>>151046965 (OP)
Some people mostly stick to one company, they might hear good things about Bendis in his prime but never actually hear about how much he fell off. People would go "oh Torso is good, oh his Daredevil is good, Alias is great, Ultimate Spider-Man is fun" and someone would hear about him that way but if they're someone who just generally prefers DC, they might not give him a read because they aren't as interested in the world he's working with. By the time Bendis was leaving, DC fans who didn't know about his later work would probably be excited for him to take on a character like Batman or a street level character (which didn't really happen aside from a few short things). Bendis fans who had battered wife syndrome at that point saw it as a new beginning "maybe he's just tired of Marvel, maybe he needs a change of scenery".
