Broadway - What if?

davidb · Post by **davidb** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:43 pm

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I've been doing some looking around after reading some of the Broadway books (an interesting idea that got killed way too early).

I know a while back we'd talked about which of Shooter's other universes would fit well into the Valiant universe. I was curious as to what had happened to the Broadway trademarks, so I did a little digging.

As everybody knows, Broadway was bought out by Golden Books, which then promptly closed. Golden was then purchased by two companies: Random House...

...and Classic Media, which also owns the Magnus, Solar, and Turok properties.

My question is this - with Valiant under new ownership, and with the owners presumably wanting the three characters above back in the Valiant universe (I say presumably, because that's what I'd want), could the new owners look at possibly folding the Broadway universe into Valiant? And, to take it a step further, should they?

I'm curious to see you guys' opinions.

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:00 pm

It might be better to ask how much they would sell the properties for. There is no demand for them currently, so they could be had cheap, maybe. The new owners ought to see how much they'd sell Magnus, Solar, & Turok for, as well. If the properties are merely licensed, there could be trouble down the road when the license expires. I think they own the Defiant properties as well. What a combination of universe's THAT would be!---Steve

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:13 pm

I'm not sure if trying to get the rights or even trying to buy Defiant or Broadway would a good move for the new owners right now. However, I do think that going after the Gold Key characters is crucial for them.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:18 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:I'm not sure if trying to get the rights or even trying to buy Defiant or Broadway would a good move for the new owners right now. However, I do think that going after the Gold Key characters is crucial for them.

Agreed. There are plenty of stories yet to be told with the Valiant characters. All those other universes are better left on their own IMO.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:37 pm

I think it depends if Shooter is involved. It's not something I would like to see right away as I think they should start small, but if things get rolling again that would be really cool to see Star Seed and Plasm showing up in the Valiant U, maybe in some sort of crossover like Unity.