I get this, and would agree, except that I see it being just as big a problem as a bonus. I hate to cite it, but a good example is this rape the Joker meme, which basically the big 'why doesn't Batman kill the Joker' argument.
Certain heroes histories are massive; and yet status quo is king. The same hero will always be fighting a select set of his villains that the audience liked, and that's all that will ever happen. There might be little events, and temporary changes, but with comics - nothing ever really matters. There are no stakes. Oh, oh no, Superman is dead. Again. How will this affect the continuing setting? lol, just kidding, he'll be back in 6-12 months.
And god help your series if it happens to get involved with another medium, like TV, because suddenly the comic will be taking ques from it for years to come. At best, a reshuffle and new art style, at worst a reboot or alternate universe version of the character brought in. And yet, it will STILL be predictable, with no stakes.
The status quo is something I truly hate in comics, and is less of a big deal with animations, TV shows, and films. They do tend to progress. Villains die. Heroes stay dead. We get interesting interpretations of old characters. We get shit like Batman Beyond.
I like X-23, and think she makes an interesting Wolverine while he is dead. But that adamantium shell? Underneath it his healing factor has slowly been kicking back in again or something, and in a year or two he's going to be Wolverine again, on a team with Cyclops and Storm, and X-23 is going to be back as a side-character in an Avengers or X team. It's just the way these series' work.
I'm just looking forwards, because it's going to be funny, to see how they make Jessica Jones marketable in the comics after her show turned out to be a hit... and she is no longer anything like her Alias self.