Sometimes comics take their audience to a whole another level through their storyline and creativity but still end up getting canceled. Here is a list of Seven Comic Books Fans Thought Were Too Huge To Fail.
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The Unbelievable Gwenpool
Gwenpool appeared on a variant cover of secret wars and as a secondary character to Howard the Duck. The character got famous among the fans and from there she got her own series called The Unbelievable Gwenpool. It only has a total of 26 issues and got canceled after less than two years after its launch even if the fans loved it.
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The New Gods
The New Gods were titled as the best overall series but unfortunately, the book didn’t sell much when it was first published. It only ran for a total of eleven issues. The characters and concept have been used as a basis of much of DC comics from Jack Kirby’s Fourth World.
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DC’s All-Star Series
All-Star Superman is considered as one of the greatest storylines and the other books weren’t far behind. All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder didn’t meet the high standard set by All-Star superman. The books were well written but were different than superman’s book. All-Star Green Lantern was supposed to be published but it didn’t and the series got canceled.
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Clone Saga
It is one of the most Reviled crossovers in the history of Spiderman. In the first twelve months, the sales were amazing and the fans were crazy about it. It was intended to last for a year but it was extended for 14 more months and which made the writers struggle to make sense of the whole thing and it flopped as a result.
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The Incredible Hulk
No Doubt, Hulk is one of Marvel’s greatest superheroes. In the initial days when Hulk was introduced, he got an audience but didn’t do very well. Marvel canceled the series after six issues. after that hulk appeared in tales to astonish and his popularity started to increase.
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Final Crisis
The hype of Final Crisis was huge because of the Countdown to Final Crisis series but the final crisis was confusing for some people. you need to read Superman Beyond in order to understand the plot of Final crisis otherwise you’ll just wonder from where did Superman pop up out of nowhere. It is also considered DC’s most complex event by some people. Maybe that was the reason it didn’t go well.
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The Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four was very popular and never get out of print for more than 50 years. No one didn’t even think that marvel would ever stop publishing The Fantastic Four but in 2014 they did. They called it quits on the comic series after a new movie adaptation of the Fantastic Four was set to Debut. The series didn’t fail but yes it did end.
