Brevoort runs the X-Offices right now, and readers are dragging out his old comments on Magik.

Marvel hasn't been particularly responsive to reader criticism in years, but this may be one they'll want back.

The defensiveness from creators is currently compounding the damage. The industry assumption that readers are never right has to be rethought.

A lot of comics creators are showing their asses over this one - "So you don't think anything bad should ever happen to a superhero?" "Villains do bad things." "It's called plot."

It's clear that no one considered the optics on this one, and Tim Seeley's got a thing for rape-revenge stories.