The much lauded X-Men: Grand Design, a similar recent Marvel release for example, was hugely impressive in design but had moments of Spider-Man: Chapter One-style re-imagining that could never appeal to all tastes. Something as unashamedly self-indulgent and almost retro as History of the Marvel Universe then, with its remit of bringing together decades of stories into a coherent timeline, was always going to be a project with the potential to divide. And, whether you’re sympathetic to fannish concerns or not, it remains the main reason a large number of readers become so invested in them and, as a result, so defensive of anything they interpret as contradictory or disrespectful to the continuity they value. The longstanding appeal of super-hero comics is arguably as much about their wider narrative tapestry – the sprawling universes they take place in and the rich history that represents – as it is the individual stories.
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