If DC had bought Crossgen, more likely they would have been mined for possible Vertigo projects which I think would have upped the quality from what they originally were.

Personally, I think Shazam is going to be great although I dislike the renaming from Captain Marvel. The hood he now sports is perfect, and if the character is written the way DC has reinvigorated Aquaman, Swamp Thing and Wonder Woman, it should theoretically be what Captain Whitebread has needed to muster some new fans. Plus, if Mary Marvel is back to her good old wholesome self and not Morrison’s dominatrix, I’ll be a happy camper.

and really what will DC gona do with it?let me guess,they will intergrated them into regular DCU world?
no thanks,i prefer they have their own world.

also their current stance to Shazam doesn’t give me any confidence with DC anymore

Red Circle isn’t owned by DC, they were licenced from Archie comics. Milestone is also licensed to DC and are not owned by them either. So do some research first.

DC at least have done something to promote acquired properties over the years, and it’s up to the readers to decide whether those properties continue. DC will be reintroducing Captain Marvel (Shazam) soon, they’ve had a bit of success with the Spirit, Doc Savage, and the Charleton and Wildstorm heroes are still active in the main DC Universe.

Shift the lens over to Marvel and they’ve barely spent an iota of interest in those old Malibu properties ever since they were acquired sixteen years ago. Name one Malibu character that is active and has been integrated into the Marvel or Ultimate Universe. The only thing that they have done worth noting is Men in Black which is getting a new movie, and Exiles which has completely disappeared.

So yeah, the ratio of usage with acquired properties between DC and Marvel is huge. DC takes an interest; Marvel of today does not.

Marvel of the ’70s and ’80s on the other hand, now that was a comic book company. Quesada, you suck!

I would be very nice to have an Omnibus or two of those issues on much better paper of course. I haven’t pulled them out of their Mylars in awhile and now I feel like reading them again. Actually it would be ideal to have many of the First, Eclipse and Comico series in a Archive/Omnibus format.

Yeah, House of Mouse did acquire Crossgen before Marvel. My point was Crossgen may have been in better hands under DC.

Anyhow, Miracleman written by Moore was fantastic. It was a crazy and incredible re-imagining of Captain Marvel (DC/Fawcett version) and the Marvel family, and sort of helped open the doors of acceptability for works like Dark Knight Returns and Moore’s later seminal work in Watchmen.

To this day, I’m thankful I was able to grab most of his run on Miracleman because I know I’ll never see it reprinted as long as I live.

SHAZAM! Uh, I mean … KIMOTA!

Who cares about yet another Superman inspired character?

@Graeme – do you have a link to the story you reference? This is the second blog post this week that I don’t find the link to the original story being discussed.

Marvel never does anything worthwhile with non-Marvel created characters. They may throw the occasional bone like what they did with those Crossgen minis, but hey look, they decided not to publish anymore of those. Miracleman/Marvelman should have been acquired by DC, along with Crossgen.

Miracleman is gone. Fans should let it fade, already.