Marvel Legacy: 8 Reasons The Fans Should Be Worried

8. Event Fatigue

None can deny that Marvel Comics could use a fresh start, but the more we read about the Legacy initiative, the more we're convinced it's just another "event" designed to kickstart flagging print sales.

This is going to change the landscape of the Marvel Universe, they tell us. Sure, for all of five minutes until the next continuity-smashing storyline comes along.

Marvel was on a roll at the turn of the decade as The Siege event made way for the Heroic Age. The publisher appeared to be avoiding many of the pitfalls DC had plummeted into with its New 52 reboot.

But the Heroic Age quickly became Avengers Vs. X-Men, and AvX made way for Marvel Now, both of which were billed with the same status quo-busting tagline.

This tired trend continued with Secret Wars, Civil War II, Spider-Man: Clone Conspiracy, and most recently Secret Empire - will... it... ever... end?

How about letting the dust settle from your previous event before giving your writers free reign to deconstruct the universe for the umptenth time?