![]() ![]() To Johnny Memeonic-While I also wish these IPs had more activity, you can’t just demand that they go into public domain after 50 years. A quick Amazon check shows most of them are OOP. This 27-volume hardcover series was a model of representing classic material in a lasting, durable format, but we’re not sure they ever really reprint archives, so the question might be moot anyway. The ending of the Spirit/DC relationship could leave the beautiful color Spirit Archives series orphaned. Plus…people who know who Doc Savage is aren’t likely to be in the prime of their comics buying life…although they may be. Since then, we’ve heard that at WB it was pointed out that DC paying good money to license old characters didn’t make much sense when they had their own catalog of little-used characters to exploit. You’ll recall that The Spirit, Doc Savage, Rima and The Blackhawks were all part of the “First Wave” line of reconfigured pulp heroes that DC canceled quite suddenly a few years ago, supposedly because of a rights issue. ![]() On his Facebook page, Dan Didio was asked “Are the Spirit, Doc Savage and the Avenger still at DC? Will we see them again?” only to respond with, “Sorry to say but none of these characters are still at DC but here’s hoping that another publisher gets them back in print soon.” It seems that DC has stopped its program of licensing old pulp heroes, based on a post on Dan DiDio’s Facebook page, as reported by Graeme McMillan: ![]()
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