I remember once we had a little discussion about me being peeved that a lot of "decent" villians were becoming anti-heroes in Thunderbolts and you, a longtime fan, liked it. It's not my bag.
As for tastes, I like pulpy grim noir stuff and urban superheroics fine but sometimes I do need a break from the "grim shock value event" stuff and sit with a book like THE THING or MTU or so on, that offers fun straightfoward adventure. Sometimes I have a mood for space stuff, and ANNIHILATION is kicking butt. I've almost never picked up a horror or Western book, even though I don't mind watching a Western MOVIE and have probably lost count of how many of those I've watched.
ANT-MAN looks to be fine, especially if Kirkman's on his A-Game. His Ultimate X-Men run has been a noticeable downswing from Vaughan's stint and his last MTU arc is still decent and fun, but not it's best.
We'll see.
Admittedly, I couldn't stand NEXTWAVE. I like funny stuff like a lot of Slott's work, but the hook is that there has to be a soul to it, otherwise it's just random stuff like AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE or something, which I usually am not in the mood for paying $3 a month for. Plus, it made some B and C list characters who COULD have one day been made good and relevent like Machine Man, Boomer, Elsa Bloodstone, etc, and made them into jokes. Historically speaking, once a character is used for laughs, they're never used seriously again. I defy anyone to find me one Marvel character who for years was used in a joke mag suddenly being used as a serious character. DC did it with Booster Gold and Blue Beetle, as a prelude to killing them off, so there you go.
I dislike the trend, too. What companies fail to realize that "edgy" stuff gives off the illusion of intelligence and maturity while "corny" stuff doesn't; it was either good or not with no hope of fooling anyone. They also fail to realize that overloading on "grim" can become just as ridiculous as overloading on talking gorillas. Just more pretentious.