Neal Adams and Len Wein in particular have praised DC for DC's treatment of creative talent - which is why legendary pro's such as Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Neal Adams, Denny O'Neil, Len Wein, etc. are still willing to work for DC, but not for Marvel. Len Wein said, "the difference between the two companies; DC and Marvel, is I see money off of all of my characters at DC in any incarnation. If they do paperback books, if they do movies… I also created Lucius Fox, the character Morgan Freeman plays in the current run of Batman films, and I do absurdly well off of him being in those films, financially. Because Paul Levitz made sure I signed creator equity contracts whenever I create a character. Even on something potentially so unimportant…as I said to Paul when I argued with him about signing a Lucius contract, 'It's a middle-aged guy in a suit.' He said, 'Sign a contract. You never know.' He was right." http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/interviews/wein.shtml