http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=13

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What recently canceled series was originally outlined as twelve issues, then backslid to eight, and then just as issue four was finished, cut to 6 issues? The creative team re-worked the story to fit in the remaining two issues, only to find out after issue 5 was in stores, that there would be no #6. The artist was then conveniently available to work on the company's newest franchise book while the writer had to seek employment elsewhere.
Birthright hasn't gone any higher than #30 on the sales charts, meaning it's a total belly flop. (I think this is due to the massive lack of support for it on DC's part and the UNBELIEVABLE hatred levied at it by the Byrne/Jurgens Sycophants™.)

The 6th issue isn't anywhere to be seen in the December solicitations.

Does this mean Waid and Yu's loving, impassioned-but undeservedly hated and neglected series has been put out of its misery? If so (and it's been speculated over at the DC boards--which I took a peek at out of bored curiosity), perhaps it's for the best. DC was all too willing to sweep it under the rug (the reprints of the Byrne TPBs at the exact same time Birthright was still going already undermined Waid's efforts), and the raging egomaniacs passing themselves off as Superman fans never gave the book a fair chance. I also note, with much interest, that Trinity #3 has yet to show up (at least in my area). Again, another quality book that has been savaged by the Byrne/Jurgens Sycophants™ and roasted for not slavishly following the 1986 stories to the letter. Is this DC's way of conceding that they can't and won't ever advance or evolve away from 1986, even though they had no qualms about tossing out the 48 years prior? (For the record, this is what led to me dropping DC altogether recently.)

At any rate, if Birthright is really over, I'm glad for Waid and Yu. They took levels of egomania, selfishness, and hate nobody ever deserved, and they're better off not wasting their time on such a disgusting, insufferable fan base. Let them move on to other things and be better off for it.