11 Comments on “Presented without comment.”

1. 1 Ken Lowery said at 11:26 am on March 12th, 2009:

   Yeah.

2. 2 Bully said at 11:26 am on March 12th, 2009:

   From the same company that told us they only got letters of exceptionally high praise for Secret Wars!

3. 3 MW said at 11:28 am on March 12th, 2009:

   “Unique enchantment.” Heh.

4. 4 philip said at 11:51 am on March 12th, 2009:

   I love, “this is but a sampling of the mail we received” which implies, to me, that the rest of the mail excoriated them for their horrible decision.

   I remember really enjoying the Waid/Garney run on Captain America those many years ago (it was the first time I ever picked up the book regularly) then running — screaming — when they put Liefeld on the book. I didn’t pick it up again until Brubaker started writing it.

5. 5 Zebtron A. Rama said at 11:52 am on March 12th, 2009:

   HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAH.

6. 6 Howard said at 12:30 pm on March 12th, 2009:

   Um, unless I’ve confused my geography, only one of those letters originates from the “left” coast.

7. 7 Justin said at 1:06 pm on March 12th, 2009:

   What exactly was “controversial” about the style of Jim Lee’s Fantastic Four? Other than the perceived audacity of “covering” Stan and Jack? I remember the first six issues of the comic reading like a fun, supercondensed movie version of Fantastic Four.

   I forget, was Heroes Reborn always supposed to be a limited engagement, or was it open-ended?

8. 8 philip said at 3:19 pm on March 12th, 2009:

   Howard, I think the “left coast” comment refers to Lee and Liefeld who are based in California. Or at least were at the time.

9. 9 Brian Smith said at 6:12 pm on March 12th, 2009:

   In defense of “Secret Wars,” when the Wasp died in that series, the heroes’ response was not to stand around talking and moping, but to go beat people up. When she died again with the rest of the heroes, Reed figured out how to bring her back pretty quickly.

   That’s right, she died TWICE in that series! And that was AFTER she singlehandedly beat a team that included Magneto, Storm and Professor X! And…OK, look, maybe “in defense of” was the wrong phrase to use here, but I was 12, darn it.

10. 10 Chad Parenteau said at 6:33 pm on March 12th, 2009:

    Good Lord! *Choke*

11. 11 Sallyp said at 10:48 am on March 13th, 2009:

    I too, have been rendered breathless by Mr. Liefeld’s artwork, but not in a good way.