not, and let the books drift aimlessly like they have since Decimation.

Agreed, which is why the fact that THEY seem to admit as much has piqued my interest."

At this point, they'd pique my interest more by going a year on anything without needing a scorched-earth relaunch.

Claremont/Lee was the best the X-Books had been since Claremont/JRjr.

Frankly, they desperately need a scorched-earth relaunch

Agreed, which is why the fact that THEY seem to admit as much has piqued my interest.

Agreed. It was certainly the beginning of the end for me and the X-books. The X-Tinction Agenda crossover was the final straw, though I have been sucked back in a little recently by Peter David's wonderful X-Factor and Whedon & Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men.

I'd guess that "Disassembled" is going to be a banner that'll be on the books after the re-shuffling of characters, creators and titles at the end of Messiah Complex. (My bet is on a bi-weekly Uncanny X-Men by Carey and Brubaker. I'm hoping X-Factor and New X-Men escape in their current form.)