Comics Oracle’s Crystal Ball: Marvel Exclusives?

Saw this all up on the latest Lying in the Gutters:

EXCLUSIVE FISHING

[Green Light]Look for three major DC names to make a move to Marvel rather shortly. Two exclusive artists and one of my favourite comic book writers of all time who transformed one ill-regarded book into an all time classic.

Let the guesses begin… and watch for future “Young X-Men” covers for a clue.

For the writer, no question: Peter Milligan. Infinity Inc. is on the road to cancellation (to put it lightly), Johnston’s little blurb is clearly meant to red herring towards Morrison (for whom leaving DC makes no damn sense) and Milligan has been around long enough for Johnston to like him, is in his whole British taste-sphere, and fairly definitely transformed X-Force from a gun-totin’ piece of crap into an all time classic.

As for the artists, the obvious guesses are the Kuberts, who seem to have been placed at DC by Joe Quesada to screw up their biggest books as hard as possible. I’m not saying it happened, but man, they did a whole lot of damage. They’re both ostensibly in the middle of new projects for DC, but it’s not like unfinished commitments are alien to these guys.

That said, it seems *too* obvious. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to instead see names like Cliff Chiang (who just jumped off Green Arrow/Black Canary), Sean Chen (Salvation Run was a bomb), Phil Hester or even Pete Woods or Jamal Igle (who DC would be absolutely insane to let go). Or maybe he’s just behind and he means the Dodsons, who already have solicited Young X-Men #1 and #2 covers.

Still, though: My bet’s on Milligan.