I just wanted to say this series of posts has been remarkable. When the stuff you've covered so far was published, I mostly wasn't following current comics or comics discussion. When I got back into the scene, I saw a lot of fans complaining about how terribly a character called "Stephanie" had been treated and how her character deserved so much better. I had no idea what these people were talking about, except the few bits and pieces I could infer from context. Well, now having read your posts, I totally get it. Chuck Dixon and Jon Lewis did some phenomenal work with a great character and I missed some really good comics.
And now, damn it, I can only dread seeing the bad stuff that comes later and understanding why so many fans were upset. Maybe I was better off not knowing...