History Trivia / Supreme

** Larson's revival itself wasn't safe. Though critical and fan feedback was initially positive, sales and reception tanked as it went on, leading the comic to be cancelled after a mere four issues. The entire creative team, including Larson himself, was totally replaced and nearly everything from his version was discarded by the next team for ''Blue Rose.''

** Erik Larson continued the story, but his run ended abruptly after five issues due to low sales and lukewarm critical reception. ''Blue Rose'' sort of picks up where it left off -- or rather, uses elements from it to tell a new story. The last issue of Larson's run seemed to set up a conclusion where the remaining Supremes would travel to the moon to enter the Citadel Supreme and open a portal to the Supremacy, possibly battling Mean Supreme with the aide of technology supplied Darius Duck. However, ''Blue Rose'' simply just has the universe reset, becoming glitched by the Supremacy's destruction.

** Erik Larson continued the story, but his run ended abruptly after four issues due to low sales and lukewarm critical reception. Blue Rose sort of picks up where it left off (or rather, uses elements from it to tell a new story) but whatever plans Larson had for his version never materialized.

** Around 2019, Andrew Rev bought the license to all of Liefeld's Youngblood characters, and the results were disastrous. Liefeld outright refused to work with him, and many artists who tried to work with him quit, alleging he didn't pay them for their art and violated his contracts. This led to at least two cancelled attempts at a Supreme revival, with the spited artists releasing their work publicly. Thankfully, rumor has it that Rev's license expired.

** Andrew Rev recently bought the license to all of Liefeld's Youngblood characters, and the results have been disastrous. Liefeld outright refuses to work with him, and many artists who've tried to work with him quit, alleging he didn't pay them for their art and violated his contracts. This led to at least two cancelled attempts at a Supreme revival, with the spited artists releasing their work publicly. Thankfully, rumor has it that Rev's license has already expired.

** To Moore's and fandom's regret, the last issue of the series never came to be, because Liefeld had to close his company. Even when his final script was produced, Moore had his own plans for a new ending that never even made it to the scripting phase. Including [[spoiler: entire planets of both Suprema and Radar coming to help in the final battle against the army of Daxes after the Supremacy fell.]]

** Under Andrew Rev's ownership, Supreme was going to have two different revivals: a limited series about Supreme's WW2 adventures, and a new series about Kid Supreme growing up and taking up Supreme's mantle. These projects eventually died an abrupt death when Rev and the artists/writers fell out due to him not paying them.

** Issue #25 was published as a flash-forward between issues #12 and #13 as part of the "Images of Tomorrow" event, formatted as if it were a regular issue from one year into the future – including a fake letters column referencing various story arcs that hadn't been published yet. By the time the series caught up to the flash-forward there were some clear discrepancies:
*** Most obviously, the main character is still the older white-haired Supreme in his de-powered state and wielding Thor's hammer. This incarnation of Supreme was apparently killed in issue #23 as part of the ''Extreme Sacrifice'' crossover; beginning in #24 the main character was younger, at full power, with no hammer.
*** Issue #25 itself is the climax of a story arc in which Simple Simon possesses the body of a Supreme from an alternate reality; apparently, #24 would've featured the possessed Supreme wrecking Washington D.C. as well as the return of the Starguard. The series did lay groundwork for the story arc – but never actually ''began'' it. The actual issue #24 turned out very differently. A fake letter references the Starguard returning in issue #24, and the reply says that their origins would be revealed "very, very soon" after #25; neither of these ended up happening.

** According to editorial replies in the letters column, Supreme would have learned in issue #26 exactly what was wrong with his powers, and would have to confront his "greatest enemy" to get them back. It isn't specified who his greatest enemy is – but notably, ''Extreme Sacrifice'' is also described as having a ''very'' different plot, involving Quantum returning and allying with Darkthornn.

*** Issue #25 is the climax of a story arc in which Simple Simon possesses the body of a Supreme from an alternate reality. Over the next few issues, the series did set up the story arc – but never actually ''began'' it. A fake letter references the Starguard returning in issue #24, and the reply says that their origins would be revealed "very, very soon" after #25; neither of these ended up happening.
*** A response to the same fake letter also implies that Supreme and Thor would soon fight over control of the hammer for a third time (after their first conflict in issues #7-9 and the rematch in #21-22).
*** Kid Supreme's debut is said to happen in issue #18 rather than #19. He is also said to be African-American rather than white.
** Later issues tease Kid Supreme's upcoming debut in his own ''Kid Supreme'' title, rather than in the main series. The actual ''Kid Supreme'' comic didn't launch until about eighteen months later.
** Responses in the letters column say that Supreme would learn in issue #26 exactly what had happened to his powers, and would have to confront his greatest enemy to get them back – but didn't reveal exactly who his "greatest enemy" was.

*** Issue #25 is the climax of a story arc in which Simple Simon possesses the body of a Supreme from an alternate reality. Over the next few issues, the series did set up the story arc – but never actually ''began'' it. A fake letter references the Starguard returning in issue #24, and the reply says that their origins would be revealed "very, very soon" after #25; neither of these ended up being true.
*** The same fake letter also asks when Thor will return to reclaim his hammer, indicating that the ''God War'' story arc from issues #21-22 was intended to come after #25.

** Kid Supreme was later intended to debut in a one-shot comic, ''Kid Supreme'' #1, rather than in the main series.

** Issue #25 was published between issues #12 and #13 as part of the "Images of Tomorrow" event, as if it were a regular issue from one year into the future – including a fake letters column referencing various story arcs that hadn't been published yet. By the time the series caught up to the flash-forward there were some clear discrepancies:
*** Most obviously, the main character is still the older white-haired Supreme in his de-powered state, wielding Thor's hammer. This Supreme ended up apparently being killed in issue #23 as part of the ''Extreme Sacrifice'' crossover, and from #24 onwards the main character was younger and at full power with no hammer.
*** Issue #25 was the climax of a story arc where Simple Simon possessed the body of an alternate-timeline Supreme. The series later introduced setup for the story arc but never actually began it. The Starguard were supposed to return in issue #24, and their origins would be revealed "very, very soon" after #25; this didn't happen.
*** One fake letter asks when Thor will return to reclaim his hammer, indicating that the ''God War'' story arc from issues #21-22 was supposed to come after #25.

** A later issue during the ''Supreme Madness'' story arc teases that Kid Supreme is due to debut in a one-shot, ''Kid Supreme'' #1. Instead he was introduced in issue #19 of the main series.

*** One fake letter asks when Thor will return to reclaim his hammer, indicating that the *God War* story arc from issues #21-22 was supposed to come later.

** A later issue during the "Supreme Madness" story arc teases that Kid Supreme is due to debut in a one-shot, *Kid Supreme* #1. Instead he was introduced in issue #19 of the main series.

** Moore's run was plagued by ong delays, internal company squabbling, changing publishers and budgetary cutbacks. Several story arcs were trimmed or removed entirely to save time and money, multiple spinoff books were cancelled, and the book itself came to a fairly abrupt end when the original ending was cut due to the publisher's closure. The ending left everyone in a good place, but didn't quite pay off on a few key subplots. Attempts at revivals and spinoffs were fairly fruitless until the Larson run.

** To Moore's and fandom's regret, the last issue of the series never came to be, because Liefeld had to close his company. Even when his final script was produced, Moore had his own plans for a new ending that never even made it to the scripting phase.

** To Moore's and fandom's regret, the last issue of the series never came to be, because Liefeld had to close his company.

** To Moore's and fandom's regret, last issue of the series never came to be, because Liefeld had to close his company.
** Robert Kirkman's ''Supreme Sacrifice'' mini-series, which was supposed to tell a story of Liefed's Supreme dealing with being revisioned and replaced by Moore's Supreme, ended up as an idea and nothing more.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: To Moore's and fandom's regret, last issue of the series never came to be, because Liefeld had to close his company.

*** Given current events, this might yet come about. [[spoiler: Liefield's Supreme has escaped from imprisonment in the Supremacy and depowered all of his counterparts from Alan Moore's run.]]
** We also never got to see Alex Ross's redesign of Suprema's costume in action. ("MsFanservice" hardly begins to cover it.)