Yeah, it was a bit sucky that, but it’s superhero comics so no one stays dead. It also spent too long in the second act because it’s superhero comics and that’s what they do 
When they break that with stuff like Hawkeye and Mister Miracle, you get something amazing.
Aaron’s run was probably too long, sure, but at its peaks it was the just the best. Maybe better than Straczynski. Maybe.