After swearing blind that they had plans for the entirety of the characters, it became abundently clear to me that they saw Static as the real prize, and the rest of the characters as the bland-tasting cereal you had to choke down to get to the prize.
I hope you don't mind my input.
It's rare when a creative team can really rise above the corporate politics and have their voice shine through in tact on the page Dan Slott seems to be doing a good job with that these days over at Amazing Spider-Man.