The Meaning of Big "Events"

Well, Infinite Crisis is gone, we're heading into 52... but what does it all mean? It's a bit early to tell.

One problem that Comics have had for awhile,and has gotten worse and worse is that story events just have little meaning any more. Events and happenings come and go, and things that you would expect to have long term effects are forgotten within a year.

As I've said, I've been reading more back-X stuff of late, and also reading up on some current things I don't have the book for. So, we have Marvel's big "event" in "House of M", where hordes of mutants lose their powers. Now, on the one hand, there's a part of me that really hates it, because it means that a number of interesting characters are likely going to get "written out" of things for the forseeable future (especially Moonstar and Wind Dancer). In fact, it's not impossible that they'll go the way of Stevie Hunter or Alaistair Stuart.

Yet, I've also read that they're already backtracking. It appears that Magneto has powers back, Iceman may have his powers back soon... This sort of thing happens far too often, it robs "events" of their meaning. Dead characters return, depowered characters get them restored. "Events" become a course of profound tedium, because people know that there's little chance of the effects being allowed to stand.

Jean Grey
Colossus
Psylocke
Rogue
Wolfsbane
Magneto

All have been dead, or depowered at one point or another, and they've all returned. I'm probably forgetting a bunch.

*yawn*

I'll return to my "self-help" book in a few days.