Yesterday it was announced that Brian Michael Bendis is leaving Marvel Comics after almost two decades and has signed an exclusive deal with DC Comics. Bendis, one of Marvels most popular writers, is known primarily for his Spider man runs as well as popularizing characters like Luke Cage and Daredevil. As well as a writing contract he has been assigned to work on DC movies which have boomed in 2017 and are projected to grow even more in the next several years.  

Bendis is an extremely talented writer, having worked on almost every big Marvel character. Some claim that the “modern Marvel” was built on his shoulders, so why leave? 

Bendis tweeted today that “change is good”, that there is no bad blood between him and Marvel, but many have speculated that he was loosing creative freedom for the sake of keeping Marvel afloat. Some sources claim that he was being “too creative” with his character development and he needed to tone it down for the sake of the Marvel universe as a whole. 

As someone who has been very skeptical of Marvel over the past several years it is hard to see their direction at such a critical crossroads. Marvel has been under fire from the general comic community in regards to their resetting of their universe, that they start anew every few months. With Bendis leaving there is concern about who will fill his shoes in this huge universe, will they just have to restart it again? Will someone pick up where he left off?

Regardless of his reasons, DC fans are very excited to have him join at such a thrilling time and look forward to see what he brings to the table.