Re: In Defense Of Continuity

"Michael Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "Johanna Draper Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > "Luke Hodgson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >[snip]!
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> > That's a really interesting observation. Let's bear in mind that these
> > are also blockbuster events that feature superstar creators, and they're
> > marketed and positioned outside the usual flow of the universes.
> >
> > Your question, if posed in terms of regular series, about economic
> > success or failure based on use of continuity, is a tough one to answer
> > without doing a widespread survey.
> >
> > The most obvious example is the Ultimates. Huge sellers, anti-continuity
> > (in my opinion, but would others agree?). Loeb and Lee's BATMAN also had
> > continuity contradictions, but topped the charts consistently. What's
> > the most successful pro-con story? Opinions?
> >
> 
> Ultimates is not anti-continuity - just a new one. It is still internally
> consistent from issue to issue - and that is really the point - consistency
> not absolute continuity.

I really like to know where people get the idea that the ultimate line
is anti-continuity. One needs look no further than Ultimate War
(*heavily* dependant on Ultimate X-men continuity) or the recent
X-men/Spiderman crossovers to realize that it is NOT anti-continuity.