Continuity is at best a minor annoyance in most forms of entertainment.
In comic books, however, it can become the bane of a title's existence. So, with every rotating creative team on a book comes a massive amount of history and precedents that, by many, can't be ignored. Unfortunately, they also tend to be forgotten. Some critics argue that continuity can take a flying leap. Comics are for telling fantastic stories, they say, and if a new creator's vision doesn't exactly jive with panel 7 on page 3 of issue 93 of The Flash , then so be it.