Gold Key returns ...

[ubermanx]

Dynamite is reviving some old Gold Key characters last seen at Valiant in the 90's.

http://www.newsarama.com/19184-mark-waid-greg-pak-headline-dynamite-s-gold-key-revival.html

So this means even more New 52 titles are getting dropped from my pull list ..

Marty

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

This is great news! I was missing Shooter' Solar so happy these guys are back. The Magnus redesign looks awesome.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

Stuff like this always makes me kinda nervous. The Gold Key stuff was very much a product of it's time, and the new stuff kinda looks like generic modern'd up sort-of versions of the old stuff. Like the 90's versions. Not that it'll neccessarily be BAD; but I would MUCH prefer somebody did something new. REALLY new.

Don C.

[johnnystorm]

I haven't enjoyed any of the previous attempts at revival, neither the Valiant nor Dark Horse. As said, I love the original series, but you just can't always go home again.
That being said, I'm looking forward to Waid's Dr. Spector, as he's always shown a respect for the original source material for whatever he's working on. My only problem with Dynamite is they feel a need to crossover every series with another, and it's only a matter of time until Dr. Spector fights Vampirella & Barnabus Collins.

[ctc]

>I'm looking forward to Waid's Dr. Spector,

That's one I'm frightened of. I love the original, but it was very much inspired by the psychedellia of the 70's in look and themes. No matter how close to the original a new one is, I'm afraid it'll come across as just another "dude hunts monsters" comic.

>it's only a matter of time until Dr. Spector fights Vampirella & Barnabus Collins

....although part of me thinks that'd be nifty.... Dr Spektor tied into the other Gold Key stuff in toto back in the day. Dagar was a direct ancestor, he teamed up with Doctor Solar once, and I'm pretty sure Traag was one of his ancestors too; the first of the line and a harbinger for humanity against the dark gods. (If Samson ends up one of his descendants we'd have a perfect run I guess.)

Don C.

[jwyblejr]

Did I miss a memo or something? When did the 90s become cool? First with the stuff at DC and now this.

[ubermanx]

These characters are much older than the 90's ...

Did I miss a memo or something? When did the 90s become cool? First with the stuff at DC and now this.

[ctc]

>When did the 90s become cool?

Nostalgia = childhood +20 years.

Don C.

[johnnystorm]

I forgot about Spektor meeting Solar, and he also met The Owl (which Dynamite has too). Dagar & Tragg were cool books too that I liked, but you know, now that I think about it, a lot of my interest in those three comics comes from the art of the late Jesse Santos. I guess we'll have to see if Spektor is interesting to me without his art.