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richard
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Marvel going out of business
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Aug 30 12:51 UTC 1997 |
It looks like the death toll is sounding for Marvel Comics. Marvel has
been losing tons of money, undergoing numerous ownership and staff
changes, and is now in bankruptcy court with creditors who want to sell
off its assets. According to yesterdays New York papers, Marvel was
unable to reach agreements with its creditors and the judge said if
nothing happens by Sept. 8 (a week from now), Marvel is to fold and go out
of business.
It looks like Marvel willfold and go out of exsistence, but that its main
characters, Spiderman, Captain America .etc maybe sold to DC comics.
It would be the end of an era. I mean Spiderman put out by DC?! I wonder
how many longtime Spidey fans would even keep buying it!
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pez
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response 1 of 17:
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Aug 30 14:56 UTC 1997 |
I don't believe it...
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senna
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response 2 of 17:
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Aug 30 19:32 UTC 1997 |
I have some trouble believing it myself.
Sell them to Image! Please!
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pez
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response 3 of 17:
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Aug 30 20:35 UTC 1997 |
well.. whether this is true or not..
we can suggest team-ups of Image and Marvel characters..
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senna
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response 4 of 17:
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Sep 6 22:39 UTC 1997 |
<Sigh> I've been hoping for more responses to accrue, but I've basically been
ignoring ths one response for a week without anything adding to it. Ah well.
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otaking
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response 5 of 17:
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Sep 8 08:56 UTC 1997 |
I don't read Marvel and barely read DC comics. I like the idea of Marvel
characters going to companies more friendly to creators, even if it's DC.
But I agree with senna, SELL THEM TO IMAGE!
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pez
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response 6 of 17:
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Sep 9 00:20 UTC 1997 |
hmm.. how bout instead they just go under the Image imprint.. :)
i *might* be able to live with that.. maybe..
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senna
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response 7 of 17:
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Sep 9 02:36 UTC 1997 |
Image's logo is better than Marvel's... and the editorial stupidity will
probably be dropped.
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pez
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response 8 of 17:
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Sep 9 19:58 UTC 1997 |
image had a logo..? oh that's right.. it's an 'i'
marvel's logo is an 'm' with marvel comics written on it..
neither logo does much for me..
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otaking
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response 9 of 17:
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Sep 15 08:43 UTC 1997 |
Who cares about logos when the thought that a writer or an artist could have
free reign to change established Marvel characters and breathe new
life into tired old stories.
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senna
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response 10 of 17:
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Sep 15 23:25 UTC 1997 |
Just being suitably shallow.
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pez
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response 11 of 17:
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Sep 15 23:33 UTC 1997 |
just for fun..
let's all make bids for the Marvel properties they want :P
mine would be:
Sleepwalker
the 2099 universe :P
Sandman
Cloak
the Inhamans..
and.. the Serpent Society
heh.. that'd give me plenty to work with.. :P
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senna
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response 12 of 17:
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Sep 17 04:05 UTC 1997 |
I'd bid for Wolverine, but only so I could kill him and bring him back as a
Spawn. That would be cool :) Then I'd do some major reworking of Punisher
so he's actually be readable.
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pez
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response 13 of 17:
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Sep 17 20:40 UTC 1997 |
Punisher is a good character that got overused.. so is Wolverine..
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senna
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response 14 of 17:
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Sep 19 20:57 UTC 1997 |
yeah, that's why I'm killing him. All sorts of stuff you can do there :)
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pez
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response 15 of 17:
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Sep 20 05:09 UTC 1997 |
i still want the 2099-i-verse
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otaking
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response 16 of 17:
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Sep 20 08:42 UTC 1997 |
I'd buy Blink from the "Age of Apocalypse" storyline and Man-Thing. I'd bid
for Howard the Duck only to put him back into the realm of satire, where he
belongs (NOT Generation X).
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dbassman
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response 17 of 17:
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Nov 19 06:49 UTC 1997 |
Thus go the spoils of war......BARF!!!!!
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