You just described the other half of the reason why the current US comic industry has stagnated.undeadsuitor said:But that isn't HATING the old works, it's loving them so much that you can't let them go. They honestly can't come up with an original new idea (or aren't allowed to, by businessmen) to save their lives so they retread the same stories that they read 30 years ago, over and over and over again. It's why the Killing Joke is still being referenced even though that comic is probably older than the people who buy Batgirl, it's why Wolverine or Spiderman have to show up to give new super heroes their blessing, it's why the phoenix force still comes around every couple years just so we can remind everyone that it's still a thing
That is literally the exact opposite of what you are talking about.
I disagree however as to the 'love them so much' angle, what I described is best put down as obsessive behavior. When you are obsessed about something you forget the initial 'love' that you may have had and go to the irrational deep end. In the case of the handful of the above 'fans' I have had the bad luck to meet (thankfully only in the internet) their obsession went so deep that over half of the canonical story of their 'favorite' book series (Harry Potter) was written off as non canonical because of 'reasons' and that only their fan fic did true justice to the characters and story.
Spoiler Alert: Harry hooked up with Hermione very early and became a dominant Alpha, killed the entire Malfoy family by 'accident', resurrected Sirius, absorbed Voldermort's powers (for the greater good) and Snape was never a good guy.
I forget the name of the fanfic in question, pretty sure that it wasn't on fan fiction net.