The principle problem is that they don't have the talent or insight to form a truly focused vision. Each time the "clean house" they seem to use the same people, and to demonstrate the same lack of commitment to the mandate. And, to make matters worse, with each new attempt the lawyers and the bean counters involve themselves more deeply with the creative end.

The birth of the Silver Age was successful because it wasn't an exercise in fan-wankery -- but it became one in a relatively short amount of time, and once the dominoes started to topple....