10 Comics Too Big To Fail (That Did Anyway)
6. DC's All-Star Series
Looking back at the All-Star series from DC, it's hard to believe they ever came to an end. All-Star Superman is now considered to be one of the Man of Steel's greatest storylines, and even though it had the advantage of being written by Grant Morrison with pencils by Frank Quietly, the other All-Star books weren't far behind.
The idea behind the All-Stars imprint was to give some of the industry's greatest creators a chance to do whatever they wanted with DC's greatest characters. Morrison's work with Superman obviously did remarkably well in this context, and even though it sold well, All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder didn't meet the high standard even with Frank Miller and Jim Lee on as creators.
The books were gritty and well-written but much different than Superman's books. It sold well throughout its run but came to an end in 2008. All-Star Batgirl was announced with Geoff Johns set to write, but the book never materialized. The same happened to All-Star Wonder Woman. That was set to be Adam Hughes' story all about the world's most famous Amazon, but it never came to fruition.
The last book to never see the light of day was All-Star Green Lantern, which would have focused on John Stewart, with Brian Azzarello on to write. Unfortunately, the success of All-Star Superman just couldn't be duplicated, and the whole concept of All-Star... anything, just fizzled out as DC canceled the imprint.