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Can we at least all agree that naming this “Heroes Reborn”, the same name as the huge mistake of the 90s, was a bad idea? Has Marvel run out of names? They’ve had two events this century alone (and we’re only two decades in) using the name Secret War, “Armor Wars” likes to pop up now and then, and they had to use that time the Fantastic Four, the Hulk (who didn’t even get his own title) and a good number of Avengers (Captain America and Iron Man did get their own titles) got sent into Franklin Richards’ beach ball? You’re getting as bad as Transformers with the reuses. (Two “Robots In Disguise” just for the toys and another for one of the IDW series, War For Cybertron the game and the unconnected adult retro collector trilogy, and even Cyberverse used to be a cheap price point figure before being used for a full line.)

Thankfully we aren’t talking about letting Rob Liefeld and still green Jim Lee remake some of their beloved characters in an alternate universe. I’m also happy that it doesn’t appear to be another Future State where they replace the existing titles with this alternate universe…I think. Marvel and DC are ripping each other off like they’re both Chinese factories so who knows at this point? Instead we get a comic that asks the question “what if there weren’t any Avengers ever?” while we ponder if it was a question worth asking.

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