OT: The Ultimates explains comic book time.

The new issue of Al Ewing's The Ultimates (which is basically a Fantastic Four book without the FF) explains why time slides in the Marvel U. Why it was always a couple years ago that all this happened, arguably why kids stay adorable moppets.

The book is amazing and constructive in a way few things in Marvel have been in a long time. Easily my second fave Marvel book right now after Ms. Marvel.