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Post by BIGKEV on Nov 21, 2007 21:05:47 GMT -5
I have covered the death of Bruce Wayne, his ascendancy as a Fifth World New God, and his replacement here on Earth.
I can now tell you that the new Batman will be designed by Alex Ross and will see Jason Todd under the cowl.
Poor Dick Grayson. Don't you hate it when someone junior to you is promoted above your head?
This is all part of a cross-continuity, longform story by Grant Morrison and in terms of structure bears similarity to his “New X-Men,” but on a far wider scale. It sounds rather good.
I understand there's a possibility DC may be reprinting the published works as trade paperbacks, with a little Miracleman-style skirting around Magnus and Solar for copyright purposes. And probably paying a lot less for the rights than they would have had to years ago when Acclaim made the offer...
Last week's story about Marvel's profits being so high in part due to "the benefit provided by the settlement of the audit claims" pricked up a couple of ears. It turns out that as part of a licensee's agreement with Marvel is that the licensee is regularly audited, and can be heavily fined for making any mistakes. However, they can't complain to anyone about it. So no other licensee is put off making a deal.
Of course, there's always the flipside of the coin, where licensees get away with ripping Marvel Comics off.
However, auditing fines for licensees have, of late, turned into a small but growing revenue raiser for the company. And can make more profit than a few of their existing comics!
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