Comments on: Warners Offered To License DC Comics to Marvel In 1984?!? http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/08/29/warners-offered-to-sell-marvel-dc-comics-in-1984/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:46:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: M. http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/08/29/warners-offered-to-sell-marvel-dc-comics-in-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-668376 M. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:29:05 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=28394#comment-668376 If this deal had gone through, I doubt many of the classics of the '80s & '90s would have come about. Watchmen, DKR, Sandman, Preacher, Arkham Asylum etc. possibly would never have existed. Competition is a good thing even though I feel someday Time/Warner/DC and Disney/Marvel will eventually merge. Super Mega-Corporations will likely be the wave of the future. If this deal had gone through, I doubt many of the classics of the ’80s & ’90s would have come about. Watchmen, DKR, Sandman, Preacher, Arkham Asylum etc. possibly would never have existed.

Competition is a good thing even though I feel someday Time/Warner/DC and Disney/Marvel will eventually merge. Super Mega-Corporations will likely be the wave of the future.

]]> By: Jae http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/08/29/warners-offered-to-sell-marvel-dc-comics-in-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-668211 Jae Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:09:24 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=28394#comment-668211 I am so glad it worked out the way it did. I have fallen away from Marvel and have moved to DC. I believe that right now DC has the better talent and the better books. The way Marvel is heading, in my view, they will crash very soon. I am so glad it worked out the way it did. I have fallen away from Marvel and have moved to DC. I believe that right now DC has the better talent and the better books.

The way Marvel is heading, in my view, they will crash very soon.

]]> By: Idran http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/08/29/warners-offered-to-sell-marvel-dc-comics-in-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-668094 Idran Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:54:09 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=28394#comment-668094 It wasn't just money. Like the article says: around the same time, First Comics sued Marvel alleging anti-trust violations, since Marvel at the time had something like a 70% market share. That's a horrible time to even think about taking control of the publication of the IP of your biggest competitor. It wasn’t just money. Like the article says: around the same time, First Comics sued Marvel alleging anti-trust violations, since Marvel at the time had something like a 70% market share. That’s a horrible time to even think about taking control of the publication of the IP of your biggest competitor.

]]> By: James Van Hise http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/08/29/warners-offered-to-sell-marvel-dc-comics-in-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-668066 James Van Hise Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:25:19 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=28394#comment-668066 Although some people like to discount everything Jim Shooter says (sometimes with good reason) I remember hearing about this in 1984. Basically DC at the time was willing to license its characters to any publisher with the $$$. But apparently the money they were looking for wasn't offered to them. Although some people like to discount everything Jim Shooter says (sometimes with good reason) I remember hearing about this in 1984. Basically DC at the time was willing to license its characters to any publisher with the $$$. But apparently the money they were looking for wasn’t offered to them.

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