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Post by johnnypt on May 22, 2022 6:33:15 GMT -5
Star Wars, Alien and Predator certainly don’t count since they own them as much as they own Spider Man and Captain America. But for those still yearning for that ROM-nibus, Micronauts collections or Master of Kung Fu and Doc Savage reprints, you’re out of luck for a while. It seems their decision preceded their current cash crunch but the timing works for them in any case.
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Post by Jason Aiken on May 22, 2022 12:32:37 GMT -5
Best case scenario for a US partner would be Image. But I'm not sure how much heavy lifting Heroic Signatures wants to do. If they went to BOOM, IDW, or Dark Horse, they'd have in-house editors to work with. That didn't work out at Marvel...
If I was them I'd go with Image and open up Heroic Signatures as a studio like Todd McFarlane Productions and Top Cow Entertainment.
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Post by Von K on May 22, 2022 18:52:36 GMT -5
Thanks Terry, a lot to digest. I notice there seem to be plans for new stuff in addition to REHs material:
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2022 3:06:16 GMT -5
According to Malmberg, Marvel decided late last year not to extend its agreement with Heroic Signatures for the Conan license past the end of 2022. “The message we got was that they decided to not pursue licensed characters,” he explains, a detail with potential implications for Marvel further down the line***.
*** It’s worth bearing in mind that, technically, Star Wars, Alien, and Predator, all of which currently figure in Marvel’s publishing plans, might not count as licensed characters given that they’re owned by other subsidiaries of the larger Walt Disney Company. Is Marvel going to concentrate on only Disney-owned properties going forward – and, if so, would that really be a problem given just how much Disney actually owns these days? This detail feels like something that’s worth paying attention to in the future, outside of any Conan connection. www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/with-or-without-crom-1175162?utm_campaign=Issue&utm_content=view_in_browser&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Comics%2C+FYI Thanks Terry Really interesting what Fredrik had to say about Marvel not pursuing licensed characters. According to Graeme McMillan's new article Marvel will still be pursuing licensed characters - I guess they're just not interested in Conan. Link: www.getrevue.co/profile/ComicsFYI/issues/schrodinger-s-warhammer-1195067?utm_campaign=Issue&utm_content=view_in_browser&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Comics%2C+FYI
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Post by terryallenuk on May 29, 2022 5:40:37 GMT -5
Be interesting to see how sales go for those , can't see them being really top sellers after the first issue or two.
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Post by johnnypt on May 29, 2022 13:51:53 GMT -5
Those seem to be short term or one offs, though haven’t they done some Ultraman things in the recent past?
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Post by Jason Aiken on May 29, 2022 17:59:27 GMT -5
What if Marvel were to license DC characters for comics? Years ago when Marvel was in bankruptcy the opposite almost happened.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2022 2:16:39 GMT -5
If they go for Original Graphic Novels, it'll take a least a couple of years for anything to be released.
I'd love to see our Scott Oden as the main writer for a new series of Conan graphic novels.
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Post by terryallenuk on Jun 3, 2022 3:47:37 GMT -5
If they go for Original Graphic Novels, it'll take a least a couple of years for anything to be released. I'd love to see our Scott Oden as the main writer for a new series of Conan graphic novels. Be nice if they could get something prestigious produced to tie in with the Netflix series if/when it happens. Yes be great if Scott could be involved as he , along with John and Michael , seems to have been pushed aside at present with the prose novels.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Jun 3, 2022 8:05:29 GMT -5
If they go for Original Graphic Novels, it'll take a least a couple of years for anything to be released. Yeah given the state of the direct market it's going to be pretty fruitless to produce floppy comics at this point. The comic shops are surviving off of trading card game sales. Everyone is going to Amazon for buying trades and graphic novels since they are usually cheaper than the direct market. There really is no place for Conan on monthly comic shelves anymore, it's not like the Dark Horse days when the industry was healthy. Plus the character has been too damaged. First Wood's run, now with Marvel screwing up his solo series. Back up truck for Truman and Giorello to do OGNs.
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Post by johnnypt on Jun 3, 2022 12:11:11 GMT -5
And that's not even going into the back issue market. I just dumped off my individual issue collection...literally. Basically averaged out to a quarter a comic. Other than BWS CTB and the first issues of Savage Tales and SSOC, the store owner said nothing is of lasting value. He had DH Conan out of his ears, nothing moving. Post 1970, other titles were of interest for an issue here and there but that was it. And God forbid if you actually read them, he laughed and said "You actually used them for what they intended. But the collectors bust chops over the slightest blemish".
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Post by terryallenuk on Jun 3, 2022 13:15:18 GMT -5
And that's not even going into the back issue market. I just dumped off my individual issue collection...literally. Basically averaged out to a quarter a comic. Other than BWS CTB and the first issues of Savage Tales and SSOC, the store owner said nothing is of lasting value. He had DH Conan out of his ears, nothing moving. Post 1970, other titles were of interest for an issue here and there but that was it. And God forbid if you actually read them, he laughed and said "You actually used them for what they intended. But the collectors bust chops over the slightest blemish". Glad I got rid of mine about 5 years ago , I guess the collections available these days has made a big dent in the market.
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Post by johnnypt on Jun 3, 2022 14:26:36 GMT -5
And that's not even going into the back issue market. I just dumped off my individual issue collection...literally. Basically averaged out to a quarter a comic. Other than BWS CTB and the first issues of Savage Tales and SSOC, the store owner said nothing is of lasting value. He had DH Conan out of his ears, nothing moving. Post 1970, other titles were of interest for an issue here and there but that was it. And God forbid if you actually read them, he laughed and said "You actually used them for what they intended. But the collectors bust chops over the slightest blemish". Glad I got rid of mine about 5 years ago , I guess the collections available these days has made a big dent in the market. He said things come and go in a matter of months. I had Avengers #186 which linked to Wandavision, he said it was hot a few months back, but then dropped like a rock. I saw back when Loki premiered how FF #337 spiked since Owen Wilson's character was in there. He said he didn't even know that. To be fair I had cleaned out most of my 60s & early 70s issues over the past 5 years or so. Overall I'd say my collection brought in around $4000 and I still have the Masterworks and other Marvel HCs at the moment. Then I look at Mile High and Chuck is charging triple digits for issues I just practically gave away. Chances are he'd have gone low on me as well.
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Post by Monster on Jun 5, 2022 2:07:52 GMT -5
And that's not even going into the back issue market. I just dumped off my individual issue collection...literally. Basically averaged out to a quarter a comic. Other than BWS CTB and the first issues of Savage Tales and SSOC, the store owner said nothing is of lasting value. He had DH Conan out of his ears, nothing moving. Post 1970, other titles were of interest for an issue here and there but that was it. And God forbid if you actually read them, he laughed and said "You actually used them for what they intended. But the collectors bust chops over the slightest blemish".
Odd. Conan Marvel is really hot on eBay now. Even later issues are selling for $5, 10, 15 an issue! Lots are going for a decent chunk, when they used to go for next-to-nothing. Even the mid/later 90's polarizing mini-series and other short-lived volumes are climbing in value. A complete set of Conan the Adventurer or Conan (1995) used to sell for $15-20 or less. Now it is $50, 60 or more. And I am not referring to Buy it Nows that sit, but actual purchases and bids.
For a long time, yes, a lot of Conan the Barbarian, and Savage Sword, were in the dollar bins. You could not give them away. A lot of stores would have buy one get two free, etc. Savage Sword is going through the roof. A complete set could be bought for around $1000 not that long ago . . . now they regularly sell for $3000 - 4000.
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Post by irondavith on Jun 7, 2022 4:16:20 GMT -5
Hi. I had been buying the original Marvel Epic Collections as a wallet-friendly of reading the original comics – is it safe to assume they won't finish the run now that the license is leaving Marvel? Thanks for your input.
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