7 Comic Book Story Arcs That Were Never Finished (And Why)

5. Daredevil/Bullseye: The Target

Kevin Smith has a bit of a habit of not finishing comics. A shame, given his work on Green Arrow, Daredevil and the Green Hornet has been so well received, but it's a sad reality that the Fatman on Batman host (great podcast, by the way!) hasn't always managed to steer a comic to an actual conclusion.

Case in point, Daredevil/Bullseye: The Target. Smith had previously helmed a compelling story based on the Man Without Fear in Daredevil: Guardian Devil, which was drawn by Joe Quesada, but the character was in the hands of a new creative team now. Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev where in the midst of what would later prove to be a seminal run on the character, one that impacted Matt Murdock for over a decade after they left the series.

Still, Smith persisted with his Daredevil book, and it looked great! Artist Glenn Fabry was to handle art duties throughout the entire arc, but only one issue was ever published, in November 2002. Weeks, months and then years passed with no word of when a second issue was meant to drop, with Fabry even being forced to drop out of the project. He was then replaced by Adam Kubert, who later left to pursue an exclusive contract at DC, at which point updates on The Target became few and far between.

The project is unlikely to materialise at this stage, with Smith having since gone on the record to claim that he was personally dissatisfied by the first issue, which he'd rushed into production to ensure he could use Bullseye before he could appear in the Bendis and Maleev run. CBR later revealed that 'The Target' in question was going to be Captain America.