What If... Why Not? by Brian Michael Bendis

They never blinked and made it very clear that I am there as long as I wanna be there.'īendis continued his conversations with DC, while still working at Marvel. And again, Marvel had offered me a contract. We were struggling to find what I would do next, with this new contract. I wanna do Defenders.' And so I said to, 'Thanks, but I'm gonna stay. 'And so we talked, and at the same time, I have to say they were really close 'I don't think I'm done. 'I have very good friends at Marvel who would be happy for me in success, but at the same time, we're partners, and we're in the middle of something, so I felt if I was gonna come up to Joe and say, 'Listen, I'm gonna go over there,' it had to be an offer that he would go, 'Oh yeah! You should go over.' 'A few years ago, we talked to Jim and Dan about maybe coming over, and they had made a very lovely offer, but it wasn't an offer that was worth going to my friends ,' explained Bendis. However, getting there was a matter of timing and making sure it was right for him. Needless to say, Bendis continues to have a full plate now he's at DC. Then, in July, Bendis will also pen Action Comics as well as a part of his Jinxworld series (some of which were published under the Marvel imprint Icon). In addition, he'll also be working on the upcoming miniseries Man of Steel, which will be a lead in to the newly launched Superman series in May. This will be his second published work from DC, with the first being a short story in The Batman Chronicles #21 back in 2000. But why did Bendis make the leap and how did it happen?ĭuring C2E2, Chicago's comic book convention, GameSpot spoke with Bendis about his departure from Marvel, while discussing his upcoming work on Action Comics #1000 (which releases on April 18).

It was a shock to longtime readers and became one of the most talked about comic book industry stories in 2017. One of the biggest creator moves in modern comic history was when Brian Michael Bendis left Marvel Comics to work at DC.

What If... Why Not? by Brian Michael Bendis