...demand that is based on fluff, on smoke, on mirrors. There is nothing substantial beneath; there is nothing to the work on its own merits.
"Why do you want this issue of Previews?"
"Because it's the first appearance of Deadbloodkillsport!"
"What is special about Deadpoolkillsport?"
"He's cool!"
"Why?"
"What are you, a nutter? Look at him, he's got blades coming out of his armpits!!"
"What does he do?"
"I don't know...I've never read any of this stuff. Prolly fights bad guys, right?"
"How do you know he's not a bad guy himself? I mean, with a name like Deadbloodkillsport, that doesn't sound very wholesome, does it?"
"Aww, no one cares about that. He looks COOL!!"
And when the ADD-driven madness moves on to something new, as it invariably does, the house of cards collapses, because it had no artistic value, in and of itself, in the first place.
Some of you need to educate yourselves on why comic book characters occupy the place in pop culture that they do.
Stuff it, I know what's kewl and why