Went back to a 2010 run of X-Men and the pacing feels alien now

I pulled out my old single issues from the Dark Reign era after a buddy in Chicago swore the stories held up, and honestly the decompression is wild. Every arc stretched across 6 issues that could've been 3 today, so has anyone else found modern trades way too fast compared to that older style?

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luna_green1d ago

Same thing happened when I cracked open some old Cable issues from that period. Those stories gave every single fight scene two or three pages of setup, then the actual payoff was like four panels. Modern stuff flies by so fast I almost miss the drag sometimes, even if it was frustrating waiting a month for nothing to happen.