I personally didn't like how he marginalized Cap on his Avengers teams.

Secret Warriors was just one too many Bendis ideas for me to take. The characters just seemed real goofy to me. Like the chubby nerd with magical powers just didn't sit well for me. For some reason I felt like he was trying to write himself into the story on that one. Though admittedly I have no idea what bendis looks like.

EDIT: google search has fortified this idea.

In terms of FF it is pretty much a cosmetic change. The characters are still acting (and EVOLVING) as they have been since Hickman took over.

I don't see that at all. What's wrong with a chubby nerd with magical powers? Not all superheroes can have six-packs and/or double D's!

Hence my note about a possibly missed opportunity for self-discovery. If one sees himself in a casual, relaxed circumstance it's easier to allow one's self to realize that what's been putting him off was some minor resentment that had nothing to do with the quality of the work or the concept behind it. Instead, it's easy for people to see it as a hostile, conflicting stage where any admission of such a realization would be a weakness.
Heh. I'm sufficiently out of the loop that I don't know if Janet Van Dyne (nee Pym) has been resurrected as yet. If so, they could have her be a guest-star in the series and every issue she'd deliver new designs for them. One would presume that since these garments are made from unstable molecules they'd be manipulatable by electronic means and so could be hooked up to be programmed to whatever one wanted.

I describe myself as Dr. Pepper. There are very few people who are "meh" about DP. You either love it and would drink it all the time or absolutely detest it.

I find that people react to me in much the same way.

When it comes to me and how I tolerate other people, however. I have a few questions I can ask that are very telling about sense of humor and stuff that give me a good idea of how well I'll be able to tolerate them.

But I totally get where you're coming from.

I think it's silly how some people do have six packs and in great shape. People like Magneto or Professor X. They should just be in decent shape, but their age should show. It's a matter of the art and nobody would want to read a book full of "average" looking people. Personally, my favorite for body shapes in comics was when I read Kingdom Come. Superman looked about the size of an NFL player. That seems about right.

Has anyone read Wild Cards?

I'm guessing its because fat people are often considered 'bad' by society, and nerds always get a bad rep (why they're still seen as being buck toothed, pocket protector wearing, glasses cleaning, nasally, shirts up to the armpits with suspenders dorks is still beyond me).

So that's where that sudden warm sensation came from!

Nothing is wrong with that. Except him trying to fit himself into the books. If that was the case. The other thing was it struck me as catering to the audience a bit too much. Making some nerd in his moms basement think some guy will come along and tell him he has powers is silly to me.

Eh, I would.

While a marriage of the two is always preferable, story > art to me.

Dr. Pepper just tastes like Cherry Coke or Cherry Pepsi to me. I'm not sure where the whole "23 flavors" comes from. I prefer Mello Yello.

Dude. Dr. Pepper tastes like nothing else on this Earth. It's the nectar of the gods (if the nectar of the gods was healthy it would be much better, but i'll just go with taste alone on this one)!

Yeah, while it eventually became too unbalanced I was a big fan of several of the novels and of the shared universe of creators who got it together in the first place.

Between so much emphasis on super powers, etc. in mainstream media and the attention George R.R. Martin's getting with Game of Thrones I keep wondering why I'm not hearing any plans to develop Wild Cards as something for HBO, Showtime, etc.