8. Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas (Marvel)

First Issue: July 2008
Most Recent Issue: #2, September 2008
Longest Time Between Issues: Nine months and counting - #2 (September 2008) - #3 (still unreleased)

Most likely to capitalize on the impending success of the Iron Man film, director Jon Favreau was given a Marvel Knights mini-series, featuring Iron Man. Well, the first issue released shortly after the film, with the second following slightly delayed a couple of months later. And well, it's been nine months, and no word on the next issue. At this point, I would consider the project dead in the water, and wouldn't be surprised if Marvel had abandoned it completely. The issues that did release received poor reviews, and I'm not sure that there is any reader out there just dying to see the story continue. Sorry Jon.


7. Star Wars: Dark Times (Dark Horse)

First Issue: October 2006
Most Recent Issue: #13, April 2009
Longest Time Between Issues: Nine months - #12 (June 2008) - #13 (April 2009)

Dark Times was going to be the Star Wars comic book that I could get behind; the one I could buy issue after issue and read feverishly, never getting bored. Now, I wish Dark Horse had given me the chance to get bored. Debuting in October 2006, the second issue didn't hit shelves until months later, and the publishing schedule continues in such a fashion. Instead of being put at the top of my weekly stack, Dark Times was relegated to the bottom, as I had to re-read the issue previous just to recall what was going on. And then, after a not-so-good stint of participating in the wholly unnecessary "Vector" line-wide crossover, Dark Times was put on a nine month hiatus to make room for the Clone Wars animated comic.

Though the hiatus has since ended, it has already been a couple of months since Dark Times last came out. Here's hoping the delays plague doesn't continue on this book for long.