Change is a necessary part of the medium. Stories get tired, characters get stale. Sometimes, it's good to have such a change. I was personally quite horrified when Marvel killed off Captain America a while back yet I have to admit that Bucky Barnes struggling to fit himself into the role was a much more interesting book.
Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. Sometimes I hate the direction that the book is taking, but usually things revert back. Like when Spider-Man changed his outfit in the Secret Wars to all black. I think a lot of people were taken aback at the shucking of the red and blue suit, but the black suit or the design lasted quite a while and has even made some resurgences here and there.
That being said, I have noticed that Marvel tends to be open to experimenting than DC which seems to be a bit more traditional. Of course, when DC changes things--they really change things like their recent revision of their entire line of comics. I'm not that big a fan of some of those changes--some of the new costumes look kinda stupid in my opinion.
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