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Post by Elveen »

After I was always more interested in: Shadowman, A&A, Gilly, X-O, Darque, Toyo, ect.

Solar was needed to start the Uni, and the beginning stories of Magnus are brilliant. But after that.... not really interested.

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So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:

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Blood of Heroes wrote:So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:
wrunnow only gets to have an opinion when I gets me some free fuel!

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X-O HoboJoe wrote:
Blood of Heroes wrote:So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:
wrunnow only gets to have an opinion when I gets me some free fuel!

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Blood of Heroes wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
Blood of Heroes wrote:So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:
wrunnow only gets to have an opinion when I gets me some free fuel!

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Blood of Heroes wrote:So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:
A differing opinion, MUST be a shill, right???

I have met Mark G. (wrunow's real name) and can assure anyone he is in no way affiliated with VEI except maybe as a VALIANT fan that wants to see comics produced ASAP.

Like Mark said... who is this "SolarGod" again?



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Elveen wrote:After I was always more interested in: Shadowman, A&A, Gilly, X-O, Darque, Toyo, ect.

Solar was needed to start the Uni, and the beginning stories of Magnus are brilliant. But after that.... not really interested.
I’m all about pre-Unity anyway, and to me that means Shooter. I guess I’m just hoping for lighting to strike twice.

Like many of you my favorite titles were not the Gold Key licensed properties. I’d much rather see X-O, Shadowman, Rai, Eternal Warrior, and A&A back in publication first but Shooter’s new universe is better than no universe.

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sanman wrote: I’m all about pre-Unity anyway, and to me that means Shooter. I guess I’m just hoping for lighting to strike twice.
:clap: :clap: :clap:



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slym2none wrote:except maybe as a VALIANT fan that wants to see comics produced ASAP.


Ohhhhhhh. Is that why we're here?


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Blood of Heroes wrote:
slym2none wrote:except maybe as a VALIANT fan that wants to see comics produced ASAP.


Ohhhhhhh. Is that why we're here?


:P
Heh - I am just trying to put a line in the sand, I guess. Some are "for" VEI and some are "for" Shooter.

And most all of us are saddened by the whole thing.



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X-O HoboJoe wrote:
Blood of Heroes wrote:So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:
wrunnow only gets to have an opinion when I gets me some free fuel!
Hell yeah ... I ain't driving to Maine unless I gets some free gas, and maybe some of those burritoes.

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slym2none wrote:
Blood of Heroes wrote:
slym2none wrote:except maybe as a VALIANT fan that wants to see comics produced ASAP.


Ohhhhhhh. Is that why we're here?


:P
Heh - I am just trying to put a line in the sand, I guess. Some are "for" VEI and some are "for" Shooter.

And most all of us are saddened by the whole thing.



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X-O HoboJoe wrote:
Blood of Heroes wrote:So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:
wrunnow only gets to have an opinion when I gets me some free fuel!
depluto wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
Blood of Heroes wrote:So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:
wrunnow only gets to have an opinion when I gets me some free fuel!
Hell yeah ... I ain't driving to Maine unless I gets some free gas, and maybe some of those burritoes.
If you guys can get here, I got a free tank for you!

Actually, let's make it official, anyone from the board that finds me here in Maine will get a fill up on me.

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wrunow wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
Blood of Heroes wrote:So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:
wrunnow only gets to have an opinion when I gets me some free fuel!
depluto wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
Blood of Heroes wrote:So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:
wrunnow only gets to have an opinion when I gets me some free fuel!
Hell yeah ... I ain't driving to Maine unless I gets some free gas, and maybe some of those burritoes.
If you guys can get here, I got a free tank for you!

Actually, let's make it official, anyone from the board that finds me here in Maine will get a fill up on me.

I'll settle for a sandwich! :thumb:

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Blood of Heroes wrote:
wrunow wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
Blood of Heroes wrote:So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:
wrunnow only gets to have an opinion when I gets me some free fuel!
depluto wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
Blood of Heroes wrote:So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:
wrunnow only gets to have an opinion when I gets me some free fuel!
Hell yeah ... I ain't driving to Maine unless I gets some free gas, and maybe some of those burritoes.
If you guys can get here, I got a free tank for you!

Actually, let's make it official, anyone from the board that finds me here in Maine will get a fill up on me.

I'll settle for a sandwich! :thumb:
From Maine to San Diego better have it sent Express :P

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With regards to the GK3 (/GK4) and the prospective DH vs VEI universes, to be honest as long as something gets published somewhere I'll be happy.

Let me qualify: someone mentioned that it could be interesting to see DH build a new comic book universe around the GK 4 (plus there are some additional characters to bring in - eg Dr Spektor). Maybe I was making a big assumption, but I had assumed that it woul always be the case that DH planned an integrated universe of some sort around the properties.

It has been apparent for some time (and hereI dispute VEI's assertions in the court papers, and so this is not fact, just my opinion) that the GK3 were not going to play a part in the foundation of a new VALIANT. That was okay to me too. Why? Well to bring in new readers (vital to go beyond the regular 100 or so posters here if market success is desirable), then a soft reboot has always made the most logical sense to me (sacriligeous as it may seems to some). It would clear out latter-publication VALIANT problems and allows for the books to launch either at the start or in media res, so to speak. The point is that without the GK3, there were some great characters to build titles around, even without considering the 41st century. What I could see (again opinion, and again I do not take VEI's assertions at face value I am afraid) was that there was enough for a new VALIANT universe.

Now if there had been concurrent DH/GK4 and VALIANT universes, both starting from the ground up, I would have been very happy. It may have been the final nail in the coffin for my collecting of many 'big two' titles. However for some time only one line has looked likely. Now that looks a little less likely (but still more probable than the other line ever seeing the light of day any time soon).

Getting back to the point of the thread: I buy into universes generally, not characters as a primary consideration. With a notion that DH were hopefully planning a GK-based universe, then I was sold on the idea. If VEI published sans the GK3, I was also on board. So it isn't about the characters for me, but the universes they inhabit. Which means solid storytelling, art and creative direction/vision. Looks like I may only to get to visit one of those two potential new universes next year.
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Re: Solar, Magnus, etc., outside the Valiant Universe

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depluto wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I really could give a rat's *SQUEE* to read new stories for these characters outside of the Valiant Universe. I never gave a crap about any of those old Gold Key stories, the only thing that made them interesting to me was their context inside the VU from the 1990s.

So it doesn't really matter to me whether or not DH produces new books with those characters, even if Shooter is the writer. I would much rather see them back in the VU or not at all.
I'm of the opposite opinion. I was a fan of Magnus and Turok long before Valiant, and if they hadn't been a part of the original Valiant Universe (along with Solar, to a lesser extent), I might not have given it a try. I remember the first time I saw the cover to Magnus #12 and I was hooked. I'm definitely looking forward to new stories with these characters.

On the other hand, I think what's left of the Valiant Universe is significantly weakened without Magnus and Solar. I was never a big Shadowman/Darque fan, so I would be interested in Harbinger and possibly Rai and X-O. I guess it would be possible to tell new stories without Magnus and Solar, but it would feel a bit incomplete to me.

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slym2none wrote:
Blood of Heroes wrote:So wrunow isn't allowed to have his own opinion now huh? Some of you guys need to calm the *SQUEE* down. :roll:
A differing opinion, MUST be a shill, right???

I have met Mark G. (wrunow's real name) and can assure anyone he is in no way affiliated with VEI except maybe as a VALIANT fan that wants to see comics produced ASAP.

Like Mark said... who is this "SolarGod" again?



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To be fair, I was the first one who used the word shill in this thread. I used the word in the sense that wrunow appears to endorse VEI at every turn with his posts about the subject, even to the point of saying that Shooter was "stolen away". Like I said, I understand this is because of his friendship with Dinesh and he is entitled to feel that way. Again, we have no idea about what has happened, just VEI's version. To some of you, their word appears to be good as gold. To others, there is reason to doubt them.

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Post by ncameron »

Having acquired a few of the Dark Horse Magnus collections, I think while some of the writing and pacing are dated, that the concept is a great one.

Given how much I enjoyed Shooters recent run on Legion up until it was greatly shortened and he had to fit a 6 issue arc into 2 issues, I am interested to see what he does with Magnus again. The ties to the Valiant Universe are easy enough to ignore, I mean it still guy *SQUEE* *SQUEE* up in the future.

But I do hope the Dark Key editions drop the battle tunic.

-neil

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ncameron wrote: But I do hope the Dark Key editions drop the battle tunic.

-neil
To me, that battle tunic is just as iconic as Superman's tights. I hope they keep that look, white boots and all.

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Daniel Jackson wrote:
ncameron wrote: But I do hope the Dark Key editions drop the battle tunic.

-neil
To me, that battle tunic is just as iconic as Superman's tights. I hope they keep that look, white boots and all.
Have you seen Samson's look? :lol: Think of Torque in a furry, red, one-shouldered battle tunic.

And an eye-patch! :thumb:

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Daniel Jackson wrote:
ncameron wrote: But I do hope the Dark Key editions drop the battle tunic.

-neil
To me, that battle tunic is just as iconic as Superman's tights. I hope they keep that look, white boots and all.
I would like to see some general updates to the tunic—like Marvel did with Ultimate Captain America—but the basic look has to stay recognizably Magnus. I hated all of his later Valiant uniforms. The Giffen one was the worst.

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Since if VEI cant use Magnus or Solar but still have Torque and Phil they can use them in place and still have a decent VALIANT universe,I dont know if it would work or how fans would respond but as long as X-O was still there I would still buy the books.I was never much of a Turok Fan though.

I still hope that this lawsuit will work itself out Shooter and VEI will patch things up and we get Shooter's vision of VALIANT,i know its a small dream but i still hope it would come true.

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Daniel Jackson wrote:
ncameron wrote: But I do hope the Dark Key editions drop the battle tunic.

-neil
To me, that battle tunic is just as iconic as Superman's tights. I hope they keep that look, white boots and all.
You misunderstand what he meant dj-he's hoping for "adult" themed comics


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