Criteria here is to discuss comic book series that were short-lived, and underappreciated at their time. Could be a mini series from back in the day, could be a series that was cancelled due to lack of interest, etc.
What comes to mind?
Criteria here is to discuss comic book series that were short-lived, and underappreciated at their time. Could be a mini series from back in the day, could be a series that was cancelled due to lack of interest, etc.
What comes to mind?
Definitely, my choice is Young Allies (2010):
^^^Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
I was so looking forward to what the team would get up to for their NEXT cosmic adventure.
For me, I’d like to submit Devil Dinosaur...
I’ve always been a sucker for a Dino/Human partnership, and Kirby’s series, all nine issues of it, was a big part of that. As many times as Double D has been revisited by creators over the years, there’s obv. something cool about him. I only wish Kirby had gotten a longer run to flesh out the world he created and add more crazy characters to the concept.
I will always bring up Slingers in these type of threads.
How about a whole line of comics, cancelled too soon?
When the New Universe debuted, the cover designs and a lot of the art was meant to evoke an old fashioned look. They went to almost absurd lengths to hide the fact that ppl had developed superpowers, and keep things as “the world outside your window”. After nearly two fairly mediocre years they flipped the switch, modernized the look of the books, and blew the lid off the secret that were paranormals. Literally.
They blew up Pittsburgh.
After that the overall narrative went in some really interesting directions as the world was changed forever. It was too little too late though, as the line was cancelled right as things were getting great.
Even though the New U’s been visited since then, and incorporated into the 616 in various ways it’s never really been done to my satisfaction. I can’t help but wonder what could’ve been accomplished if the line had lasted another few years at least.
Slingers remains my favorite team book to this day, and I was stoked to see them brought back in the recent Scarlet Spider series.
Honestly, I love finding the hidden gems that Marvel has produced and forgotten over the years. Off the top of my head, here are some series I wish had lasted longer:
Dr. Voodoo
CB & MI:13
Livewires
Bishop: the Last X-Man
Weirdworld
Craptacular B-Sides
Avengers: the Initiative
Agents of Atlas (original team)
Agents of Wakanda
-Pav, who couldn't believe when AoW used the Livewires...
You were Spider-Man then. You and Peter had agreed on it. But he came back right when you started feeling comfortable.
You know what it means when he comes back.
"You're not the better one, Peter. You're just older."
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I’m not a fan of Kirby’s New Gods/Inhumans/Eternals (other than individual characters from each franchise), but i AM a fan of his Kamandi, and Devil Dinosaur reminded me of that. It just never got a chance to get rolling!
And Devil Dinosaur was part of the greatest crossover ever when I was a kid...:
I kind of feel that the creative team had maybe hoped it would go beyond its 10 issue run, to me the final 2 or 3 issues seemed rushed and condensed, likely a result of being a tie in to War Of The Realms. Just felt like its own narrative arc broke down in order to provide quick resolution to a couple of threads developed in the main event titles.
I thought this Comic was Amazing, Espically the first serveral issues! The Artwork was great and the inking was vivid and the Writer Ewing has become one of my favorite currant writters at Marvel, this Series being a big help for that!
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