 The series also suffered from creative instability to an even greater extent than the rest of the 1986-87 New Universe lineup, with nearly every issue being produced by a different creative team.DeFalco himself lost interest early on; half of issue #3 and all of issues #4 and 5 were scripted by guest writers over DeFalco's plots, and by issue #6 neither he nor Frenz were involved with "Kickers, Inc." at all.It was canceled with issue #12, along with other New Universe comics such as "Nightmask" and "Merc", though Jack Magniconte continued to make occasional appearances in the remaining New Universe titles.