10 Amazing Comic Storylines Derailed By Editorial Politics
10. The Trials Of Tribe
After its successful debut as an independent publishing company in 1992, Image Comics hired an executive director to oversee financial affairs and to make sure creators were more reliable in meeting their deadlines. One of the titles that was jettisoned as a result of Images tighter ship was Todd Johnson and Larry Stromans Tribe.
Tribe #1, which sold more than one million copies, was noteworthy for being the best selling comic to be produced by African America creators. Johnson and Stroman intended for their African American superteam to eventually consist of more than 200 members, with new heroes being added every issue. But that idea never came to fruition.
Due to creative differences, the duo was notorious for missing deadlines. Eventually, Image cancelled the series before a second issue could be produced. Tribe was eventually picked up by Axis Comics, which published issues #2 and #3. But then Axis went bankrupt and folded. A fourth and final issue, Tribe #0 was published by Good Comics but, by that point, the potential magic of the series was long gone.