Original sentence: In 2005, DC is scheduled to publish several mini-series under the umbrella title Infinite Crisis.Prior to the launch of this new series, DC reprinted Identity Crisis.These attempts to add modern excitement and drama to "old-fashioned" characters were widely considered sensationalist exploitation of beloved characters for commercial purposes by some critics, while others hailed it as a controversial masterpiece that updated DC's characters into the post-9/11 world.These stories, to an extent, constitute a sequel to Identity Crisis and are expected to continue in the same vein of controversial storytelling that marked the earlier series
Edited sentence: These attempts to add modern excitement and drama to "old-fashioned" characters were widely considered sensationalist exploitation of beloved characters for commercial purposes