The Comic Book Culture Battle That Wasn't

For comic book writers, the first rule in working for Marvel or DC Comics is this: The toys don’t belong to you and you’re only allowed to play in the sandbox as long as the suits let you.

Which means that despite being trusted to do for-hire work on some of the culture’s most iconic characters, writers are limited in what they can do. Which is why so many writers have falling outs with the industry. For each iconic and much loved storyline they get published, there are often five others that were shot down by the editorial bosses.