This time it probably was legal issues over the ownership of Zenith that did for it, as prior to it's release Morrison was reportedly in talks with Marie Javins, editor of a stillborn revival of Marvel's Epic imprint, to republish the series Stateside. The rest of the print run obviously didn't get pulped/thrown in a skip as intended though, as you can pick up a copy on eBay pretty much any time you like.
Titan tried once again to reprint the series in 2001, with Phase I printed and ready to ship before being mysteriously withdrawn from sale - allegedly none but a tiny handful of copies sent out for a Steve Yeowell signing escaped from the warehouse. Hamyln Books, who won the licence from Titan, were reportedly planning to reprint all of Zenith in colour in the mid-90's, but poor sales on their line of colourised Dredd books soon put paid to that idea. Contrary to popular belief, Titan's failure to reprint Phase IV wasn't because of legal issues surrounding the ownership of the series, but because by the time the series had finished its run in 2000AD they'd lost the Fleetway reprint licence. Titan Books collected Phase I, Phase II (over two books) and Phase III (also over two books) in the early 1990's.
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