All Star DC Comics
All Star was an imprint of ongoing American comic book titles published by DC Comics that ran from 2005 to 2008. DC has published two titles under the All-Star banner, featuring Batman and Superman. Overview. The premise of the imprint was to partner DC Comics' top tier characters with the most popular and acclaimed writers and artists. The creators had access to all elements in the characters' histories to present their interpretation for a modern audience that have not read these DC characters' comics previously, or had not seen them lately. The creative teams were  not beholden to any previous and present continuities, and told stories that featured "the most iconic versions of these characters". The project had been compared to the Ultimate line of Marvel Comics, which was a successful attempt to re-introduce Marvel's most popular characters to a new generation of readers by presenting new, updated versions unburdened by decades of plotlines. There were several differences between the two imprints, though. While the Ultimate titles have closely interrelated storylines, of the two All-Star series released, there has been no effort to make them conform to each other or indicate they  exist in the same continuity. Another is that All-Star did not seek to introduce brand new versions of the characters so much as to present them in unhindered continuity. Robin's origin was the only one "rebooted" in this imprint. Some observers, and DC themselves, had pointed to the return of DC's major film franchises as an impetus for All-Star. The website Comicon.com wrote that "no one can doubt that some kind of continuity shedding is necessary with Superman and Batman coming to the big screens. Moviegoers entertained by these films would find the current comics storylines  impenetrable". With the end of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's "All-Star Superman" and the rebranding of Frank Miller and Jim Lee's "All Star Batman and Robin" as "Dark Knight: Boy Wonder" as well as the introduction of the line of OGNs, the imprint is effectively defunct. All Star titles. Only three All-Star titles have been released, although the last title is technically not a part of All Star imprint since it went defunct 2008. The original intent was for the creators to present versions of the DC characters the public could identify with but has since  evolved with the creators' sensibilities and story direction. In that regard, DC Comics has decided that each of the series would end when the creators decide they are done rather than continue with a new creative team. The All-Star titles are self-contained, despite sharing a label. Each story within each book has the option of also having its own continuity, without ties to previous stories: Unreleased titles. There were several other titles announced that would have added to the All-Star lineup but never saw publication: