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Oh they know and accept that the bulk of their work isn't going to stick but you can clearly see many modern writers shooting for something to stick. A Modern classic story line, an epic event or even just a reinvention of one or two characters that becomes the new normal for them.

And sorry but I disagree on not considering a characters place in the wider universe. When dealing with a shared universe being aware of how characters fit into it is iportant. And even if writers think you can ignore it sooner or later they can't because working for the big two means that sooner or later their comic is going to get dragged into a wider universe event and if you not aware of how they fit into the wider universe it is going to derail or destroy your in progress story.

Frankly I don't actually see that much innovation in these the writers don't care storylines. Everything Tom King is doing in his run has been done before in fact it is in many ways more of a retread IMO than just standard vigilante fare. Because he is clearly aiming to tell stories in the vain of the big story lines that he personally liked. It is far more fanboyish and author projecting to me than say Marv Wolfman's run on Batman.