Which Characters Would be More Successful if Owned by Another Company? 0

[Buzzetta]

I was reading the underrated / overrated thread when all of a sudden I thought about underutilized.  

 

Which characters would have benefitted from being owned by another company? 

 

For me? 

Turok.  Had the Gold Key characters of Dr Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, and / or Turok gone to DC or Marvel would they be in a better place now than sitting in an IP library? 

Have fun with this. 

 

[Hollywood1892]

Zak Overkill from incognito storyline. Black Death is side character.

I'd say Pearl too, but she is from DC

Edited December 12, 2019 by Hollywood1892

[unclezebo]

Aside from the golden age era of black terror, daredevil, dollman etc. I think that gold key bunch had the best potential, except maybe Dr. solar, he overlaps a few of the 2 bigs characters. magnus and turok could fit in though and be in a better place.

[theCapraAegagrus]

Captain Marvel.

[Conacon]

I would think Bendis and Oeming's Powers title would be fun in Marvel. A cop drama with Marvel's character in the background? They'd have to PG it a little (or a lot), but the stories could still be compelling. Former-hero-turned-cop battling street level super crimes. 

 

[Blastaar]

Marvel TMNT

[Ken Aldred]

Valiant under Jim Shooter initially did great things with the Gold Key characters during the pre-Unity period, and more than likely could've continued to do so for much, much longer without the demands of asset-stripping investors bringing his vision crashing down.

Edited December 12, 2019 by Ken Aldred

[Ken Aldred]

1 hour ago, Conacon said:

I would think Bendis and Oeming's Powers title would be fun in Marvel. A cop drama with Marvel's character in the background? They'd have to PG it a little (or a lot), but the stories could still be compelling. Former-hero-turned-cop battling street level super crimes. 

 

It was published by Marvel for a while.

Edited December 12, 2019 by Ken Aldred

[Readcomix]

I would think that Magnus still has a future. As AI becomes more ubiquitous, the appeal of a Magnus-style dystopia fighter will find its moment in pop culture. 

[Conacon]

21 hours ago, Ken Aldred said:

It was published by Marvel for a while.

Right, but not in universe. 

[bb8]

On 12/11/2019 at 10:43 PM, Hollywood1892 said:

Zak Overkill from incognito storyline. Black Death is side character.

I'd say Pearl too, but she is from DC

Incognito is one I'd REALLY like to see more of. I tried to find out if Brubaker and Phillips would ever continue the story but could find nothing. It's a shame. Hopefully they pick it up at some point.