Yeah, I liked Phil too. Oh well.

The problem, I sometimes think, is that we have a generation of comic-book writers who want to write their favorite characters. Normally, this isn't a problem, but in many cases, they want to write the characters *as they were written when they were kids*.

So we get a lot of characters reverting to older portrayals, whether it makes sense or not. Feh.

Of course, over at DC Comics, we have an entire universe rebooted so that Harras, Lee, & Johns can write the characters the way they "should" be written... full of character flaws and drama.

I'll stick with the UF, thanks.