the very existence of those stories makes the previous works worse.
*nods sadly* On the plus-side, their very ridiculousness has very effectively stopped a lot of people reading, and, as time goes by, I fully expect them to slowly fade from fannish consciousness like a bad dream.

To people who're not familiar with the comics - the official name (apart from 'Season 8') is 'Twilight' and with every issue, this becomes more apt.