The comic book industry was rocked to its foundation when DC Comics announced that longtime Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis signed an exclusive, multi-year contract to work for them.
Switching between the Big Two publishers is common in the comic book industry, but given Bendis produced a highly successful body of work exclusively for Marvel over the past 18 years*, a switch of this magnitude hasn’t happened since Jack Kirby - co-creator of Fantastic Four, Captain America, X-Men and numerous other icons - left Marvel for DC back in 1970. Marvel has not only lost a writer but a creative visionary, a smart business man, and an original IP machine - all things DC will now reap the benefits of.
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Switching between the Big Two publishers is common in the comic book industry, but given Bendis produced a highly successful body of work exclusively for Marvel over the past 18 years*, a switch of this magnitude hasn’t happened since Jack Kirby - co-creator of Fantastic Four, Captain America, X-Men and numerous other icons - left Marvel for DC back in 1970. Marvel has not only lost a writer but a creative visionary, a smart business man, and an original IP machine - all things DC will now reap the benefits of.
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