Editing Eclipse Comics (section)

===''Total Eclipse''===
As their tenth anniversary approached, Eclipse planned ''[[Total Eclipse (comics)|Total Eclipse]]'', a company-wide crossover in the style of DC's blockbuster ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]''. Due to most of its characters being creator-owned permission had to be sought from each individually; many acceded.<ref name=AH133TE>{{cite magazine|date=January 15, 1988|title=Total Eclipse|author=[[Andy Mangels]]|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=133/Preview Special 6}}</ref> Eclipse put considerable resources into the prestige-format "super series", including hiring ''Crisis'' writer [[Marv Wolfman]] to script the series and commissioning covers from [[Bill Sienkiewicz]].<ref name=AH136TOTN>{{cite magazine|date=February 29, 1988|title=Top of the News ''(advertisement)''|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=136}}</ref> Despite promotional stunts such as bespoke plastic bags for comics stores,<ref name=AH138TOTN>{{cite magazine|date=April 1, 1988|title=Top of the News ''(advertisement)''|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=138}}</ref> ''Total Eclipse'' was beset by delays and a commercial and critical failure, nixing any hopes of relaunching the likes of ''Strike!'' and ''The New Wave'' on the back of its success.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Williams-Pennick|first=Virginia|date=October 15, 1988|title=Comics in Review|url= |magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|location= |publisher=[[Fantagraphics]]|number=151|access-date=}}</ref> Soon afterwards production problems saw the stalwart ''Airboy'' put on hiatus after 50 issues,<ref name=AH170AB>{{cite magazine|date=August 1, 1989|title=Airboy|author=Ed Sample|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=170/Preview Special 9}}</ref> while ''Scout'' likewise stalled before mooted third series ''Scout: Marauder'' could begin. At the end of 1989 Eclipse announced they were turning away from mainstream comics to 'special projects'<ref name=AH174NL>{{cite magazine|date=December 1989|title=Newsline|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=174}}</ref> (including their trading card business).