Let's say a good writer was given a semi-popular character and was the only one allowed to write them one continuous story, no other writer gets to include that character in their book. Would it succeed? A lot of people point to manga as proof that it works, since most of them are one continuous story from a single creator.
>>153384963Jack Knight Starman is prettty well liked.
It would but not for Jason because that's what happened between 2015 and 2019
>>153384974I'm not sure what you're saying. Lobdell had full control over Jason Todd for 9 years straight.
>>153385011It was more 3+5 because in like 2014 he was busy with Superman and leave the book buy you are right , insane how much of Jason story is Lobdell.
>>153385045No wonder most of Jason's history is shit.
>>153384963Whenever Moore or Dini were given the ball it was almost nothing but net, and others writers even later followed their plays the issue was always someone eventually goofs anyway. See Mr. Freeze.So yes, it can succeed uninterrupted in the hands of a good writer, but they're not the only ones working for publishers or always there.
>>153384963>full creative control for a self-contained storyI feel that's just not how this industry rolls. Or that Jason has a much bigger problem than the quality of his books. He got pigeonholed into being the fuck-up and revolving around Batman's stupid no-kill rule, whether he antagonized it or not. If a writer considers this core to his character and does not make a side-step or take a step back, their skills will change nothing, and we can consider that we have already read that book. Do his fans really want to read more Batman? Just because this one kill the certified scumbags. I think you'll hit an impasse pretty fast, much like Batman and his other characters.>>153385011Define control. He wasn't the only writer in N52. Both Trinity and some villains were also not his choice. Final nail in the coffin: both rhato series were constantly getting derailed by events from bigger writers and titles. Lodbell was not the writer for Jason, as he only understands him as what if Dick was edgy, which is 1) misunderstanding Dick too in the process, 2) probably the best you can expect from the wasp fucks at DC. I find it hard to pretend that rhato wasn't a low-priority project for anyone involved.
>>153385439PAD Hulk , Robinson Starman and Claremont are better example than Dini desu
It's far too late for any major character to have a single run that would be it's sole definitive one. You might get some initial hype, but people have too many differing opinions about what would be definitive for a given character.
>>153384963>most of them are one continuous story from a single creatorMost of them also don't succeed, so I'm not sure how great that works as evidence. Also if Batman is terrible for a run at least you know there's gonna be more Batman later instead of it just being that one terrible run and nothing ever again.
>>153384963Isn't that just Animal Man by Morrison?
>>153390148Anon, Animal Man had like 4 writer after Morrison.
i feel like the character needs to fuck off from the main timeline/universe for this to work
