6. All-Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder (DC)

First Issue: September 2005
Most Recent Issue: #10, August 2008
Longest Time Between Issues:  Ten months and counting - #10 (August 2008) - #11 (still unreleased)

The launch of DC's All-Star line was met with much hype, but unfortunately both titles were rife with delays. Though Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's All-Star Superman wasn't too bad in its release schedule, its counterpart, Frank Miller and Jim Lee's All-Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder, has been officially decalred "on hiatus" by DC. Moronically met with fanboy outcry, Miller's take on the first meeting of Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson is far from the standard fare, and perhaps the delays between issues contributed to the misunderstanding of the series' direction. The satire is not immediately apparent, and especially coming from Frank Miller - godfather of modern Batman tales - it was a drastic change of pace.

A new issue has not been seen in nearly a year, though my own personal demand for the final two issues is high. DC has also put the backburner on future All-Star series featuring Wonder Woman and Batgirl, and after the problems with Batman it's not hard to see why. Giving high profile writers and artists what is essentially a vanity project is not always easy on the publisher's calendar, as we'll often see throughout the remainder of this list.


5. The Ultimates (Marvel)

First Issue: March 2002
Most Recent Issue: #13, April 2004 (final issue)
Longest Time Between Issues: It's a tie! The wait between #8 (November 2002) and #9 (April 2003), as well as #12 (November 2003) to #13 (April 2004) were both equally long at four months each. 

Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch's infamously delayed The Ultimates, as well as The Ultimates 2, was a fresh and exciting take on the Avengers team, and made them politically and socially relevant for the post 9/11 world. Unfortunately, both series were plagued with heavy delays, issues coming out sporadically at best. The original thirteen issue run takes the cake on delays, though, due to two separate accounts of having to wait at least four months between issues.