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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2022 15:57:35 GMT -5
Countless times we've all enountered an interview or some other source of information on a series, one-shot, story arc, etc. that was planned but never happened. Sometimes it may have even received an early formal announcement, but again never actually materialized. In other cases it may have been uncovered several years later.
I was reflecting on how much I liked Marvel's Sandman becoming a good guy at times, whether working for Silver Sable or the very short stint with the Avengers (which I think should have been much longer)! I then stumbled onto some info that suggested a Sandman mini-series was actually planned for the mid-80's exploring his quest to reform, but the series never saw light of day (though the story was later used in a shorter version in a Spider-Man annual). I would have really liked to have seen the full series to be honest.
Was curious if others have some favorite "never saw the light of day" stories you've heard about that you wish had made it to publication. I think anything is fair game, like an alternate ending to something that did get published, the plot of the "next issue" of a cancelled series that would have resolved everything, or something completely new that again didn't make it past planning. Rumor or verified, anything goes!
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Post by MWGallaher on Nov 6, 2022 16:31:35 GMT -5
One of my favorite subjects! I'm glad we live in a time where, thanks to so much published comics historianism and special editions and magazines and web sites we have actually seen things like Jack Kirby's THE PRISONER #1 and pages from DC's GORILLA GRODD and the unpublished issue of THE JOKER and the Hawkman/Swamp Thing team-up from the unpublished SWAMP THING 25 and the TALES OF THE ZOMBIE issue that was lost in the mail! I also get a big kick out of finding out where cancelled project sneaking in unannounced, like Marvel's black and white THOR THE MIGHTY magazine converted into an annual, or DC's aborted PANZER! material showing up in...what was it, now, a SGT. ROCK ANNUAL, maybe? I am still curious about Marvel's MIDAS THE MILLION DOLLAR MOUSE, DC's PANDORA PAN, but one I'd really like to see is the Steve Englehart/Dick Ayers RINGO KID. I want to read the script for the unpublished Batman/Mera issue of BRAVE & BOLD. I'd like to see the rejected first issue of DC's THE WANDERERS, and Rich Buckler's MAN-WOLF!
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Post by berkley on Nov 6, 2022 18:04:48 GMT -5
Steranko's Talon is one of the first that comes to mind for me: just a single illustration to go by but I thought it looked fantastic and would love to have seen a series. Byt then it's Steranko, even a single issue would have been something. Or a single story in an anthology comic.
edit: A quick search tells me my memory was playing me false: It wasn't a single drawing but several. Still, no series or even a single full story. There's a site called "The Drawings of Steranko" that has a bunch of them, including a few I don't recall seeing before.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 6, 2022 18:13:22 GMT -5
Neal adams was supposed to draw God loves man kills the graphic novel. He wanted the language in the contract to not be work for hire and that killed his involvement.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 6, 2022 18:50:35 GMT -5
Neal adams was supposed to draw God loves man kills the graphic novel. He wanted the language in the contract to not be work for hire and that killed his involvement. Did you see the pages published in Comic Book Artist back in the day? They looked fantastic. The story began not with Magneto witnessing mutant kids being murdered by the purifiers, but being killed himself.
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Post by tarkintino on Nov 6, 2022 19:04:59 GMT -5
My pick: the first Justice League / Avengers crossover originally planned in 1979 with Gerry Conway as writer and George Perez as artist. By 1979, Conway was ending a historic decade where his talent contributed to some of the the greatest comics ever published, while Perez was only growing as a fantastic artist, in-between his stellar work on The Avengers and Logan's Run and what was around the corner--The New Teen Titans. At the time, DC and Marvel's team titles were strong with interesting rosters at the time, although I'd have to assume the crossover teams would have attempted to match characters with similar traits. I'm almost sure a 1979 version of the crossover would have eclipsed 1976's Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man just in terms of scope, story potential, and fulfilling one of the most popular fan ideas.
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Post by Calidore on Nov 6, 2022 19:47:37 GMT -5
The Andrew Helfer/Kyle Baker Shadow series ended on a cliffhanger which was supposed to be resolved in an annual or special that sadly never happened. Years later, editor Mike Gold said that when they all tried to work on it, it turned out nobody was really interested.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2022 20:05:28 GMT -5
I'm waiting on Battle Chasers #10....it's only been about 20 years or so....
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 6, 2022 20:23:11 GMT -5
DC was supposed to have a King Arthur series, featured in house ads, that was never published. The DC Implosion is the most notorious, with some that got repurposed or included in Cancelled Comic Cavalcade and some that were never completed, like The Deserter (about an Army pastry chef, who goes missing), and The Sorcerer. Comico was working on a Max Headroom comic, when the series got cancelled. Mike Grell was working on a Jon Sable and Batman crossover, until lawyers made things such a headache they killed the project.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 6, 2022 20:25:26 GMT -5
I'm waiting on Battle Chasers #10....it's only been about 20 years or so.... I'm still waiting for Miracleman #25 and Big Numbers #3....for about 30 years! Been waiting for Star Trek, Phase 2, since the 70s!!
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Post by DubipR on Nov 6, 2022 20:32:16 GMT -5
Stern and Miller on Dr. Strange
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Post by Calidore on Nov 6, 2022 20:51:35 GMT -5
I'm still waiting for Miracleman #25 and Big Numbers #3....for about 30 years! Been waiting for Star Trek, Phase 2, since the 70s!!
There's a few pages of Miracleman 25 floating around the net also, but I don't know if the entire issue exists complete.
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Post by berkley on Nov 6, 2022 21:33:09 GMT -5
DC was supposed to have a King Arthur series, featured in house ads, that was never published. I remember this one. I was definitely interested at the time and still think Redondo's style might have worked well with the subject matter.
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Post by berkley on Nov 6, 2022 21:36:30 GMT -5
Stern and Miller on Dr. Strange I didn't read much of Stern's Strange back then and still haven't up to now because I've found what I've seen of it a little too bland, but maybe Miller's artwork would have spiced it up a bit if he kept to the style illustrated in this ad. If he was doing the sketchier kind of art he used in the later part of his DD run, I don't think it would have worked for the character.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 6, 2022 22:17:07 GMT -5
I'm still waiting for Miracleman #25 and Big Numbers #3....for about 30 years! Been waiting for Star Trek, Phase 2, since the 70s!!
There's a few pages of Miracleman 25 floating around the net also, but I don't know if the entire issue exists complete.
I'm aware of that and Marvel keeps saying it is continuing Miracleman: The Silver Age; but, until I see an actual published comic (and not that ) issue or that revised reprint of the published issues). Hell, it's been nearly 10 years since Marvel announced they bought the rights from Mick Anglo and that Gaiman & Buckingham were going to finish their story.
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