Ten Memorable Squandered Opportunities in Comics, Part One

What it had going for it: The premise: Man of Steel Action Comics Final Night Manhunter Blue Beetle JLA The fallout: Man of Steel Spider-Man: The Clone Saga What it had going for it: The Death of Superman Knightfall The premise: Spider-Man The fallout: Venom’s Series of Miniseries and All His Kids The premise: Why it failed: The fallout: Spider-Man 3 Ralph & Sue Dibny: Ghost Detectives What it had going for it: Identity Crisis Infinite Crisis The premise: Identity Crisis 52 Justice League Starman Why it failed: Final Crisis The fallout: 52 Blue Beetle Flashpoint Chris Claremont’s return to the X-Men X-Men X-Men The premise: Why it failed: The fallout: New X-Men