User blog comment:DJSharp25/Bad Things MARVEL Needs to retcon/@comment-30072618-20180425140623/@comment-31215960-20180425193116

The thing is though, you should create new characters without getting rid of existing ones. I'm not opposed in the slightest to Marvel creating new characters, but that is no excuse for letting ones they already have fall into comic book limbo. Corporate rivalry cheated us out of three years of FF stories.

Here's an example of why putting characters into limbo is a problem. I love Riri Williams. I greatly enjoyed her first arc (Riri Williams) and I have a hold placed for her second arc (Choices). However, there are some people who find her irritating. Why? Well, it's not really because of anything about her. There's nothing wrong with her (although these people might attempt to claim otherwise). It's because Tony Stark has been absent from the pages of Invincible Iron Man during Riri's career as the star of said series. If Marvel had continued to publish a series starring Tony at the same time as a series starring Riri, then no one would have any ill will toward Riri. However, because she can be construed (falsely) as the character who "usurped" the series, she has a hatedom. Marvel could have put this character into publication and prevented the existence of this character's hatedom by keeping Tony out of limbo.