Would Dark Horse buy VEI?

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:05:24 pm

superman-prime wrote:ya well acclaim was a little off at best

And went down in flames....

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:06:45 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:Still a whole lot cheaper than the 65 million Acclaim paid for Valiant.

best point on the page. The kind of money we are talking about is small in the corporate world

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:16:52 pm

ya it is a million to launch 10 titles that could net ya 300 k a month (at 30 issue run each) which is not a far fetched idea

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:44:57 pm

I doubt it—with the 5 Gold Key titles and Jim Shooter on deck DH already has a great start.

Further if the line does well and Shooter remains I think Valiant will have a harder time relaunching any title.

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superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:09:13 am

congrats i see dh going after the rest and we still have no idea what is getting launched as far as content

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:22:20 am

I’m not going to be negative—it would be awesome if DH chose acquire the properties. My only question is why they didn’t so in the first place?

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:24:59 am

good question?

hindsight, they had GK they might not care either about the ve1 world

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:41:46 am

Obviously DH is in the better position to resurrect the Valiant universe we know and love. I still think its a long shot though--wait and see…

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:14:18 am

sanman wrote:Obviously DH is in the better position to resurrect the Valiant universe we know and love. I still think its a long shot though--wait and see…

We should be good at that by now.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:39:54 pm

I've stopped waiting - I believe we won't ever see this universe we love live again.

-slym

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:01:37 pm

slym2none wrote:I've stopped waiting - I believe we won't ever see this universe we love live again.

-slym

At all?
Or just under the current ownership?

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:07:12 pm

Draco wrote:
slym2none wrote:I've stopped waiting - I believe we won't ever see this universe we love live again.

-slym
At all?
Or just under the current ownership?

Never say never.

When Valiant first launched Magnus and Solar, who would have ever thought those 2 characters would ever be seen again.

In the 1970's, when DC bought the rights to Captain Marvel, nobody saw that coming.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:29:44 pm

Draco wrote:
slym2none wrote:I've stopped waiting - I believe we won't ever see this universe we love live again.

At all?
Or just under the current ownership?

Unless I win the mega-millions (which I don't play much) and buy these properties myself, then I get the feeling this is truly a dead universe. IMHO, if VEI gets any comics out ever, they won't be good.

I am a natural pessimist, don't forget.

-slym

tmcneil82 · Post by **tmcneil82** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:37:35 pm

I can totally see VEI buying these. Hell, i can even see Image picking them up for the right price. I imagine if they sell again, they will be 1/2 of what VEI paid, at best.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:46:15 pm

tmcneil82 wrote:I can totally see VEI buying these. Hell, i can even see Image picking them up for the right price. I imagine if they sell again, they will be 1/2 of what VEI paid, at best.

I dunno, they have a lot more sunk in than their initial investment.

If I had it to spend, I'd offer $10 million for the properties and to STFU about them forever.

Then I'd see what Mike R. had to say over at Dark Horse about getting our universe back.

-slym

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:17:08 pm

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:17:14 pm

slym2none wrote:If I had it to spend, I'd offer $10 million for the properties and to STFU about them forever.

Dude, impossible! If there's one thing you and I have in common above all else it's that we have the right to remain silent, but completely lack the ability to do so.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:32:25 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
slym2none wrote:If I had it to spend, I'd offer $10 million for the properties and to STFU about them forever.
Dude, impossible! If there's one thing you and I have in common above all else it's that we have the right to remain silent, but completely lack the ability to do so.

Nonono... for "VEI" to STFU forever. That's part of what the $10 mill is for, see?

-slym

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:59:08 am

I'd do the same thing, slym.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:20:59 pm

I think content matters, for example if they tie in to anything in the voyager universe they will rise if not they will go up a touch out of new intreast but thats it

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:56:52 pm

I think an incredibly successful launch of a new Shooterverse would bring interest to all his previous universes. (New Universe, Valiant, Defiant, and Broadway)
That's what I expect if this Dark Horse Gold Key launch is incredibly successful. If the books are as good as early Valiant I expect this launch to be incredibly successful at some point.
Just one fan's opinion.

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:58:07 pm

StarBrand wrote:I think an incredibly successful launch of a new Shooterverse would bring interest to all his previous universes. (New Universe, Valiant, Defiant, and Broadway)
That's what I expect if this Dark Horse Gold Key launch is incredibly successful. If the books are as good as early Valiant I expect this launch to be incredibly successful at some point.
Just one fan's opinion.

hope you are correct

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:59:23 pm

dhudson1 wrote:
StarBrand wrote:I think an incredibly successful launch of a new Shooterverse would bring interest to all his previous universes. (New Universe, Valiant, Defiant, and Broadway)
That's what I expect if this Dark Horse Gold Key launch is incredibly successful. If the books are as good as early Valiant I expect this launch to be incredibly successful at some point.
Just one fan's opinion.
hope you are correct

I'm drinking the kool-aid on this one.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:02:19 pm

I think all of us hope you are right we are sitting on 250k Valiants between us

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:03:33 pm

superman-prime wrote:I think all of us hope you are right we are sitting on 250k Valiants between us

Ha ha! Let's see if the Dark Horse stuff is as good as early Valiant and go from there.

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