- You take over Supergirl, but your run last a whole 3 issues, all marred by having to be "event" crossovers; you're reduced to being a place-holder between the 2 Kelly's, Joe Kelly and Kelley Puckett.
- You take over the Legion of Super-heroes after Mark Waid, but your run is ended after a mere 6 issues. You're moved aside for Jim Shooter, who used to write the Legion 150 years ago, and admits that he hasn't even read the Legion in years.
- You grab one of the golden rings, a Batman book, of sorts. You're launching the New Batman & The Outsiders!! Uh-oh, not so fast: you're canned from that book BEFORE IT'S EVEN PUBLISHED...you won't even get to do #1!!!! That's gotta be some kinda record, huh?
So, what did you do, Tony--run over Dan DiDio's grandmother? Date and dump Paul Levitz's daughter?
Really, a 2-year exclusive contract for this???
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Good point, Snell. The guy can't seem to catch a break. It's not like the guy's an official "Big Name", so it makes no sense to announce his assignment as writer to gin up excitement. Think of him as a "place holder writer", I suppose..or "watch this space". Maybe Tony Bedard will now become synonymous with the phrase "To Be Announced".
Someone else who had the rug pulled out from under him was that Mark Guggenheim guy who was writing the Flash for about 15 minutes before Mark Waid parked his big ol' Caddy in Guggenheim's parking space.
The odd thing is, you'd think that if DC was impressed enough with him to sign him to a 2-year exclusive, they'd be a little less eager to knock him off books. Unless, for some reason, they really don't like what they're getting from him (as the Dixon interview implied was the case with Outsiders, at least...). It's like signing a free agent pitcher, and then never letting him pitch...It's just part of DC's current editorial philosophy of making things up as they go along, both in the books and behind the scenes...
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