Bates immediately restructured the series, eliminating the Troubleshooters, taking away Swensen's vocation as a teacher, introducing a new supporting cast of government operatives, and generally replacing the concept of "Spitfire and the Troubleshooters" with a new espionage series, "Codename: Spitfire". Issue #10 saw the completion of this metamorphosis, but was also the final issue of Bates's brief run. A single-issue stint by Fabian Nicieza saw Swensen don a new Spitfire armor, and the series closed out with two fill-in issues. Mediocre sales placed "Codename: Spitfire" among the four New Universe titles to be cancelled at the end of its first year.