Our sorry credentials We don't claim to be qualified for our mission. Here's an example of why: While visiting Marvel's website recently, we noticed a survey.

"Which popular alternate Marvel universe would you like to see the Exiles visit?"

The Exiles are a group of heroes that move through different Marvel universes. They solve problems which are set before them by a powerful, intelligent being. Think of it as What If meets Sliders, with a healthy dose of Quantum Leap.

We immediately cast our lot among the available choices and discovered the following breakdown:

19% Days of Future Past
11% Heroes Reborn
30% 2099
9% The New Universe
31% X-Men: The End

We had selected the choice that couldn't even crack 10%! Sadly, we just wanted to read D. P. 7 (the one consistently good title produced in the New Universe) one more time before we die.

We spent a lot of years out of comics. We don't even know what "X-Men: The End" is. We only have a surface understanding of the "Days of Future Past". Heroe's Reborn looked pretty pathetic, but 2099 titles seemed appealing.

We'll try to catch up with what happened between 1990 and 2002 after we re-read our copies of D.P. 7.  ¶ 12:04 AM