VIP Theory

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:47 pm

You guys remember that failed Magnus and Doctor Solar relaunches from a few years ago, with art by Pat Quinn on Solar and (I forget his name) on Magnus?

Could VIP be the people that were behind that?

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:04 pm

MOTA, I don't remember hearing about this, could you illuminate?

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:07 pm

Sometime ago an individual (I forget his name) tried to get the Solar and Magnus license from Golden Books to do series unrelated to the originals or the VALIANT versions.

In his Solar version, Solar fought demons or something like that, while the Magnus version looked like a cross between Fifth Element and Robotech.

gowaltrip · Post by **gowaltrip** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:35 pm

did that book ever get published? If it did, I want one!

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:43 pm

it didn't get published but here are the promo art pieces for each one...

here's magnus:

and here's solar:

gowaltrip · Post by **gowaltrip** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:54 pm

Wow! That looks pretty cool!

Too bad it never seen the light of day.

Dr. Phil Seleski · Post by **Dr. Phil Seleski** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:55 pm

The Magnus doesn't seem that much different to me.

Wow that Solar sure is different. I wouldn't even recognized him.

Todd Luck · Post by **Todd Luck** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:22 pm

I've seen the Solar one before. Is the other information for that series still on the net? Their was a sketch of the monster that was supposed to be the villian of the series with a very small bit about the story.

There was also one of Bloodshot in an outfit that looks a lot like Solar's oufit but it's red and with out the stars. I know I saw that was on Blood of Heroes' site (that may have been were I saw the link for Solar).

Magnus I've never seen before. Never knew it was part of that deal.

Petrilak is the only person I've seen other than Western who's ever applied for Solar (checked the US trademark office) but I don't know if he was involved in the little "project" Man of the Atom is thinking of. Petrilak, ofcourse, didn't get it even though the Western's tradmark was officially expired or dead by then.

Doubtful it has a connection to VIP.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:24 pm

The Bloodshot project you're thinking off had nothing to do with these Solar and Magnus projects.

That Bloodshot project was going to be published by Acclaim as the VH 3 Bloodshot after Unity 2000.

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:24 pm

Todd Luck wrote:Doubtful it has a connection to VIP.

Agreed.

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:25 pm

i think anthony (bloodofheroes?) had all this info on his website. is it still up? no idea...i remember him telling us that pat quinn had drawn several pages of a story that was to appear in wizard but the whole deal fell apart when the publisher found out that western was NOT granting them the rights to the character.

i remember there being a big stink about it due to work being done and people not being paid...but that's about all.

Todd Luck · Post by **Todd Luck** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:33 pm

ManofTheAtom wrote:The Bloodshot project you're thinking off had nothing to do with these Solar and Magnus projects.

That Bloodshot project was going to be published by Acclaim as the VH 3 Bloodshot after Unity 2000.

It was drawn by the same artist, hence my confusion. It didn't look like the Bloodshot from VH-3 in Unity 2000 #4. It was something Perham had done after he chunked the plans for the VH-3 in Unity 2000.

Here's more info for those curious:

http://www.geocities.com/angelo_mortall ... quinn.html

COMICKINGS · Post by **COMICKINGS** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:08 pm

Did Pat Quinn do the art for the promo pieces? It looks like his name on the Solar piece. The Magnus piece looks pretty cool!

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:17 am

ManofTheAtom wrote:You guys remember that failed Magnus and Doctor Solar relaunches from a few years ago, with art by Pat Quinn on Solar and (I forget his name) on Magnus?

Could VIP be the people that were behind that?

Sean Clauretie on Magnus, inks by Damon Hacker, color and story by Chris Sotomayor. More than doubt they are behind VIP. It's not their style and they've already been burned once.

/Magnus

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:10 am

I betcha' STAN LEE is behind all of it!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue May 10, 2005 11:08 am

Well, as Stan would say...Excelsior!

Loganfan · Post by **Loganfan** » Wed May 11, 2005 3:59 pm

ManofTheAtom wrote:Sometime ago an individual (I forget his name) tried to get the Solar and Magnus license from Golden Books to do series unrelated to the originals or the VALIANT versions.

In his Solar version, Solar fought demons or something like that, while the Magnus version looked like a cross between Fifth Element and Robotech.

I heard about that....never saw them.

How's it going, MOTA?

Mexico City OK these days?

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Wed May 11, 2005 4:02 pm

Loganfan wrote:I heard about that....never saw them.

How's it going, MOTA?

Mexico City OK these days?

Weather's inconsistant.

Days are or too hot or too cold or rainy, lol.

Redtrax · Post by **Redtrax** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:44 am

is that Magnus or Guy Gardner?

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Thu May 12, 2005 11:08 am

Redtrax wrote:is that Magnus or Guy Gardner?

You thought my posts were hard to get . . .

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