How bad does a run need to get before you drop it from your pull list, even if you're collecting the title?
I think most of us here aren't just reading, we're collecting. And when you're collecting a title, you have a higher tolerance for a bad arc or a mediocre creative team because you still want the run to be complete on your box/shelf. But there has to be a breaking point, right?
Mine just happened with Detective Comics. I've been collecting it and genuinely wanted to keep the run going, but I finally dropped Tom Taylor's run. I find his writing style flat, his plot decisions frustrating, and his stories just don't do anything for me. The art is genuinely great, no complaints there, but I can't keep spending money on stories I'm not enjoying just for the sake of completeness.
The part that stings is that I'm now leaving a gap in my Detective Comics collection until the creative team changes. That's not a decision I made lightly. But at some point I figured: if I keep buying it, I'm just signalling to DC that the run is working. Voting with my wallet feels more honest.
So I'm curious, where's your line? Do you push through bad runs for the sake of a complete collection? Have you ever dropped a title mid-run for the same reason and regretted it (or not)? And does the creative team matter more to you than the title when it comes to pulling something long-term?