Probably both Hasbro AND Marvel
Come to think of it, maybe Disney as well
>Disney has so many fucking underperformers that it affected Hasbro's sales on Star Wars and Marvel >Hasbro made serious mistakes like the packaging debacle, the DnD controversy and the Magic the Gathering controversies, among other things >Marvel's comics division has been having issues getting people interested in comics
>Marvel's comics division has been having issues getting people interested in comics
This. That's why they're resorting to nostalgia. They're also bringing back Ron Marz to write more cosmic Marvel.
>If he never got them for GotG...
It seems Mantlo negotiated terms with Shooter that necessitated Marvel buying the rights to Rocket from him to make the movies. Being that Marvel was normally work for hire, I suspect Epic Comics may have been involved as Shooter created that line for creator-owned comics.
Apparently before the first GOTG movie Disney quietly made sure his continuing heathcare and living situation is taken care of in a private institution instead of a nursing home to avoid the same PR stuff Warner got about Siegel & Shuster when the Superman movie came out.
I'm starting to think that maybe Marvel is getting the Transformers license back. They're willing to do fucking Planet of the Apes comics, and Transformers is a way more popular IP that that.
Big Hero 6 was a source of conflict between Marvel and Disney Animation as they didn't agree on what direction to take the characters and it led to Disney taking Disney Animation's side and Marvel deciding not to use Big Hero 6 since
What's also odd is seeing Big Hero 6 associated with actual Disney merch as opposed to Marvel merch
Oh, because of the context I thought you were asking if Marvel would be willing to get the GI Joe license and make new GI Joe comics, my bad.
I'm pretty sure IDW already reprinted all of Marvel's old GI Joe stuff anyway.
2 weeks ago
Anonymous
But not in omnis with the Marvel logo on them for all the omnibus collectors to buy and never read!
ROM is good on his own
He's a fun character but he's only really complete when applied to outside things
He's almost nothing without the Marvel Universe
There's a food analogy somewhere
Rom is worth more if he has the stuff that Marvel made back in the day
Without it there was barely much to work with as seen in IDW
2 weeks ago
Anonymous
It's the same with the micronauts who basically got split. So Marvel got to keep Rann and Mari and Bug and Hasbro got Karza and Acroyear etc. but without the other half neither is worth much.
2 weeks ago
Boco
ROM can still be fun without Marvel's stuff, with effort. You only need him and the Dire Wraiths to start with.
I'm starting to think that maybe Marvel is getting the Transformers license back. They're willing to do fucking Planet of the Apes comics, and Transformers is a way more popular IP that that.
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What about GI Joe?
The current rumor circulating around is that Kirkman's new series, Void Rivals (a science fiction ongoing about two warring factions in space), has a twist reveal at the first issue connecting it to Transformers as a shared canon as a way to reveal Skybound has it and GI Joe
>The blockbuster OBLIVION SONG team of ROBERT KIRKMAN & LORENZO DE FELICI debut the biggest new comic book series of 2023 with the launch of AN ALL-NEW SHARED UNIVERSE and a SURPRISE you won't see coming!
Sure does sound like it. Think they’ll include ROM and Micronauts, too?
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The current rumor circulating around is that Kirkman's new series, Void Rivals (a science fiction ongoing about two warring factions in space), has a twist reveal at the first issue connecting it to Transformers as a shared canon as a way to reveal Skybound has it and GI Joe
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/what-is-robert-kirkmans-big-secret-universe-in-void-rivals/
It's mainly speculation but retailers were recently told to keep a huge secret about it
Burnham was asked why they lost the license, he simply said someone gave a better offer with a pitch Hasbro was really into
https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/1494468877836824576
>shared universe >shared universe with some new literal who book
It's dead on arrival. This shit is what killed IDW Transformers in the first.
I'm not buying a TF book to read Kirkman shill his OCs.
The first issue of Void Rivals got a lot of orders prior to FOC
Granted, it's a first issue and numbers dwindle unless you're making Saga or SIKTC
I doubt it'll be THAT crucial as mandatory reading, otherwise wouldn't a Hasbro logo be present?
2 weeks ago
Boco
>but retailers were recently told to keep a huge secret about it
Yeah, so was mine. Hrm, now I'm all curious.
2 weeks ago
Anonymous
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/void-rivals-1-rockets-to-over-101000-orders-at-foc/
A retailer in the comments just blurted out that last Sunday's conference call had Kirkman land Transformers and GI Joe
2 weeks ago
Anonymous
i mean we've suspected as much is the case ever since IDW started to crumble under its own weight.
2 weeks ago
Anonymous
It's more about the possibility of this tying into Void Rivals
Technically the retailer didn't blatantly say it, just that Kirkman has the licenses but all signs point to Void Rivals being a stealth reveal
2 weeks ago
Boco
IDW didn't lose them due to money, Hasbro just liked the new guy's pitch more.
2 weeks ago
Anonymous
This whole "tie your own comic to other licenses" thing sounds a bit weird and maybe even risky.
2 weeks ago
Anonymous
Reminds me how in Infestation the actual threat crossing over with the licensed comics was something from an original series but nobody really notices that
>shared universe >shared universe with some new literal who book
It's dead on arrival. This shit is what killed IDW Transformers in the first.
I'm not buying a TF book to read Kirkman shill his OCs.
I hate this shit. I hated this shit in the 90s and I hate it now. how about instead of gay ass cameos we just do a fucking crossover? y'know like how marvel used to do in the fucking 70's and 80's? just slap the transformers brand on the front of the book and have the gay ass new kirkman characters function as guest stars.
Reminder that Techjacket was originally a character Kirkman wanted to use in a Transformers comic
I hate this shit. I hated this shit in the 90s and I hate it now. how about instead of gay ass cameos we just do a fucking crossover? y'know like how marvel used to do in the fucking 70's and 80's? just slap the transformers brand on the front of the book and have the gay ass new kirkman characters function as guest stars.
>how about instead of gay ass cameos we just do a fucking crossover?
Happens in their own isolated miniseries' with a few exceptions within ongoings outside of Marvel/DC titles during events
Would be cool if ROM and the Micronauts make little appearances in other Marvel titles for a few years like Conan did.
>Would be cool
Nope.
yes
Rogue would have to remember ROM made her wet, that would be funny
>Hasbro really trying to save face huh
Probably both Hasbro AND Marvel
Come to think of it, maybe Disney as well
>Disney has so many fucking underperformers that it affected Hasbro's sales on Star Wars and Marvel
>Hasbro made serious mistakes like the packaging debacle, the DnD controversy and the Magic the Gathering controversies, among other things
>Marvel's comics division has been having issues getting people interested in comics
>Marvel's comics division has been having issues getting people interested in comics
This. That's why they're resorting to nostalgia. They're also bringing back Ron Marz to write more cosmic Marvel.
Honestly how the fuck did all the companies suddenly go and make not just an extremely bad decision but a series of extremely bad decisions
It's funny and pathetic that they're trying to lure back the audience they worked so hard to drive away.
>Hasbro really trying to save face huh
what do you mean
Among other things, hiring Pinkertons to go after Magic leakers
Pinkertons. Those guys still exist? What century are we living in again?
I heard about the Pinkertons but what are some of the other things? Anything funny?
Who are the pinkertons?
Pinkerton is a venerable security/private investigation firm famous for strike breaking and lots of other hired goon type behavior.
I'm becoming a consoomer
if we get a shogun warriors omni somehow I will cum
The rights for that are way more complicated.
Hey so did Bill Mantlo finally die or what?
not yet, I'm honestly surprised he hasn't died yet though
Marvel quietly paid him enough to ensure the care facility won't evict him but just barely
Oh, he won't get any royalties or anything. If he never got them for GotG...
>If he never got them for GotG...
It seems Mantlo negotiated terms with Shooter that necessitated Marvel buying the rights to Rocket from him to make the movies. Being that Marvel was normally work for hire, I suspect Epic Comics may have been involved as Shooter created that line for creator-owned comics.
Apparently before the first GOTG movie Disney quietly made sure his continuing heathcare and living situation is taken care of in a private institution instead of a nursing home to avoid the same PR stuff Warner got about Siegel & Shuster when the Superman movie came out.
I'm starting to think that maybe Marvel is getting the Transformers license back. They're willing to do fucking Planet of the Apes comics, and Transformers is a way more popular IP that that.
>fucking Planet of the Apes comics
Because Disney owns FOX
It's part of their new imprint
They're likelier to take Buffy and Firefly
>Firefly
Hey, man some of us are trying to forget.
Disney owns lots of things, yet notice how Marvel doesn't publish comics for Disney animated characters, not even Big Hero 6.
am reminded of all the rights bullshit internally at wb/dc/cn/as
Big Hero 6 was a source of conflict between Marvel and Disney Animation as they didn't agree on what direction to take the characters and it led to Disney taking Disney Animation's side and Marvel deciding not to use Big Hero 6 since
What's also odd is seeing Big Hero 6 associated with actual Disney merch as opposed to Marvel merch
Because they didn't sell well for them so Dynamite approached Disney for the licenses instead
What about GI Joe?
The GI Joe license doesn't seem that valuable nowadays.
ROM and Micronauts are worth far less.
Yeah, but those are reprints of old material, not new comics they'd have to pay more to produce.
I didn't say anything about new comics?
Oh, because of the context I thought you were asking if Marvel would be willing to get the GI Joe license and make new GI Joe comics, my bad.
I'm pretty sure IDW already reprinted all of Marvel's old GI Joe stuff anyway.
But not in omnis with the Marvel logo on them for all the omnibus collectors to buy and never read!
>never read
Where does this cope come from?
poorfag throwing shade at /shelf/
ROM is kino, so he's worth far more
ROM is good on his own
He's a fun character but he's only really complete when applied to outside things
He's almost nothing without the Marvel Universe
There's a food analogy somewhere
Rom is worth more if he has the stuff that Marvel made back in the day
Without it there was barely much to work with as seen in IDW
It's the same with the micronauts who basically got split. So Marvel got to keep Rann and Mari and Bug and Hasbro got Karza and Acroyear etc. but without the other half neither is worth much.
ROM can still be fun without Marvel's stuff, with effort. You only need him and the Dire Wraiths to start with.
It's still a big deal in comics. If Marvel announced an ARAH omnibus it would be their biggest omni announcement of the year
The rumor I heard is that Image, specifically Kirkmans Skybound imprint, is planning on nabbing the rights
Just rumors though
The current rumor circulating around is that Kirkman's new series, Void Rivals (a science fiction ongoing about two warring factions in space), has a twist reveal at the first issue connecting it to Transformers as a shared canon as a way to reveal Skybound has it and GI Joe
>The blockbuster OBLIVION SONG team of ROBERT KIRKMAN & LORENZO DE FELICI debut the biggest new comic book series of 2023 with the launch of AN ALL-NEW SHARED UNIVERSE and a SURPRISE you won't see coming!
Sure does sound like it. Think they’ll include ROM and Micronauts, too?
Link?
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/what-is-robert-kirkmans-big-secret-universe-in-void-rivals/
It's mainly speculation but retailers were recently told to keep a huge secret about it
Burnham was asked why they lost the license, he simply said someone gave a better offer with a pitch Hasbro was really into
https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/1494468877836824576
The first issue of Void Rivals got a lot of orders prior to FOC
Granted, it's a first issue and numbers dwindle unless you're making Saga or SIKTC
I doubt it'll be THAT crucial as mandatory reading, otherwise wouldn't a Hasbro logo be present?
>but retailers were recently told to keep a huge secret about it
Yeah, so was mine. Hrm, now I'm all curious.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/void-rivals-1-rockets-to-over-101000-orders-at-foc/
A retailer in the comments just blurted out that last Sunday's conference call had Kirkman land Transformers and GI Joe
i mean we've suspected as much is the case ever since IDW started to crumble under its own weight.
It's more about the possibility of this tying into Void Rivals
Technically the retailer didn't blatantly say it, just that Kirkman has the licenses but all signs point to Void Rivals being a stealth reveal
IDW didn't lose them due to money, Hasbro just liked the new guy's pitch more.
This whole "tie your own comic to other licenses" thing sounds a bit weird and maybe even risky.
Reminds me how in Infestation the actual threat crossing over with the licensed comics was something from an original series but nobody really notices that
>Think they’ll include ROM and Micronauts, too?
Doubt it
>shared universe
>shared universe with some new literal who book
It's dead on arrival. This shit is what killed IDW Transformers in the first.
I'm not buying a TF book to read Kirkman shill his OCs.
Kirkman's books actually sell
That's the difference
They sell more than Transformers
Reminder that Techjacket was originally a character Kirkman wanted to use in a Transformers comic
>techjacket
jesus I havent thought of that book in years
I hate this shit. I hated this shit in the 90s and I hate it now. how about instead of gay ass cameos we just do a fucking crossover? y'know like how marvel used to do in the fucking 70's and 80's? just slap the transformers brand on the front of the book and have the gay ass new kirkman characters function as guest stars.
>how about instead of gay ass cameos we just do a fucking crossover?
Happens in their own isolated miniseries' with a few exceptions within ongoings outside of Marvel/DC titles during events
You know what would be cool? If this deal meant that they'd resolicited Uncanny X-Men Omnibus 5 and included the X-Men/Micronauts crossover in it
THE MICRONAUTS OMNIBUS
THE MICRONAUTS OMNIBUS IS REAL
Feels like Hasbro trying to make their older lines relevant again before a big push or something. Maybe those movies they keep promising.
So IDW lost all their Hasbro IPs? Do they still make pony comics?
And Dungeons and Dragons.
According the wikipedia the rights for Micronauts and Rom reverted to Marvel this month. there's nothing like that on the Transformers page.
>Wikipedia
But they could just have reprint rights. Doesn't seem like anyone is in a rush to make new material.
Have you got a better source aside from your gigantic ass?
No, just speculating.
First the Romnibus and now this. We eating good bros.
Wait...
>my LCS suggested I would like Void Rivals based on my past purchases
Huh.
>micronaut omni finally releasing
>somehow we were spared the fate of that god awful micronauts cartoon
maybe things can get better
>the issue of the Micronauts where they climb inside a woman's pussy to save a fellow Micronaut, only to all be trapped in the pussy.