
Following their departures from the title, Joe Casey and ChrisCross teamed up to create the DC Comics miniseries Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance. In an interview, writer Joe Casey indicated that he had written three issues, and ChrisCross had pencilled one, before "that famous Top Cow brand of common sense disappeared into an unexpectedly bizarre rift in time and space." He cited mass company dismissals of staff, including that of "our beloved editor", as contributing factors to the demise of the series. The series was officially cancelled in February 2009 without a single issue released. In December 2008, ChrisCross announced his resignation from the Velocity project due to "unforeseen differences". Initially, Joe Casey resumed writing for Velocity, but ChrisCross took over from Kevin MacGuire on art. Joshua Hale Fialkov and Rick Mays continued writing duties and art for Cyblade, and released a four issue miniseries. While Cyblade was released on schedule, Velocity suffered a series of delays. Both Cyblade and Velocity were slated for release as series in fall 2008. The protagonists in both of 2007's winning comics, Cyblade and Velocity, were characters spun off from Marc Silvestri's popular Cyberforce comic series. These practices were not continued in Pilot Season 2008. Although anyone was able to participate in online voting, those who had purchased the books themselves were able to increase their voting power by inputting special codes that appeared on their copies. Voters were allowed to vote as many times as they wanted. Over 4.1 million votes were received over the space of one month, beginning from Decemand lasting until the closing date of January 21, 2008.


Cyblade #1 ( winner) (W) Joshua Hale Fialkov (A) Rick Mays (Cov) Rick Mays.Ripclaw #1,(W) Jason Aaron (A) Jorge Lucas (Cov) Tony Moore.
