•
Action Comics Annual #3 by
Chris Claremont and
Michael Golden – The original story for this annual was meant to be published in 1990. According to
Amazing Heroes Preview Special #10 (February 1990): "And the X-citing news is about the
Action Comics Annual, due out this year. It's written by none other than Marvel Mutant Man Chris Claremont, and drawn by not-often-seen Michael Golden. Watch for it". An annual with this number was eventually released in 1991 as part of the
Armageddon 2001 crossover event, but contained a different story and was written by
Roger Stern. •
All Star Batgirl – This series was announced at the Toronto Comic Book Expo in 2006.
Geoff Johns and
J. G. Jones were planning to work on the first six issues, which would present a connection between Barbara Gordon and
Arkham Asylum. According to Johns, the series would feature "a mystery centering around Barbara Gordon's transformation into Batgirl", as in
Batman: The Long Halloween. The title was described as not taking place in the continuity of
All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder. •
All Star Comics: "The Will of William Wilson" – An unpublished
Justice Society of America story from the 1940s by writer
Gardner Fox. A good amount of artwork from this story survived and has been reprinted in various publications from
TwoMorrows Publishing. In addition, there were three other unused Justice Society scripts penned by Fox - "The Men of Magnifica", "The Emperors of Japan", and "Peril of the Paper Death". •
All Star Wonder Woman – This series was confirmed at
San Diego Comic-Con in 2006, with
Adam Hughes announced as writer and artist. Hughes intended to retell the character's origin story, and described his approach to the series as an "iconic interpretation" of the character, but explained at the 2010
San Diego Comic-Con that the project was "in the freezer" for the time being, due to the difficulty involved in both writing and illustrating it himself. As of October 2010, a page on his website indicated that after the current
Catwoman series ended with issue #82, Hughes would cease his DC cover work and focus on producing the six-issue
All Star Wonder Woman series. •
Ambush Bug: Year None #6 – A six-issue
miniseries, it skipped issue #6 and concluded with issue #7 instead. There was an 11-month gap between #5 (January 2009) and 7 (December 2009). •
Aquaman II miniseries – A miniseries by writer
Neal Pozner and artist Craig Hamilton was published in 1986. A follow-up miniseries was planned, but cancelled due to Hamilton's difficulties with meeting deadlines. •
Batman: Dark Detective III – In 1977, writer
Steve Englehart and artists
Marshall Rogers and
Terry Austin collaborated on a run of Batman stories in
Detective Comics #469-476. A six-issue sequel miniseries titled
Batman: Dark Detective was published in 2005. Englehart and Rogers planned a third series of stories, but Rogers' death on March 25, 2007, caused DC to cancel the project. •
Batman: The Art of Neal Adams – A collection of Adams' best Batman stories, including a cover gallery, was set for October 1992. Comprehensive collections of Adams' Batman work would later be released by DC beginning in the 2000s. •
Batman: The Brave and the Bold –
Paul Kupperberg wrote two unused stories for this tie-in to the
animated series of the same name featuring
Plastic Man and
Guy Gardner as co-stars. •
Batman: The Widening Gyre #7–12 – In 2010
Kevin Smith wrote a six-issue
Batman miniseries called
The Widening Gyre, drawn by
Walt Flanagan. The series was initially planned as 12 issues, with a long break planned between issues #6 and 7. After issue #6 was published, Smith and Flanagan's work on their reality show,
Comic Book Men, extended this planned break further than expected. It was decided in the interim to release the remaining issues as a separate six-issue miniseries to be called
Batman: Bellicosity and scheduled for 2014 but, as of 2025, it remains unpublished. •
Batwoman miniseries – A miniseries created and written by
Dennis O'Neil was planned around the time of Batman's 50th anniversary in 1989. It involved a new Batwoman character described as having more of a motivation to fight crime than the previous Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) and possibly even Batman himself. •
Before Watchmen: Epilogue – Originally solicited in 2013 as the conclusion to the
Watchmen prequels, this one-shot issue was cancelled for unknown reasons. •
Black Canary miniseries – A miniseries by writer
Greg Weisman and artist
Mike Sekowsky was planned in 1984. The first issue of the series was pencilled, but the project was ultimately shelved due to the character being used in writer/artist
Mike Grell's high-profile three-issue miniseries
Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters. Elements from the ill-fated project were used for Weisman's
DC Showcase: Green Arrow short film. •
Blue Beetle direct market series – Following the cancellation of Blue Beetle's general market series in the late 1980s, a direct market-only series was set to follow. Originally, the plan was to end the first series with issue #21, but the planned follow-up was cancelled as well, due to the belief that there was no audience for a "1960s-type" character like Blue Beetle; as a result, the series ended with issue #24. •
Blue Devil #32–36 –
Blue Devil #31 was to be the beginning of a six-part storyline intended to revive the title, but it became the final issue of the series instead, presumably containing elements of the unpublished story. •
Captain Atom graphic novel – A
Cary Bates/
Pat Broderick graphic novel was listed as "upcoming" in
Amazing Heroes Preview Special #10, but was described as being on "permanent hiatus" in the following issue. •
Captain Atom miniseries – A six-issue
Captain Atom miniseries was planned to begin in July 1992. Following the events of
Armageddon 2001 and
Armageddon: The Alien Agenda, Captain Atom was to fake his own death and give up being a superhero, but still had to face the problems associated with his former life. Jonathan Peterson was to write and
Michael Netzer and Art Nichols were to be the artists. •
Comics Cavalcade Weekly –
Dave Gibbons provided the cover art for an unpublished comic featuring
Superman and the newly acquired
Charlton Comics heroes. The series, a weekly
anthology, was to appear in 1985 and also tentatively titled
Blockbuster, but was presumably shelved following the launch of ongoing series for two of the featured characters, Blue Beetle and
Question. •
Crisis on Captive Earth/
Crisis of the Soul – Originally proposed as a 12-issue follow-up to
Crisis on Infinite Earths, this story was developed by
Paul Levitz,
Len Wein, and
Jerry Ordway, based on a pitch by Levitz. Editorial issues led to the project's failure. While thought to have influenced
Legends, according to then DC editor
Robert Greenberger, no elements of
Crisis of the Soul made their way into
Legends. •
Cyborg (vol. 2) #24-25 - Cyborg was cancelled with issue 20, but then revived three months later with #21 by
Marv Wolfman, only to be concluded in June 2018 with the release of issue 23 ending on a cliffhanger despite the next two issues having been solicited. •
DC Comics Classics Library: Shazam! and the Monster Society of Evil – A hardcover reprint of this
Golden Age storyline was cancelled in 2009. •
DC Comics Presents: "In Homage" – A Superman/
Thriller story by
Robert Loren Fleming and
Keith Giffen that was to be produced in the late fall of 1985. •
DC Comics Presents Annual by Marv Wolfman,
George Pérez, and
Romeo Tanghal – The
Teen Titans were supposed to appear in a
DC Comics Presents annual planned for 1984. That year saw the release of
DC Comics Presents Annual #3, but it featured
Captain Marvel as Superman's co-star. The Wolfman story may have been used for 1985's
New Teen Titans Annual #1 as it guest-starred Superman, although the artists were
Ed Hannigan and
Mike DeCarlo. •
DC Double Comics Starring Supergirl and Superboy – After
Supergirls cancellation with issue #23 and the planned cancellation of
The New Adventures of Superboy after issue #55, both characters were slated to be published together in a 48-page follow-up series. Paul Kupperberg was to write both heroes, with art from
Eduardo Barreto and
Bob Oksner on the former and
Carmine Infantino and
Klaus Janson on the latter. The
Superboy title was cancelled after issue #54 despite the next issue already being scripted, and the
DC Double Comics series was halted due to the events of
Crisis on Infinite Earths, which led to both characters being written out of continuity. •
Firestorm: Corona – A graphic novel by
Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick originally scheduled for Fall 1984 that was never published. According to Conway, the story for the graphic novel was completed, and a panel from the book appeared in
Amazing Heroes Preview Special #1. •
The Flash by Len Wein and Marv Wolfman – An entry in the Winter 1986
Amazing Heroes Preview Special describes a new Flash series by Len Wein and Marv Wolfman. The main character is
S.T.A.R. Labs technician MacKenzie Ryan, who possesses energy manipulation powers instead of superhuman speed. The book was removed from DC's schedule. A
Flash series would be released the following year written by
Mike Baron, starring former Kid Flash
Wally West. •
The Flash (vol. 3) #13 – In response to a fan question on its blog "The Source" 's
Flashpoint Friday feature, DC announced that May 2011's
The Flash #12 would be the final issue of the series. At the time, no other details were provided. •
Freaks by
John Byrne –
Freaks appeared in a lithography plate published within the
History of the DC Universe Portfolio in 1986. Byrne had originally pitched the series to DC, but the series for some reason never surfaced. With some changes, Byrne's concept fit in with his
2112 work to become the ''
John Byrne's Next Men'' series published by
Dark Horse Comics. •
Generations original plan –
Generation Zero and
Generation One were part of the original plans for DC's
Generations event, which were changed after the departure of DC publisher
Dan DiDio. •
The Great Ten #10 – Although
The Great Ten (by
Tony Bedard and
Scott McDaniel) was solicited and advertised as being a 10-issue miniseries, with each issue focusing on a different character, DC chose to end the series at #9 due to low sales. •
Green Lantern: "Emerald Interlude" – A three-issue follow-up to the "Emerald Twilight" storyline by Paul Kupperberg,
Peter Doherty, and
Josef Rubinstein. It was planned to appear in
Legends of the DC Universe before that title's cancellation. Jones' version of "Emerald Twilight" has not been published. •
Green Lantern: "Eyes of the Beholders" – An inventory story by Paul Kupperberg with art by Rick Stasi and Bruce Patterson, which features various Justice League members recalling their earliest experiences with Green Lantern. Kupperberg published the script for this story in his book
Son of the Unpublished Comic Book Scripts of Paul Kupperberg. Despite being promoted in
Amazing Heroes and DC's own preview comic
DC Sampler, the character never appeared during their run. •
Green Lantern Saga – A miniseries about the origins and history of the Green Lantern Corps, the Guardians of the Universe, and the planet
Oa was planned for 1990. Science fiction authors such as
Larry Niven were scheduled to write the series. Niven later wrote the 1992 one-shot ''Green Lantern:
Ganthet's Tale''. •
Hellbent/
King Hell – A two-issue miniseries and crossover by
Rick Veitch that was planned for Summer 1989 and was going to tie into DC's mature titles at the time such as
Green Arrow,
Hellblazer,
The Question,
Sandman, and
Swamp Thing. The story was to involve the aftermath of
Lucifer's stepping down as ruler of Hell, with one plot point involving the birth of the Swamp Thing's daughter
Tefé Holland. A contract dispute with DC led Veitch to pull out of the crossover. •
Holy Terror, Batman! – A proposed 122-page graphic novel by
Frank Miller, announced in 2006, but no longer a project associated with the Batman character or DC Comics. In 2010 Miller said that he was no longer working on the project. He stated in June the same year that
Holy Terror was in progress, but without Batman. The book was eventually released by
Legendary Comics as
Holy Terror. •
Hybrid – An ongoing series was planned for the Teen Titans foes, the Hybrid, for 1993, with Len Wein as the writer and Art Nichols and George Pérez as the artists. but was cancelled. •
JLA/Avengers – In 1983,
Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway were to be the co-writers of a
JLA/Avengers intercompany crossover drawn by George Pérez. Editorial disputes between DC and Marvel caused the project's cancellation. It was not until 2003 that a crossover between the two teams was published, albeit in a completely different story by
Kurt Busiek and Pérez. All of the original story's existing penciled art was published in the hardcover collection of the 2003
JLA/Avengers crossover. •
Justice League International – Following the three
Justice League series being published at the time (
Justice League America,
Justice League Europe, and
Justice League International Quarterly), a fourth series starring the
Injustice League was in the planning stages for 1991, as well as a series featuring the Conglomerate, the superhero team which premiered in the first issue of the
Quarterly title. •
Justice League of America – A story about the last case of the original Justice League of America by William Messner-Loebs and
Adam Kubert. Listed in 1989's
Amazing Heroes #157, DC declared it a "dead" project. • ''Larry Harmon's Laurel and Hardy
#2 – In 1972, DC published a single issue of a comic book series based on the Laurel and Hardy cartoon series produced by Larry Harmon. The cover for the unpublished second issue appears in The DC Vault''. •
The Legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Gerry Conway and
Nestor Redondo – House advertisements in DC Comics cover-dated September 1975 promoted a four-part
King Arthur miniseries to be published in the Treasury Edition format. •
Legion of Super-Heroes Annual (vol. 3) #5 – A
Legion annual was planned to appear in the late spring of 1989 featuring a
Brainiac 5 lead story, an unspecified solo backup story, and new and updated ''
Who's Who'' entries. •
Lobo: Frag Race 2000 – A four-issue miniseries written by Keith Giffen and
Alan Grant with art by
Simon Bisley that was scheduled to ship in fall 1992. •
Metal Men miniseries – A 1984 miniseries by
Robert Kanigher and
Irv Novick would have involved the Metal Men starring in their own movie. DC never put the book on their schedule. •
Mr. Monster/Swamp Thing – An intercompany crossover between DC and
Eclipse Comics was anticipated for late fall of 1986, then later scheduled for 1988. The crossover was to be co-written by
Michael T. Gilbert and
Alan Moore with art by Gilbert,
Stephen R. Bissette, and
John Totleben. •
New Teen Titans: Genesis – A reprint of the first appearances of the New Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez was planned to ship in September 1992. A new
Outsiders title would not come out until 1993. •
Pandora Pann – Most of the
preview story for this series by writer Len Wein and artist
Ross Andru (scheduled to be printed in
Saga of the Swamp Thing #5) was pencilled, but for unknown reasons the series never materialized. •
Power Squad – An all-female super team named the "Power Squad" was proposed by
Jack C. Harris and
Trevor Von Eeden, but the idea was not approved for publication. •
Red Hood (2025) - A Red Hood ongoing series for mature readers series set after the events of the
H2SH event, written by
Gretchen Felker-Martin, was planned. On the day of the first issue's release of September 10, 2025, Felker-Martin joked on
Bluesky about the
assassination of Charlie Kirk. This prompted DC to cancel the series after one issue and offer retailers a refund on any unsold copies. Jeff Spokes would soon after start selling original artwork pages from the next two solicited issues as well as a fourth, unsolicited one. •
Robotech Defenders #3 – This series, based on the
Revell line of plastic models, was originally scheduled as a three-part miniseries in 1985. It was reduced to the first normal-sized issue and a 32-page second issue with no advertisements. •
Salvo – A series by writer
Steven Grant and artists Pat Gabrielle and Mike DeCarlo, which was described by editor Michael Golden as "The
Punisher as done by
Lucy and
Desi", was planned for early 1993. In addition, stories were planned for
Jericho in issue #6, Aquaman and the
Ray in issue #30, a post-
Crisis on Infinite Earths update of past Justice League/Justice Society team-ups in
Annual #2, and
Dial H for Hero, the
Space Canine Patrol Agents, and
Ultra the Multi-Alien in other issues. Also, the story of the Legion of Super-Heroes' clubhouse from issue #46 was originally a different tale drawn by
Kurt Schaffenberger which was tied to Superman's pre-
Crisis history, and was replaced by the
Curt Swan-drawn version which saw print. •
Seventh Generation – A six-issue crossover series planned for 1989, but was canceled due to DC's plans for the release of
Batman that year. •
The Shadow #20–24 –
Andy Helfer and
Kyle Baker's run on
The Shadow was planned to end with issue #24. The series was cancelled after issue #19. •
Shazam! miniseries and ongoing series by Roy Thomas – A Roy Thomas/
Don Newton Shazam! miniseries was planned for 1984 or 1985, in which Captain Marvel meets a black superhero from Earth-1 who also received his powers from the wizard
Shazam. Thomas later co-wrote a Captain Marvel miniseries in 1987,
Shazam!: The New Beginning, although the art was by
Tom Mandrake following Newton's death in 1984. In addition, an
Amazing Heroes Preview Special from 1989 contained a short blurb about a possible
Shazam! series featuring Thomas' version of the character following his run in
Action Comics Weekly. This series never appeared prior to Jerry Ordway's reboot in the 1994 graphic novel
The Power of Shazam!. •
Showcase #50: "
Yankee Doodle Dandy" –
Showcase #50 was to feature the debut of Yankee Doodle Dandy, a spy character created by editor
Larry Nadle. Nadle's death caused the story to be shelved, but the character was brought back in 1992 for
Grant Morrison's
Doom Patrol run. •
The Silver Age by
James Robinson – A four-issue follow-up to Robinson's
The Golden Age, which was being developed but did not happen. According to Robinson, later books such as
JLA: Year One and
DC: The New Frontier have since made the series unnecessary. •
Sonic Disruptors #8–12 – This 12-issue miniseries by writer Mike Baron and artist Barry Crain was cancelled after issue #7 due to poor sales. A
Sonic Disruptors graphic novel to finish the storyline was also planned with art by
Mike Mignola. •
Soul Love – Part of a prospective line of black-and-white magazines geared toward adults, this 1971
Jack Kirby title was supposedly killed because of a possible backlash among Southern retailers. •
Space Ranger miniseries – An eight-issue miniseries starring the science fiction character was to ship in October 1992, written by
Michael Jan Friedman and pencilled by John Calimee. •
Spectre graphic novel – Roy Thomas was in discussions with Jerry Ordway to do a graphic novel about the Spectre after they completed the
America vs. the Justice Society miniseries. Thomas wanted the story to explain the various inconsistencies in how the character was portrayed by different writers over the years. •
Starfire #9 –
Starfire #8, which turned out to be the last issue of the series, contained an announcement on the story's final page that the next issue would be released during the second week of September 1977. •
Starman #46 – Solicited as the last issue of the first
Starman series, the title was cancelled after issue #45 instead. •
Sugar and Spike (vol. 2) – The series was published in the United States from 1956 through 1971 for 98 issues, when due to creator
Sheldon Mayer's failing eyesight that limited his drawing ability,
Sugar and Spike ceased to appear. Later, after cataract surgery restored his eyesight, Mayer returned to writing and drawing
Sugar and Spike stories, continuing to do so until his death in 1991; these stories appeared in overseas markets •
Superman #712 by
Chris Roberson – Issue #712 was scheduled to feature a revival of the 1990s supporting character Sinbad. When the issue came out, a previously unreleased story by Kurt Busiek ("Lost Boy: A Tale of
Krypto the Superdog", which was originally planned for
Superman #659) was published in its place. It was believed that the change was due to Sinbad's Muslim heritage, but DC's explanation was the story did not fit into the ongoing "
Grounded" storyline. •
Superman 3-D – According to DC's promotional giveaway brochure
DC Releases #46 (March 1988), a
Superman 3-D one-shot issue was planned for 1988. It was to be written and penciled by John Byrne and inked by
Ty Templeton with 3-D effects by
Ray Zone. A "major new Superman foe" named "Tantrum" was to have been introduced. Byrne and Zone would later collaborate on a
Batman 3-D graphic novel. A
Superman 3-D one-shot was published in December 1998 by a different creative team. •
Superman: An Evening with Superman – A graphic novel by
Barry Windsor-Smith entitled "An Evening with Superman" was originally announced by DC in 1998, but has not been published as of 2016.
Superman: The Complete History – The Life and Times of the Man of Steel features an excerpt of this story. •
Superman: "Supermite!" – An unpublished 12-page Superman story from 1944 written by
Jerry Siegel. •
Superman: "
The K-Metal from Krypton" – An unpublished Superman story from 1940 that not only introduced an early version of
kryptonite, but had
Lois Lane learn that Superman is really Clark Kent. The original script and outline were rediscovered by
Mark Waid in 1988 and there was an online effort to restore and publish the story. •
Swamp Angel – A three-issue
Prestige format miniseries by Mike Grell which would have told the story of a Southern family beginning with the
American Civil War and spanning three generations. •
Teen Titans Spotlight – Stories planned for future issues of this Teen Titans anthology series included a
Raven and
Vigilante two-part story, as well as solo stories starring
Cheshire,
Doctor Light,
Red Star, and
Azrael. •
Thriller Special – A
Thriller story titled "Naked Steel" by Robert Loren Fleming and Keith Giffen was intended by Fleming to both revive the characters and bring them closer to his original vision. Announced as being released in the summer of 1985, it was later revealed that the announcement was premature and DC never got back to Fleming about the book. Yeates later provided the artwork for the
Vertigo Visions – Tomahawk one-shot in 1998, which was written by
Rachel Pollack. •
Twilight of the Superheroes – A company-wide crossover and attendant maxiseries proposed by Alan Moore in the late 1980s prior to his public split with DC. The series imagined a dark future where various superhero clans warred for global dominance. Moore's split with DC, as well as the very dark nature of the story, meant that the series never got beyond the proposal stage, although a number of story elements that Moore had suggested were later worked into ongoing series. Moore's proposal was leaked on the Internet in the early 1990s, and the complete text was published by DC in the hardcover ''DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras'' in 2020. •
Valda – An aborted Roy Thomas/
Todd McFarlane four-issue miniseries spun off from Thomas'
Arak, Son of Thunder title. •
Vigilante miniseries – Following
Vigilante #50 in 1987, a miniseries was planned for the character, but Vigilante ended up killing himself in that issue and the miniseries never appeared. •
West Coast Teen Titans – In an interview with
Amazing Heroes, Marv Wolfman discussed a planned
New Teen Titans spin-off set in San Francisco and featuring
Cyborg, Red Star, and
Chris King from
Dial H for Hero as members of the team.
Changeling and
Thunder and Lightning were also considered for team membership. • ''Who's Who in Superman
– A Who's Who'' series tentatively planned in honor of Superman's 50th anniversary in 1988. •
Wonder Woman direct market series – A second
Wonder Woman series exclusive to the direct market was planned for late summer of 1984, which was to be written by Steve Gerber and published simultaneously with the then-current
Wonder Woman series produced for the general market. Gerber intended to bring the character back to her roots and set the tone of the new book closer to how the original one was written by her creator
William Moulton Marston. •
Wonder Woman: Bondage – A proposed project by Bill Sienkiewicz and Frank Miller. Sienkiewicz described it as "perhaps a bit over the top, but I think Frank and I invited that. So was the idea for the series in very basic broad stroke discussions between Frank and I, with some input from then-DC editor
Bob Schreck". •
Wonder Woman: Hand of the Gods – A graphic novel that was cancelled in 2011, allegedly due to its artist
Justiniano being charged with possession of child pornography. •
Wonder Woman: "
Nuclear, the Magnetic Menace" – An unpublished Golden Age Wonder Woman story introduced the villain Nuclear. Even though it was not published, a follow-up story ("Nuclear Returns!") was published in
Wonder Woman #43 (September–October 1950). In 1982, Roy Thomas came up with his own introduction story for Nuclear in
All-Star Squadron #16. Since then, original artwork from the first story has surfaced. •
Zatanna miniseries – A four-issue miniseries written by Gerry Conway was promoted in
Amazing Heroes as coming out in 1984. •
Zero Man – A miniseries written by Len Wein that was projected for 1985 with hopes for an ongoing series if it was successful. The concept involved two men from the 25th century going back in time to the present day – one to change history in order to prevent the country from turning into a totalitarian dictatorship, and the other to make sure the future happens as planned. Although the first issue was pencilled, staff at DC Comics claimed they had no knowledge of the series as of 1986. The book was later changed to a two-issue miniseries and scheduled to ship in late 1992. Kyle Baker would later be listed as the series' artist. • ''This Year's Girl'' – A three-issue miniseries by writer
David Quinn and artist
Brian Stelfreeze about a pair of sisters who are also assassins. == Eclipse Comics ==