It seems that in recent years the death of a hero has become a credible superhero convention, just like the plots starring impostors, or superheroes finding their powers failing them (popular in the movies).
It's interesting to note that I just compared Captain America#50 to Hulk's recent story arc, on my blog yesterday:
http://splintercomics.blogspot.com/2009/05/70-years-of-marvel-comics.html
Do you get Batman for free as a comics journalist? Because I can't shake the sense that if you're going to reward poorly thought out entertainment with your money in this economy, then you're not really helping the medium (or the readers) at all. You don't give a **** about Batman yet you continue to read (or buy) it? Why waste your time? Sure, you can give someone else who has this particular addiction to bad comics some solace that they're not alone, but why bother?
Fourthman, did you read the second sentence? This isn't "let's pull random comics out of the mist" column time, it's the Two Most Popular Comics for the week in which a weekly column is published. I understand your general point: support what you like, don't support what you don't--but for God's sake. Two most popular comics according to comixology's "these are the ones i plan to buy" aggregator. Weekly column. The math isn't that hard.
I get wanting to follow what's popular as a journalist, but once you've established that popularity doesn't equal readability, why continue? The second paragraph sidesteps the issue by saying there isn't a reason for your purchasing, but I don't buy that. Of course there's a reason, but perhaps it's one that would require too much introspection on the part of too many people. So I'm fine if what you're saying now is that you read Batman because as a weekly columnist it's your duty to do so, but to say its because you "don't give a ****"? I'm not really inclined to want to read the next column. Perhaps you're fine with that because it's not for me; but I think at least addressing the flaw in buying crap when it's crap would help a lot of people take the column more seriously.
