I would like to see a new title from Dynamite. In the 1980’s Marvel UK did an licenced originated strip using a license from Tomy UK for their Zoids toy line. This was very successful and showcased some of the early works from the likes of Grant Morrison (X-Men), Simon Furman (Transformers), Kev Hopgood (Iron Man, 2000ad), Geoff Senior (Transformers, Death’s Head) and John Ridgeway (Doctor Who), and David Hine.
It was a mature series and not representative of the target audience of the time. To date it has not been reprinted, as there seems to be some ambiguity about who owns the rights to print it. Back in 2006 I tried to get IDW to become interested in the idea, and was reasonably successful – IDW were smaller at the time and did not have the resource to see it through. The position was left that Marvel UK confirmed to me that they did not own the rights to reprint, as it had returned to Tomy – but Tomy seems to think it was still with Marvel. This is how it was left.
I would really love to see Dynamite take up the licence and reprint the series by some of the industries giants, which has not seen print in the US at all, and in the UK not since it’s original printing. The strip was originally cancelled when it looked like it was going to be launched into it’s own comic. This was never to be – half of issue one is complete and is on line somewhere, and back from 2006 Dave Hine confirmed that he thought he had some of the further pages or script from that issue somewhere around.
It would be great to see it finished and maybe continue with new serials.
I hope Dynamite would take this proposition seriously. Follow the link for the scans of the complete series http://www.zoidstar.com/comics.html
It was a mature series and not representative of the target audience of the time. To date it has not been reprinted, as there seems to be some ambiguity about who owns the rights to print it. Back in 2006 I tried to get IDW to become interested in the idea, and was reasonably successful – IDW were smaller at the time and did not have the resource to see it through. The position was left that Marvel UK confirmed to me that they did not own the rights to reprint, as it had returned to Tomy – but Tomy seems to think it was still with Marvel. This is how it was left.
I would really love to see Dynamite take up the licence and reprint the series by some of the industries giants, which has not seen print in the US at all, and in the UK not since it’s original printing. The strip was originally cancelled when it looked like it was going to be launched into it’s own comic. This was never to be – half of issue one is complete and is on line somewhere, and back from 2006 Dave Hine confirmed that he thought he had some of the further pages or script from that issue somewhere around.
It would be great to see it finished and maybe continue with new serials.
I hope Dynamite would take this proposition seriously. Follow the link for the scans of the complete series http://www.zoidstar.com/comics.html
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