Missy Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 What were some of the best runs that were cut short either because the book was cancelled or editorial decided to change up the creative team prematurely? Off the top of my head, there's Hellblazer by Warren Ellis (which ended because DC yanked "Shoot" due to Columbine), and Fantastic Four by Scott Lobdell and Alan Davis (which lasted three issues before Marvel put Chris Claremont and Salvador Larroca on the book). I know there are more, but I'm blanking at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Peter David on Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. He came in during The Other, endured Civil War and the unmasking, and left during Back-In-Black, his full run being no more than a year. How do you have Peter David on a Spider-Man title for less than over a YEAR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Going way back: Roger Stern and John Byrne on Captain America (which we covered on WFTT way back when and led pretty much directly to us doing GOF). It only lasted nine issues, but WHAT AN INCREDIBLE NINE ISSUES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Second on Ellis' Hellblazer. It's the only Hellblazer I've ever enjoyed. I'll add the three that spring immediately to mind: Nextwave, Captain Britain and the MI13 and Simon Dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Thor: The Mighty Avenger deserves mention here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Simon Dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 When we agree on things outside of music, I get scared a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 The Ant-Man series by Kirkman should have got enough of a following to be an ongoing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Chris Claremont's X-Men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Simon Dark I'm also down with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Steven T Seagle Joe Kelly on X-Men. I think this was the height of the Bob Harras-Mark Powers reign of terror. I can't judge how well their runs went because it seemed like they could never put their own stamp on the books. Issue 351 of Uncanny was pretty good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Peter David on Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. He came in during The Other, endured Civil War and the unmasking, and left during Back-In-Black, his full run being no more than a year. How do you have Peter David on a Spider-Man title for less than over a YEAR? Following up on this, I would add Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's run on Sensational Spider-Man, which I consider to be the best Spider-Man book in the Civil War to One More Day era. His run was a mix of horror tinged stories, which are rare for Spider-Man, and character pieces that focused on one of Peter's students, the women in Peter's life, and Eddie Brock (which is the best Venom story). I wish he had had the opportunity for a JMS length run because he really got the character and had an interesting take on telling his stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Peter David on Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. He came in during The Other, endured Civil War and the unmasking, and left during Back-In-Black, his full run being no more than a year. How do you have Peter David on a Spider-Man title for less than over a YEAR? Following up on this, I would add Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's run on Sensational Spider-Man which I consider to be the best Spider-Man book in the Civil War to One More Day era. His run was a mix of horror tinged stories, which are rare for Spider-Man, and character pieces that focused on one of Peter's students, the women in Peter's life, and Eddie Brock (which is the best Venom story). I wish he had had the opportunity for a JMS length run because he really got the character and had an interesting take on telling his stories. I have a few of those issues lying around. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Scott Snyder's run on Detective Comics and Jeff Lemire's on Superboy, both cut short by the DC reboot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted June 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 I'll give you Superboy, but Snyder was shifted over to Batman. And the way he's writing him, it's like the reboot never happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Let's face it, there were more than a couple of runs cut short by the new 52. Tony Daniels on Batgirl or Gail Simone/Mark Andreyko on Birds of Prey come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Let's face it, there were more than a couple of runs cut short by the new 52. Tony Daniels on Batgirl or Gail Simone/Mark Andreyko on Birds of Prey come to mind. Will, I'm guessing you meant Bryan Q Miller on Batgirl. Tony Daniel was writing/drawing Batman at the time of the reboot. And, I don't think you can really say Gail Simone on BOP, as she already had a lengthy run on the book before that. Franco and Baltazar on Shazam. Good, kid friendly superhero comics, that were fun to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Gah, my bad. I also meant her second run on BoP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 And personally, I prefer Lemire on the horror books, now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Though it ran for two years, Joshua Dysart's Unknown Soldier was cancelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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