In my experience, some editors took a very hands-on approach with creative matters, while others were content to make sure the pages got from writer-to-artist-to-letterer-to-production on schedule and with as few errors as possible. Experienced writers probably didn't need anything more than that, as long as there was someone in the office to make sure everything ended up where it was supposed to go. Maybe this was an allowance that DC was willing to make to attract and hold talent.

I'm kinda curious as to why the arrangement ended, though. I mean, obviously, if there was some push to make all of DC's books a more unified whole, that might be more difficult having two or three Editors outside of the office, but I wonder if there was more to it than that.

I don't want comics to be like they were when I was reading them as a kid -- I just want them to seem as exciting and imaginative to me as they did back then.