i kinda liked in astonishing how the xmen walked away from prof X. it may give the ole chap some great dimension.

.....what HE said.....

At this point, after being laid off last year, and having 2 SERIOUSLY curtail my Wed afternoon vists 2 Midtown Comix....Between ONE YEAR LATER and THE 198 and INFINITE CRISIS and DECIMATION---------------------------- I AM SSSSOOOOO LOST - and finding it hard 2 GIVE A SHYT....and about 2 retire COMPLETELY....


F@CKING CHR*ST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ENUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

altho Civil War is lookin coolish-ish...., maybe.....

To Michael who so strongly believes that Marvel does not know how to evolve, I must say that I disagree. I'm new to this tribe and do not mean any disrespect, I just have a very different view on this. Marvel has always been about trying to evolve their characters. They move forward constantly. Some of these evolutions have been gradual while some are sudden, but usually it has been about character development. Granted, there are times when some writer decides that some idiotic change would be "so cool" and no one has the good sense to stop him, but that's almost the exception not the rule. Marvel tries to evolve their characters all the time, just as people evolve constantly. The thing is, that it does not always work. Maybe a change came too soon, or was poorly recieved by fans who want the character to never change. Sometimes a change was perfect and made sense, but the next writer decides that he wants to make his own changes and things can get rather muddled.
As for DC, your comments honestly baffle me. The characters at DC more often than not chage slowly because the company has a long history of being resistant to change. Most of their "new" ideas and storylines are about "bringing the character back to its root" or restoring the "iconic" version. This idea pops up even when the character is already at its "iconic" ideal. Also changes in DC are far less likely to stick, and less likely to stick aorund for very long. Changes in DC are more gradual because they're harder to make happen.
More often DC looks to the past while Marvel looks to the future. When Marvel looks to shake things up they seem to ask "What will generate interest, promote strong character development, and actually be remembered years from now?" When DC looks to shake things up they seem to ask "What won't upset the fan base too much, won't change the character too much, and still invokes what people thought was good abut the character years ago?" These are the differences as I see them. Maybe you prefer your character development to be hard won? If so that is fine for you. Personally, if it makes sense and is a good story, then bring on the changes.
As for Professor X himself? It seems that whenever he doesn't have his powers he can walk, so that's not even new. Losing his powers makes sense since the Scarlet Witch (who is responsible for the depowering) would blame him among others for her anguish. Deadly Genesis is not the first time it's been revealed that Prof has been keeping secrets, and Scoot had every reason to be pissed. Honestly it al makes sense and is entertaining.
I'm sorry that this all proceeds at too quick a pace for you but that's just how Marvel does it. Honestly, there was a time that I disliked character changes, but hen I realized that I had been with these characters so long, that I had started to lose perspective. Maybe you just need to step back for a moment and look at them again with fresh eyes.
Damn that's a long post... Sorry about that...