Oh, not at all. I AM saying that CBG is an exaggeration of traits that all us fanboys share, and I've spent the last two years smacking those impulses down.

I dunno. To pick a smaller example from exactly the same place, the whole "One More Day/Brand New Day" plotline, where Peter Parker trades all memory of his marriage and all the happiness it brought him to frakkin' MEPHISTO after Aunt May gets taken down by a sniper was a TERRIBLE, AWFUL, VERY BAD IDEA. Critics hated it, fans hated it, and everyone agreed that it was egregiously out of character for Peter.

And yet ... everyone is also, grudgingly, agreeing that Amazing Spider-Man has been really damned good since that storyline wrapped up.

So, I dunno.