There's a difference between being able to enjoy a story and catching every little nuance about everything that happens for extra enjoyment. A decent writer can write an enjoyable story that new readers can dig into but also gives the long-time readers something extra - and I think we need to stop acting like this is an either/or thing. It doesn't have to be.
Right now, just about all of the Post-Crisis history has been reinstated, and that's not hindering new stories now. It's only a problem if the writers can't handle it.
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I would say, John Byrne followed by Grant Morrison. Byrne was asked to redefine the hero and he was given free reign to ignore the previous 50 years of continuity.
Maybe more than Byrne, Morrison. They renumbered Action Comics, the longest running comic title, just for him. I also think he was also at the top of most peoples wishlists for the character. All Star Superman seemed to hint that Morrison had endless ideas in store.
They certainly pushed Bendis as a Kirby sized talent when he came to DC.
Byrne. If they would've given Morrison complete control over the creative direction instead of making him share it with George Perez (nothing against Perez at all, this was just a terrible set up) I'd say Morrison. Byrne got to set the entire tone and create new ground rules by himself.
For me, a fleshed out world really helps. Set up a set of rules on how the world and characters work, personality... Etc, you know. Sometimes i just like to dive in. Moreover, we have the internet now. The postcrisis metropolis is very well defined and built. I just wish, we saw more of that and let go of the mundane realistic aspect of it. Just go a bit scifi and fantastical. I mean, it's not like postcrisis world didn't have human cloning tech and stuff like that. Maggie sawyer, bibbo bibbowski... Etc are great additions.
if at all possible, I don't think they should have relaunched a second Superman ongoing and just left it at Action until either Morrison was done, or better yet put Morrison in charge of that too. Or a co-writer on the same wavelength who he could coordinate with.
Byrne's era was more cohesive and received better editorial care overall despite having much weaker ideas in place.
Between sharing with Wolfman and having stuff like Superboy taken off the table, I think he had to roll with more compromise than Morrison.
I really don't know why they brought George Perez on to share, only to give him that much influence. If he can't really influence Morrison's story, at least let him do his own thing like tony daniel did on detective
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Superman editorial was a mess and has been for years. Berenza would pull stunts like that all the time, starting with the Superman 2000 pitch where he failed to let higher ups know he had solicited the quadrate. Sucks that they screwed over Perez like that, I would love to know what his initial plans were, does anyone remember any interviews before his run began where he talked about what he wanted to do?
I'm kind of shocked that Berganza lasted as long as he did given how he started his editorial reign with such a gigantic screw up which ended up alienating and angering so many people. How did he survive this? Did he lie to Carlin and Levitz about the circumstances of the pitch?
I think honestly what saved Berganza back then was that the Loeb/Kelly era was a definite shot in the arm and for a time sales ticked up and the books were in a decent shape for a few years there. He got results. The books never became as big as they were during the glory days of the original triangle era,but for about three or four years they were consistent sellers and only began to flag right around Birthright and Infinite Crisis.
How he got his second tenure on Superman and the results of that is the one that is ripe for speculation and rumor,but honestly he's gone from the company,the industry and mercifully gone from Superman.
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