Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-8284722-20130524162626/@comment-61022-20130601071841

I highly doubt it. As I understand it, the major plot point is that someone goes back in time (Was it Wolverine? Again, I haven't read it yet) and kills Hank Pym in the past or some such thing. Well Pym has had a LOT of ground shaking moments in the Marvel Universe. Most recently in Civil War when he was replaced with a Skrull. But there are plenty of other moments that are historically significant to that universe that involve ol' Hank, top of those is his relationship with the Wasp and how that effected the Avengers -- which are big movers and shakers in the MU.

But here's the thing though, when you're writing a huge reality shaking storyline, what will really bog down the story is too much detail. If they examined every single impact that changing reality would create they'd be spending all their time examining that instead of telling the story that needs to be told.

On top of that, it's not like the story was written by some new guy on the scene, it was written by Bendis. Bendis has been a mainstay at Marvel for well over a decade, and on top of that the guy knows his Marvel history. He's no slouch, and he never approaches a story lightly. He's an amazing writer, and he knows what he is doing. So instead of fretting over -- what are really -- trivial details to the main story, we should sit back and enjoy a master in his favorite playpen.

He's a writer who has a good temperance between the corporate needs of the company, the know how to tell a good story, and loving continuity but not to a point where he lets it hamper or restrict his ability to tell the type of story he wants to tell.

Also, I think we are all being premature in worrying about what is or is not going to happen. AU is not even done yet and if I know anything about major cross overs, it's that when the major plot point is done it's not like they are throwing it out and just going on like nothing happened. Yes, there is a status quo they keep closely around, but usually with storylines like this the repercussions draw out for a long time. Look at Bendis' track record with what has happened recently: House of M, Civil War, Secret Invasion, Siege, A vs X. Even if he is not directly involved in the major cross-over his writing of the fall out always address the long lasting issues involved.

I'd say that he is like this generation's answer to Chris Claremont. Not in writing style, but for providing epic stories that are interesting reads. Real page turners. Where he differs from Claremont is that he draws a line on how much continuity he tries to cram into things. He's faster paced. Where Claremont would have taken years to resolve a plot thread, Bendis is more up front and direct.