Great news for SHE-HULK, INHUMAN, and DEATH OF WOLVERINE fans, and a sad day for RED LANTERNS, SWAMP THING, and SUPERMAN/WONDERWOMAN fans.

Yesterday, Charles Soule announced via his blog that he had signed a contract with Marvel Comics.  He said that business was just that, HIS business, so he didn’t discuss all the particulars, though he did say, again, that it was a business decision and that there was no ill-will between him and DC.  He shared the blog post on Facebook, where I gasped aloud and quickly commented, offering congratulations and thanking him for a great run on  SWAMP THING and for making RED LANTERNS not only readable, but one of the best books out there. NEWSARAMA was able to confirm that he will remain on both titles until March 2015, allowing him to finish up his current arcs.

“The decision to work with Marvel for a while isn’t any sort of denigration of DC. I had a fantastic time there, I was treated extremely well, I have strong positive feelings about all of my editors and the DC universe of characters, and I look forward to hopefully working with them at some point down the road…Both Marvel and DC were extremely gracious about working with me to make sure that I could complete my runs on DC titles the way I originally intended. So, you’ll see my work on Red Lanterns as part of the big Godhead event, you’ll see me ending my run on Superman / Wonder Woman the way I wanted to, and Swamp Thing will continue under my pen for a little while as well.”

The contract also allows him to continue his creator owned LETTER 44, with ONI PRESS, indefinitely.