TheQuestionMan Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Greetings HEROphiles, it appearers that SirKerry of Hommlet is really interested in Defunct Comics as Licensed Hero Sourcebooks. Here are some Resources SirKerry. Catagory: Defunct Comics - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Defunct_comics_and_manga_publishers The Mighty Crusaders - Defunct Comics Resources http://www.mightycrusaders.net/ Comics you loved...but apparently no one else did - Related Thread http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42638&highlight=Comics+loved --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hero Alliance (Innovation Publishing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_Alliance Justice Machine (Comico Comics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Machine Elementals (Comico Comics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementals_(Comico_Comics) Femforce (A.C. Comics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femforce For myself I always wanted to see the Ultraverse, the Valiant Universe, and the Sigilverse as Sourcebooks. Either Fan Products or Licenced. QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proditor Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks I'd love to see the Crusaders, but aren't they still owned by DC under the Impact imprint? Man I love me a good flag suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirKerry Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks Greetings Herphiles' date=' it appeares that [b']SirKerry[/b] of Hommlet is really interested in Defunct Comics as Licenced Hero Sourcebooks. Here are some Resources SirKerry. For myself I always wanted to see the Ultraverse, the Valiant Universe, and the Sigilverse as Sourcebooks. Either Fan Products or Licenced. Thanks for the resources, QM. Yeah, those would be nice, but I suspect they'd have to be fan products as the rights holders are likely to want more for the licenses then they're worth. I actually came across a copy of the Ultraverse Writer's Bible last night - interesting background stuff. Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Hiemforth Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks Erm... perhaps I'm just dense. But if a property couldn't thrive in the (much larger) world of comic-book fandom, why would it thrive in the (much smaller) world of RPG fandom? In other words, if the comic book failed, wouldn't RPG material based on the comic also be likely to fail? It sorta reminds me of when I see someone open a pizza joint in the same location where another pizza joint just went out of business. If that location already drove one pizza joint under, why on earth would you risk your money opening another pizza joint there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorPse Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks Erm... perhaps I'm just dense. But if a property couldn't thrive in the (much larger) world of comic-book fandom' date=' why would it thrive in the (much smaller) world of RPG fandom? In other words, if the comic book failed, wouldn't RPG material based on the comic also be likely to fail?[/quote'] Good point. I guess it's possible that the sales numbers you'd need to make $ would be lower, too? And you'd be able to recycle a lot of content. But it does seem that committed fans would be more likely to spend the it would take to make what's discussed above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checkmate Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks SirKerry has said the plan was to release them as PDF's. Depending on what he values his time as, and the cost of the liscence, the cost of creating the book would be almost nil. It wouldn't take much to turn a profit (again assuming the IP could be obtained at a reasonable price). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Hiemforth Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks SirKerry has said the plan was to release them as PDF's. Depending on what he values his time as' date=' sell one and he's pretty much made some profit...Right?[/quote']Sure, as long as (A) he was going to make them for his own amusement anyway, and figures he might as well make a buck at the same time, or ( values his time very little. (Or I guess there could also be a ©... he is going to do something with them anyway, but with some additional effort could get them spruced up well enough to sell. Then the only cost balanced against the profit would be the time it would take to do the "sprucing up." ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks I'd like to point out that the more esoteric defunct hero worlds function much more like "Real" champions games than many of the mainstream ones. You may find a better audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchpad Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks I'd like to point out that the more esoteric defunct hero worlds function much more like "Real" champions games than many of the mainstream ones. You may find a better audience. Heck, some of them even started as a RPG campaign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks there are factors that could explain the problem 1 pizza shop was run by sombody that had no business sence 2 crappy service 3 too many pizza joints in the area 4 nobody in the area likes pizza 5 ran out of the special sauce/lost the secret recipe(ran out of cool ideas/story lines) look at Buffy the vampire slayer movie sucked TV show rawked the character concepts might be cool,but the way they where presented or where the story took them killed the book Erm... perhaps I'm just dense. But if a property couldn't thrive in the (much larger) world of comic-book fandom, why would it thrive in the (much smaller) world of RPG fandom? In other words, if the comic book failed, wouldn't RPG material based on the comic also be likely to fail? It sorta reminds me of when I see someone open a pizza joint in the same location where another pizza joint just went out of business. If that location already drove one pizza joint under, why on earth would you risk your money opening another pizza joint there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks I'd love to see the Crusaders, but aren't they still owned by DC under the Impact imprint? Man I love me a good flag suit. Actualy no, they were never DC's, but rather licenced to them by, and some will have trouble believing it Archie Comics Here's the Wikki entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Crusaders & From the Archie's web site http://www.archiecomics.com/acpaco_offices/askthearchivist/ask_superheros.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks Erm... perhaps I'm just dense. But if a property couldn't thrive in the (much larger) world of comic-book fandom, why would it thrive in the (much smaller) world of RPG fandom? In other words, if the comic book failed, wouldn't RPG material based on the comic also be likely to fail? It sorta reminds me of when I see someone open a pizza joint in the same location where another pizza joint just went out of business. If that location already drove one pizza joint under, why on earth would you risk your money opening another pizza joint there? Also, and this might seem odd, but real world and all, if the first restraunt is in financial trouble (REasonable assumption) restrauant B might be able to get the supplies from A cheaply, decreasing overhead making for a higher chance of profitability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks Also' date=' and this might seem odd, but real world and all, if the first restraunt is in financial trouble (REasonable assumption) restrauant B might be able to get the supplies from A cheaply, decreasing overhead making for a higher chance of profitability[/quote'] And if they make a better product... Though it's a weak comparison. PDF product, low overhead in all likelyhood, as long as one isn't expecting to make their living off of this one product... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks I'll proofread them. I want the publication credits on my resume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks I'd really like to see the "Malibu Comics" characters resurrected. I was very annoyed when Marvel simply purchased the line and then killed off the characters after ONE "crossover" event ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephron Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks I actually came across a copy of the Ultraverse Writer's Bible last night - interesting background stuff. May I ask where? It sounds rather interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirKerry Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks I'd really like to see the "Malibu Comics" characters resurrected. I was very annoyed when Marvel simply purchased the line and then killed off the characters after ONE "crossover" event ! Yeah, that would be great. I doubt we'll ever see them again from Marvel. Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirKerry Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks May I ask where? It sounds rather interesting. Off of some fileshare network, eDonkey I think. Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Re: Defunct Comic Publishers and Licenced Sourcebooks Yeah. DC's millennium line was awesome too. I dug Hardware, I really liked Icon, and I loved Xombi, which was everything Morrison's Doom Patrol should have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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