More mut as nt merriment. Which One do prefer? Angel or Archangel?

I can appreciate the change for our rich high flying playboy Warren Worthington, but personally I felt it was to the ruin of the character. Yeah, dark grim, gritty sales. I preferred the happy flyer of the sky. It was writers who didn't know what to do or how to promote Warren that made many readers consider him as a "weak" link in the team. Nothing but flight as a power so never interesting when grounded.

I liked the visual of classic Angel with wide flowing white wings against clear blue skies. I saw his exuberance for being able to fly high above the worries of the world and being a mutant. He stopped trying to limit himself by strapping his wings down to pass as human and embraced being who he was. Yes he possessed little depth of character, passing as shallow because writers took the easier stereotype path in defining him. Neal Adam's was able to put the grace and beauty artistically for the physical appearance of our aerial wingman until Chris Claremont attempted to provide more depth to Worthington the Third. Color change of Adam's blue white design into the red and yellow/gold became the classic style and standard for many years.

Give me the golden happy go lucky flyboy!