[B5JMS] Where is JMS? In the past he defended Sins Past

[b5jms at cs.columbia.edu]

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From: "Jim Wilkerson" <jwilkerson at t-online.de>
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 09:43:48 +0200
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"Aaron Malchow" wrote:

> As for the issue of continuity, while I've seen many good arguments for
> potential problems retconning this storyline into the previously
established
> continuity, I haven't seen an airtight one, in part since we don't have a
> definitive timeline that spells out when the ASM stories took place. When
I
> started reading Marvel Comics, the general rule was that each story
occurred
> the month it was actually published or as close to it as possible in the
> case of multi-part stories (which is one of the reasons why the Marvels
> mini-series internal continuity tracks so well), but by the early 1980s,
> this policy was changed to the infamous rule where current Marvel stories
> took place within a sliding 10-year window.

Bull...it's been obvious Marvel wasn't going month to month as the comics
were.  ASM 97-122 all run concurrently with no "monthly" gaps as you
mentioned.  I've relooked at the issues and there no room or timeframe
available for this JMS folly.

The compressed Marvel timeline you mention was revised and given more
clarity in the 80s because the characters were nearing middle age in real
time.  It clearly existed before...that is clear to anyone who read these
stories.  Especially the ASMs effected by Sins Past.

Jim



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 09 Oct 2004 11:18:44 GMT

>Bull...it's been obvious Marvel wasn't going month to month as the comics
>were.  ASM 97-122 all run concurrently with no "monthly" gaps as you
>mentioned.  I've relooked at the issues and there no room or timeframe
>available for this JMS folly.

You *do* realize that 116-117-118 were reprints from Spectacular, right?  So
there's three months right there unaccounted for.


 jms

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