Tag Archives: Commitment to Change

The Infinite Spider-Man: Commitment To Change And Other Alternatives

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Thomas Mets

As part of the Infinite Spider-Man series, the advantages of the Commitment to Change approach are considered, as well as the various ways it could work out (Miles Morales, Ben Reilly, clones and a new generation of heroes.) Continue reading →

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The Bloodlust of JM DeMatteis

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Thomas Mets

While writing about the Illusion of Change for the Infinite Spider-Man series, Thomas Mets considers the monumental changes in the Spider-Man comic of J.M.DeMatteis, killer of Harry Osborn and Aunt May. Continue reading →

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Compromises and the commitment to change

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Thomas Mets

After One More Day, some fans suggested possible compromises for Marvel as ways the status quo could have been changed without a retcon. One suggestion to get rid of the marriage while preserving the commitment to change was that Mary … Continue reading →

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The Commitment to Change

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Thomas Mets

If the current direction is an illusion of change approach in which writers and editors aren’t beholden to the series as a clear linear narrative, an alternative would be a commitment to change, in which major developments were not contradicted … Continue reading →

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