Ultimate Marvel

[Nique]

2. All good stories end.

Very much agreed. Although I have this to add; The "real" stories of comic-book super heros DO end, which is how I continue to bare the consistent re-inventing and monthly tales.

That is to say, for example, Batman's story is always the same story; A wealthy couple is murdered in front of their only son at about the age of 8. Scarred by the event, he is inspired to fight where the law cannot reach - prevent the same kind of crime, indeed, all crime, from happening to other innocents like himself at that moment. After spending all of his young life in training, he becomes a creature of the night, a fear-inspiring figure to the thugs and crimelords of his city - The Batman.

What we read monthly retells and focuses on different aspects of that story. And yes, it doesn't have an 'end', persay, as a whole continuity, but you can relate the Batman story to someone as an independant piece. The same holds true with all good super-hero stories... However, the continuity as a whole does get jumbled and compressed, sometimes unbelivably, after the decades of story backlog and we get stuff like the COIE, and the 'Ultimate' seiris (though as was stated, is not a true reboot)