Brian Michael Bendis is kind of like your ex who you broke up with months ago, but still lives at your house. His comics from the early 2000s while flawed, felt fresh and exciting, but I feel his later work reads like an older, tired writer, a trap many classic talent fall into.
Honestly, with the exception of Young Justice (where for me the problem stems more from the member characters than his writing) I find Bendis' works on DC to be excellent. In just two issues, I can tell his JL is the most intruiguing it has been in a long time.
It is funny you mention Young Justice. I forgot Bendis was writing Justice League, so I gave this issue a shot. If I closed my eyes, I could imagine this exact dialogue occurring in an issue of Young Justice - Superboy saying Superman's exact lines, Robin saying Batman's exact lines, Naomi still is Naomi, etc.
That's my main issue with Bendis' writing - his writing style (decompressed is the common term used) sounds a lot better coming from angst ridden teenagers, yet it doesn't differ whether he is writing a 13 year old or a 30 year old. When I read him writing non-teenager characters, it makes those characters seem inane.
At least it’s not as bad as his Superman stuff. It’s still bad though. Ruining one favorite franchise after another. I predict he’ll be on to Batman next, when he gets bored with JL, long after I’ve become so. Sigh.
Anyone else get the feeling Brutus is very young and might end up on the team!? lol
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no chance, if Brutus ends up on the team after this arc we'd be reading a shonen manga
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