Ultraverse before Marvel ruined it
Yeah, I didn't know if I should get into that or not. Marvel bought out all of Malibu Comics, including their Ultraverse imprint, in '94. Malibu had already ended their main Genesis setting(Protectors, Ex-Mutants, Dinosaurs for Hire) in spectacular and very sudden fashion. But Ultraverse was doing pretty good. Then the takeover and Black September happened. The comics they kept going for a bit were alright(except for Rune - what they did to that series just made me sad), but the magic was gone. I'll admit that when the bankruptcy happened in '96, I took a
teensy bit of pleasure in it and kinda thought they deserved it.
CrossGen was also bought out by Marvel, but their comics' sudden cancellation was merciful by comparison. I think it left a lot of things in the series unresolved, but at least they didn't Black September it. IIRC, Marvel released a couple limited series based(loosely in the one case I bothered to check out) on a few CrossGen properties, but that's the last we heard of them.
I hate when companies buy things I love just so they can kill them.