My reference was to declaring an as-yet-unfinished story "ace-phobic", not to your discontinuing the reading of a comic. I stand by my statement.

See above. Sometimes it takes reading to the end of the story. It's sort of the identity politics version of "Captain America would never be a nazi!" after one cliffhanger.

Ace-phobic (which I had to look up. What a world!)? It read as the opposite to me. He was painted sympathetically, and at the end of the story, with its clever teenage misunderstanding hi-jinx, he explained to Sabrina that he doesn't like anyone "that way" and they became chums. I found it completely adorable.

I can't believe how much I love North's run. Sabrina became one of the best supporting characters in comics! I often find Zdarsky's humor too self-congratulatory.

Yes, 2016 was all about Vision. I loved the character as a kid, but didn't have any expectation of this new odd take from a writer I didn't know. I still remember finishing the first issue and handing it to my wife saying, "I think you need to read this." I put that issue into many hands at my shop. After about three…

Squirrel Girl, Moon Girl, Patsy Walker, Ant-Man, Spider-Woman, Mockingbird, Mosiac, Vision…all show that there are no "stifling confines of the Marvel Universe". One just needs to look away from the flagship books. Although a-listers Doctor Strange and Mighty Thor do have very strong creative visions from Jason…