Delays
Additional criticism fell upon the delays between the second and third issue. Rob Liefeld commented on his Twitter, saying, "It goes without saying that Image United is a massive embarrassment. Damn shame the enthusiasm for the book not shared by all."
Said delays have also caused multiple spin off books to be produced. First was Image United #0, also written by Robert Kirkman, featuring the same jam style art contributions from Erik Larsen and Whilce Portacio, drawing Savage Dragon and Fortress respectively, and additional art by Image mainstay Ryan Ottley, handling art chores for Doc Seismic. The issue was released to act as a prelude to the series and saw release in February.
The second book was to be called Image United Interlude, also written by Kirkman, featuring art by Ryan Ottley. Solicitations for the book focused on the effects of the story' on other characters within the Image Universe, including Invincible. It was meant to follow the "cataclysmic events" of Image United #3.
Image United #4 and #5 were solicited for an April and May 2010 release, and another fill-in issue titled Image United: Interlude was solicited for March 31, 2010. That interlude would feature other heroes from the Image Universe such as Invincible but was not published. In December 2010, Kirkman stated in a video interview that Image United was definitely going to finish the book. In March 2011, Erik Larsen commented that issue #4 was 'about 60% done,' and that he was laying out issue #5. In January 2011, Erik Larsen stated, "Image United #4 is about 60% done. The thing is, there are pages that are completely done and sitting there finished and there are others out there that need one guy to come in and do his character then it’s done. There's a few pages where more work is needed and three or four guys all need to be jamming and not everybody showed up. It’s kind of a mish-mash in terms of that." As the "defacto middleman and editor" of the book, Larsen explained that other commitments prevented the creators involved from finishing their work on time, but stated that McFarlane took responsibility for the nine-month delay between the second and third issues.
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