Continuing on in another post so it doesn't seem quite so wordy:
The other side of that coin though is that a more frequent rotating team might bring in readers because there is today a more creator fan base than a character fan base. Another example if I may,I'm a sucker for John Byrne's art.When I got into comics he was numero uno in the biz and this was years after he had left X-Men and had just left the Fantastic Four about 5-6 months before I picked up my first issue off the racks,but I had a stack of FF from when he first strted the title and when I started collecting in earnest,I sought out anything he did.No comic shops in the area made for a more difficult hunt,so I missed out on the bulk of his Superman stuff. Long story short....I buy anything John Byrne draws.I don't care what the title is....I follow his art.
Therefore,in today's market Marvel & DC try to land a "hot" creator or creator team on a book even if it's only for no more than 12 issues,to boost sales and possibly hook the reader into continuing with the book.However,if the team that follows isn't good enough,that's only a short-term fix.
Sometimes though you have someone utterly committed to a character,Geoff Johns on Green Lantern or Dan Slott on Amazing Spider-Man for example,that goes against the grain of the current creator mind-set and this produces steady sales on those two books.Factor in good art and compelling stories and you have the positive POV.
To be cont.
