This thread isn't getting much traffic these days, but
Bendis is leaving Marvel to work for DC.
I'm not going to say 'good riddance' or anything like that, because in order for me to feel that way I'd have to be invested in Marvel Comics as a publisher right now and except for the current Waid/Samnee run on
Captain America, which just started last week, they've done everything in their power to drive away older fans like myself by replacing all their legacy characters with far less interesting versions that lean too heavily on their predecessors' statures and don't have interesting supporting casts or rogues galleries.
Bendis has been stagnant ever since before the
Siege event, where he ruined everything JMS did in rebuilding Thor and making that character and his supporting cast so awesome again. BMB has been foundering hard, with his only consistently good run being
Ultimate Spider-Man until he killed Peter off.
I personally think this is a good move for Bendis and for DC. He is a good writer when he's motivated, and I think a change of scenery and properties to work with will help him return to the form that once made him a worthy writer. DC is putting out great books like
Mister Miracle and
Batman: White Knight. If you aren't reading these comics, especially
Mister Miracle and you like super heroes, you should be. It's the best super hero related work I've read since
Watchmen. For real.
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Not so sure what this means for Marvel, whether he left because Marvel seems bent on returning the legacy characters to their original positions (which is absolutely the right move to make) or if he was diplomatically pushed out the door because his particular views aren't going to coincide with Marvel's desired creative direction (whatever that maybe).
DC is getting a good writer in Bendis who has long been sorely in need of rejuvenation. Just too bad he couldn't take Dan Slott and Nick Spencer with him. Slott had his time to shine but the ship has sailed on him and Nick Spencer tried as hard as he could to burn Marvel to the ground with
Secret Empire and almost succeeded. Slott can still do good work elsewhere, but Spencer is almost irredeemable in my opinion.