[1][2][3] The term is often used interchangeably with miniseries (mini-series) and maxiseries (maxi-series), usually depending on the length and number of issues.
In 1980, DC followed World of Krypton with the three-issue series The Untold Legend of the Batman, by Len Wein, John Byrne, and Jim Aparo.
With the success of the miniseries format, DC followed by experimenting with longer stories and concepts outside their universe of superheroes.
In 1982, Marvel Comics published its first limited series, Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions,[7] followed shortly thereafter by miniseries' featuring the X-Men's Wolverine and the Avengers' Hercules, and then The Vision and the Scarlet Witch.
At first, Marvel used the limited series format to feature popular characters from team titles and put them in solo adventures.