Quote Originally Posted by Garry/Al-Fan
Why would a big-name author risk his (or her) reputation writing an on-going series that is most likely going to be cancelled or rebooted within a year?
Out of love for the book/team/title, hence my original "'superstar' writer/artist team wanting the book"

Quote Originally Posted by Garry/Al-Fan
Is there any proof or evidence that a big-name author is guaranteed to bring in a successful number of books sold, whether that is 100,000 or 200,000 or higher?
There's never guarantees, ever. And all I said was "more" than bit-parts in Captain Marvel; I never said a success.

But looking at how Snyder turned Batman back into a best seller, Bendis disassembling the Avengers, anything Neil Gaiman does, Jim Lee draws etc - power in Comics today is leaning towards the creator;people are starting to follow creators from book to book rather than characters.

If Byrne came back to any Big Two book now, the numbers would probably be high, even if just for the first issue.