Basically a less amusing version of the Damian in Harley Quinn.
It's better than Civil War 2, inspired a movie, and defined the Cap vs Iron Man for a whole generation... it was controversial but he brings in money and the word of mouth. The first time I heard Marvel doing anything in a long time was because of his run. Avengers Disassembled, House of M, Miles Morales, Civil War, its effect on Peter and MJ, and all the events afterward. I didn't even look at Marvel before that.
If I'm not mistaken he's been compared to Morrison. The run divided fans and changed a female character for a long time. Talia for Morrison and Wanda for Bendis. It's like there were two Marvels in the modern era. Pre-Bendis, and Post-Bendis. At least until Nick Spencer came and caused new controversy.
Wait, I thought we were talking about Civil War 2 (one of the last big strikes I held against him at Marvel). How involved was he with the first Civil War? He certainly didn't write it.
CV was Mark Millar's event, as far as I recall.
CVII was Bendis. And Avengers Disassembled. And House of M. And a few other events.
I think Hickman may have had a bigger role handling the Marvel Universe as a whole concept in the early to middle 10's than Bendis had, though.
I don't know much about Marvel, but according to Wikipedia Civil War was written by Mark Millar and Civil War II was written by Bendis. And for some people Civil War II seems to be one of the worst Marvel events in recent memory, but I can't comment on that.
Edit: You got there first.
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Oh, wait he did write Civil War 2, not 1. I thought he wrote the first one because I viewed Disassembled. New Avengers, House of M and Civil War kinda back to back, so I thought he did that too.
Secret Invasion is the one he wrote.
And yeah, 2 is the bad one, but by that time I already stopped paying attention, so I only heard word of mouth.
Back to topic, mistakes aside, my point was, despite fans not liking the stories, it doesn't matter for DC. They have Tom King and Heroes in Crisis, Remender and Identity Crisis, Morrison when he first created Damian was also hated. They're used to that kinda thing. As long as the writer can world build, bring money and garner attention that's what matters. That's what they've been doing.
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Yeah both Civil Wars were dumb and featured MULTIPLE character assassinations (both literally and figuratively) but the second one (which Bendis did write) was one of the most awful crossover events I'd ever had the displeasure of reading. It even briefly brought back that annoying habit Bendis gave the young Jean Grey, where she'd knowingly invade other people's minds, with no regard for their privacy.
She's probably the only person he writes with worse care than Damian. And that's saying something considering he's the one who created her xD