tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post428930831648664943..comments2024-03-28T15:14:28.323-07:00Comments on Disciples of Boltax: So . . . why Spider-Man?Jimtronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138709079942253485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-42814129329188702942008-12-08T09:59:00.000-08:002008-12-08T09:59:00.000-08:00He-Man fought Superman? That's awesome in a bottl...He-Man fought Superman? That's awesome in a bottle, NuclearConvoy. As for Magneto, I can't but imagine that he'd tear through Transformers like a Sharkticon through a Lithone.Jimtronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138709079942253485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-25086801108877340972008-12-08T09:39:00.000-08:002008-12-08T09:39:00.000-08:00DC did the same thing with new titles, hence "DC C...DC did the same thing with new titles, hence "DC Comics Presents" #47, wherein Superman crosses over with the Masters of the Universe and has to fight He-Man under Skeletor's magic control!<BR/><BR/>Well, to be fair, they also used DC Comics Presents as a testing ground for new material, but MotU had its own com ic after the superman crossover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-30414233442597285452008-12-07T12:02:00.000-08:002008-12-07T12:02:00.000-08:00Reprint rights to the character were also harder/m...Reprint rights to the character were also harder/more expensive to get, right?<BR/><BR/>On the them of good characters for the Transformers to interract with, I've always thought Magneto would have been perfect... maybe too perfect. I'm not sure what they'd be able to do.Bishbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15755217157126229456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-49488032824345674222008-12-07T11:02:00.000-08:002008-12-07T11:02:00.000-08:00This is an interesting look at the dynamics of the...This is an interesting look at the dynamics of the comics business (something I've never really thought much about at length before). Funny how the editors of TRANSFORMERS would later act as if they were embarrassed about the crossover ("What about issue #3? Can we just forget about that, please?") as if they were acknowledging that the <I>only</I> reason it existed was to drive sales, not to cement the existence of the Transformers in the larger Marvel Universe.<BR/><BR/>ZobZobovorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937442132663140091noreply@blogger.com