@sprior93:
I disagree. Lemire was at the same position where Bendis was with the brand new era for the X-men. Not a blank state, but creatively free to decide where he goes from the point on. The Mists were probably editorial (will we ever have the confirmation of this I wonder?), but what he does with it, or is going to, is 100% on him. For comparison, arguably just as stupid and also editorially induced plot device that was "No More Mutants" and how it was handled. And right until Aaron, it was, if not magnificent, then really, really good for the most part as a story at whole. Sure, we had talents like K/Y and Carey with Brubaker's Shi'ar trip diversifying the tone, with a lot of plot-pushing minis and one-shots on the sideways, which sometimes were pretty neat fill-ins to enrich the main story, but the main point is - the cohesion, the reaction, the changes that occurred were all well-balanced and climactic for each season shall I say, from the very beginning I might add. Again, much can be blamed on editorial, like them not letting said minis and one-shots happen right now and all in all X-men comics' generally diminishing state for all of them well known and controversial reasons, but the fact that Lemire struggles to deliver what I can call a compelling read, even within the boundaries that were forced upon him, yet with the freedom of choosing HOW he flows with it, isn't all that excusable if you ask me. And again, it's the same writer who also failed to deliver on another book with characters like Martian Manhunter, Hawkman, Supergirl and Animalman (that half of the roster alone inspires me and makes eager to explore the possibilities of where such book can go, yet, just a failure eventually), so maybe the pattern does direct us to an unpleasing conclusion, maybe team based books aren't his strongest qualification, if at all. Which is fine in general, but sucks for us X-heads...
Maybe I'm too dumb to still not stop to live in a "What if Gillen was still on the X-men" neverland, so could you please direct me at the exact moment within the first Extra-arc that you can call "a good read"? I'll try to be as open-minded as possible this time ;)
But then again, if the best thing you come up with, is comparing that to Bendis, the standard is already pretty low I'd say :p
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