[@Eddie Brock] Says the guy who has been writing the Peter Parker/Mary Jane/Gwen Stacy love triangle for half a decade. :hehe

But I agree on the progression front: it's maddening to see the same stories rehashed over and over again. Plus it holds both Marvel and DC back. There's an endless cycle of promising young characters brought through (remember when the Young Avengers were a thing? Gravity?) that end up on the scrap heap because the older characters will [i]never[/i] be allowed to age out for fear of the new ones not catching on. If Marvel had any cajones, Bucky would have stayed Captain America, Steve would have stayed dead, and old, grey-haired men over at DC would stop forcing Barry and Hal onto people that grew up with Kyle and Wally. (And I say that as a fan of Hal Jordan)