Missing In Action

February 15th, 2006

Filed under: Comics

While indexing my comics recently, I ran across several enjoyable series that have apparently ended prematurely. I say “apparently” because they all ended mid-storyline and I have seen no offical word of their demise. Anyone know any more about these missing-in-action comics?

  • Sylvia Faust
    Interesting and quirky. Solicited for four issues, yet only two were published. The official website lists no new information and seems to have been frozen in time after the release of issue #2.
  • Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer
    This look at the early life of Elric was solicited as a four-issue mini-series, yet only two issues were released. This was published by DC with a big name artist (Walt Simonson) so I wonder what happened.
  • Barbarossa and the Lost Corsairs
    Actually the entire Kandora line seems to have become lost. I assume the publisher folded up shop, but I’ve seen nothing posted about it. It’s a shame, because both Barbarrossa and Jade Fire were enjoyable.

And what about Forsaken? I remember a press release about the comic leaving Image but I’ve heard nothing since.

cover, Sylvia Faust #1 cover, Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer #1 cover, Babarossa & the Lost Corsairs #1 cover, Forsaken #1

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4 Responses to “ Missing In Action ”

  1. Richard
    February 15th, 2006 at 5:55 pm

    In regards to the Elric series, Simonson fell behind on the art so DC didn’t want to solicit the rest of the series until the art was done on #s 3 and 4. Per postings on Moorcock’s Multiverse site, #3 is done and #4 is in the coloring stages.

  2. Scott Cederlund
    February 16th, 2006 at 8:12 am

    I think the Unforsaken crew broke up and abandoned the project after the second issue. Isn’t the artist on that now the artist on Brian Wood’s Supermarket?

  3. iJusten
    February 16th, 2006 at 2:18 pm

    There were three issues in Forsaken published, I know this for a fact (I read them).

    I googled and found the preview info for issue four:

    FORSAKEN #4
    Written by Carmen Treffiletti, art, cover and color by Kristian Donaldson, inks by Nick Zagami.
    “The Light of Other Days,” Part Four. Pressure mounts as the signing of the treaty is days away and the team cannot conjure a solid lead…or keep one alive at least. A harbor attack sends Delk to dig up old scum, where he’ll find the definitive clues to The Separatist’s plan. But will Delk make it back alive to tell the others? Find out.
    32 pages, $2.95, in stores on Nov. 3.

    Seeing as it never came out, and neither did five (which was also solified? Im little confused with the terms..) something happened..

  4. dr pepper
    December 12th, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    There was another Elric comic from DC around 1977. I don’t remember the artist’s name but it was the one that used to do Green Lantern and always made everyone tall and lanky. It was the perfect style for the melnibonean imperial court.

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