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[qtmxd]

I've wondered about the circumstances of the end of Brubaker's run. While I had criticisms of each arc, I liked it, some of it quite a lot, and wanted to know where he intended to take the leader of the Hand idea. Did he leave due to declining sales, prioritizing Cap, or were there creative differences with the editors? I imagined, though I have no way of knowing, that he was serious about the Hand leadership, that a sane and non-possessed DD would be in the morally ambiguous position of leading an army of former killers, but Marvel didn't want to do that kind of moral ambiguity (that's for grown-ups). Hence, either Diggle or the editors came up with that awful possession story. Was there any word on Brubaker's intentions?

[frandelgearslip]

He left because he was done writing daredevil and moved on to different things. He was not forced out or anything like that.

The reason that it seems like he left in the middle of the story was that he was trying to do the same favor for Diggle that Bendis did for him, i.e. leave the comic in an interesting spot for the next writer to jump off of.

[AP]

[JoeBullseye]

I don't think Brubaker's run would have been any good without Bendis giving up his notes for the end of the prison story arc. I thought Brubaker should have just stayed on Cap were he was actually pretty good and DD should have had a new talent come on. I am liking the whole run Waid has been giving us but truthfully I am really looking forward to the Bendis / Mack run "End of days". I don't know why Bendis even left without finishing his prison story in the first place. But it is what it is. Lets hope the new Coyote run is going to be killer.

[Solid_Payne]

[quote="AP"][quote="frandelgearslip"]He left because he was done writing daredevil and moved on to different things. He was not forced out or anything like that.
The reason that it seems like he left in the middle of the story was that he was trying to do the same favor for Diggle that Bendis did for him, i.e. leave the comic in an interesting spot for the next writer to jump off of.[/quote]
Too bad Brubaker didn't remember that only works for writers that are actually talented and/or don't let themselves get pushed around too much by editorial. The only thing that slows the burn of Shadowland is Waid's brillant run.[/quote]
well said. It's become a sort-of tradition to leave Matt in the worst place possible before another writer takes over. I think it's a good tradition, given that the next writer has actual ideas for the character and not some half-assed ninja story.