Bringing Norman Osborn back from the dead. Good idea or bad idea?

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I'm not going to quote Wolf Boy2's entire post, but it basically sums up my ideas about the stagnation of superhero comics.

If the companies actually let big changes happen, and let them stay permanent instead of retconning everything to death (and yes, Norman Osborn coming back from the dead is just about the biggest retcon ever, unless you count Bucky coming back to be the new Cap [of course chances are they will retcon that retcon like they did with Peter's parents when they turned out to be robots]).

I do see some hope for new, original characters in the Marvel U. My favorite new series in recent years is Runaways. It does a wonderful job of using teen superheroes without feeling like a retread of X-Men. Brian Vaughn deserves mega-kudos to creating them and making them feel like they belong in the Marvel Universe. As much as I agree with your idea about too many teens, I do feel like getting teens to read Marvel/DC is the only thing that will save mainstream, American super-hero comics. Otherwise, our grandkids will grow up reading nothing but manga [SHUDDER].