tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post6677101160469201405..comments2024-03-28T03:10:19.013-07:00Comments on Fraggmented: Essential Update '08John Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07530526320973807452noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-53222275893456546502008-11-24T14:09:00.000-08:002008-11-24T14:09:00.000-08:00Of course, MoKF is perhaps the mother of all right...Of course, MoKF is perhaps the mother of all rights issues, since virtually the entire series uses the lapsed-license Sax Rohmer characters Denis Nayland-Smith, Fu Manchu, Fah Lo Suee, and Douglas Petrie.<BR/><BR/>It's rather unlike ROM, where all the mythology was basically developed by Marvel save for the visual design of the title character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-90204767339288165842008-11-20T23:28:00.000-08:002008-11-20T23:28:00.000-08:00Sweet idea. I'd buy most of those, even if once I ...Sweet idea. I'd buy most of those, even if once I got them they weren't nearly as good as I remember them (i.e. Nova, Ms. Marvel). I don't understand how the ROM rights could still be tied up since that cheap piece of crap toy hasn't made a sale in almost thirty years. <BR/><BR/>I'd also love to see the early Adam Warlock series, the Christ allegory that ran before the Starlin epics. I don't think it's ever been reprinted.<BR/><BR/>Love the column!Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055399941337038633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-56331218737960416502008-11-20T18:27:00.000-08:002008-11-20T18:27:00.000-08:00Marvel let the trademark on the "Champions" name l...Marvel let the trademark on the "Champions" name lapse, and Heroic Publishing came along and started publishing a series called "The League of Champions".<BR/><BR/>Trademarks aren't like copyrights, you have to actively defend them to keep them going, so when Marvel went back to publish a new Champions series a little while back, they found that doing so would infringe on Heroic's trademark, even though they had an older series with that name. So it was changed to "The Order". (A similar situation exists in reverse with Marvel and DC and "Captain Marvel".)<BR/><BR/>In short, Marvel can't call a new series "The Champions", but clearly, they can market reprints, because they're putting out volumes of "Classic Champions" now. So I hedged my bets by saying there "might" be rights issues to doing an Essential.John Seaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221569513392130884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-54909313362934476272008-11-20T11:42:00.000-08:002008-11-20T11:42:00.000-08:00What are the rights issues surrounding the Champio...What are the rights issues surrounding the Champions? I was unaware of any issues.<BR/><BR/>I disagree about Spiderman 2099 being the best of the original 2099 group. What i liked best about (most of) the 2099 world was that the definition of Hero has changed since the end of the second age of heroes, and the characters in that world reflect that. Ravage, Doom, the Punisher all represent the norm of the year 2099. Anti heroes that kill, betray, and lie to get the job done. Even later characters like Hulk, Ghost Rider and the X-Men are anti-heroic.<BR/>That's why i feel like Spiderman 2099 is out of place. He is the only character in that world that is actually heroic. He is a relic in a world with no morals. If they had played on that concept, things might have been different, but to my knowledge, they never did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-39008904883809992102008-11-20T11:00:00.000-08:002008-11-20T11:00:00.000-08:00In the case of a series like "What If", where indi...In the case of a series like "What If", where individual issues might have rights problems but the series doesn't, it's a relatively simple matter to just skip the problematic issues. So issues 13, 16, 39 and 43 of the original series would probably get skipped, but that still leaves plenty to collect.<BR/><BR/>(And for the record, I'm pretty sure there are no rights issues surrounding Howard the Duck, even though some Steve Gerber fans might wish there were. All of the problems they had with Disney have long been resolved, and they've already released one 'Essential Howard the Duck' volume.)John Seaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221569513392130884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-91104686885342870652008-11-20T07:40:00.000-08:002008-11-20T07:40:00.000-08:00I would kill, or at least seriously maim, for a se...I would kill, or at least seriously maim, for a set of <I>Master Of Kung Fu</I> Essentials. <I>Spider-Man 2099</I> would be aces, too. And yeah, <I>Excalibur</I> would be pretty sweet, too. Good call as usual.Dylan Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550687762896316858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-43317432058588474252008-11-20T07:37:00.000-08:002008-11-20T07:37:00.000-08:00I'd love to see What If? as well, but I wonder if ...I'd love to see <I>What If?</I> as well, but I wonder if there aren't enough rights issues in there to make it hard to print. Conan, Howard the Duck, there must have been a ROM issue or two, etc.Tom Clancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14687197035697070309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-1591883521591016612008-11-20T06:57:00.000-08:002008-11-20T06:57:00.000-08:00Wow, just the fact that you know all this really i...Wow, just the fact that you know all this really impresses upon me what a huge nerd you are. That's a compliment ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com