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* Any ''[[Miracleman|Marvel/Miracleman]]'' comic, due to notorious legal wrangling over the rights to the characters and stories. The rights were acquired by Marvel in 2009, but only for the original 1950s/1960s ''Marvelman'' stories, the scripts from the [[Alan Moore]] and [[Neil Gaiman]] stories, and the rights to use the characters in new stories. While this means that the Gaiman stories can be reprinted, Neil's run completed, and new ''Marvelman'' stories published, the Moore stories are still off-limits due to Marvel having to renegotiate with the artists, among which includes [[Rick Veitch]], who has been singled-out as being a potential hold-out due to his disdain for Marvel.

* Due to Disney's infamous lawsuit, ''Air Pirates Funnies'', a 1970s underground comix series unauthorized by Disney which depicted Disney characters in sexually-explicit situations, is completely out of print. Original copies are valuable, although the series has made appearances on the internet.

* ''[[Suicide Squad]]'', a popular late-1980s series which had super-villains being sent on black-ops missions in exchange for a full pardon for their crimes, remains uncollected and plans for a black-and-white Showcase Presents reprint were scuttled by issues involving royalty rates for DC Comics published from 1976-96. These royalty rates also have screwed other Showcase titles such as Jonah Hex (Volume 2 can't be released because the issues that would be collected would contain issues published in this timeframe) and scuttled plans for Showcase volumes collecting "Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew" and "Who's Who in the DC Universe".

** More specifically, DC royalty rates from this time period were for a fixed amount rather than a percentage of the cover price. Showcase Presents reprints a lot of issues at a low cover price, and the fixed amounts would make it unprofitable, so DC has to renegotiate everything.

 

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