Archie Comics' perennial low rent superheroes, the Mighty Crusaders are about to get a new lease on life, courtesy once again of DC Comics. DC have already had a try and a miss at these guys with the 90's !MPACT comics line, a short-lived reboot/revamp of the Shield, the Fly, The Comet, and the Web. The Archie heroes had their origins in the 1940's, and have been a perpetually mediocre performer for the teen-humor publisher after the initial boom, so I'm not surprised they just sold the lot. Buyouts are nothing new to DC, who have built their universe on acquired properties. What is new is that they haven't done this since they picked up the Charlton characters way back when. Unlike the !MPACT line, the next versions of the characters will retain their classic looks and will be fully integrated into the DC universe via team-ups with Batman in the pages of The Brave and the Bold. I'm not sure if they'll be brand new, or shoehorned into old stories, but I'm intrigued enough to check it out....
3 comments:
actually, that looks pretty cool. i'm glad they'll be trying them out in the Brave & the Bold first, though. it's the perfect book for this sort of thing. looking forward to this, a lot.
play it straight and it could work.
So does this mean that DC the bought characters permanently?
No, they are licensing them from Archie Comics. I'm not sure how much DC can do with the characters.
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