[SDCC] Shooter & Dark Horse revamp Gold Key/Valiant characters! YEE!

[VinceB]

Dark Horse announced Saturday at Comic-Con International in San Diego that it will be publishing new series
based on classic Gold Key characters like Turok, Doctor Solar, and Magnus: Robot Fighter. Jim Shooter, who previously helmed a relaunch of these characters as Editor-in-Chief of Valiant Comics, will be writing at least some of the titles, though details have not been finalized. Shooter will be overseeing all of the new Gold Key titles developed for Dark Horse. CBR News caught up with Shooter for a brief chat about the new initiative.

“The point is that I'm going to write as much as I possibly can,” Shooter told CBR. Though the new series will feature interpretations of these characters different from both the classic and Valiant versions, Shooter's process for reinvention will be similar to what he did in the '90s. “I think in situations like this, you always need to think about the essence of the character and keep that," he said. "So for Superman, you ask a thousand people what they know about Superman and they'll tell you Daily Planet, Kryptonite, Lois Lane. Whatever most of the thousand people say, that's what you keep. If no one mentions the Fortress of Solitude, you don't need it. Half the stuff you can change. It's the same with these characters. I'm going to try to stay true to the original concept of the character, which is what I tried to do the first time through. I'm going to try to bring something new to it. I have a chance to do it again and do it better.”

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[InspectorSpacetime]

i believe it was one grant morrison who said that the future of comics is not new characters but the reimagineing of existing  characters.

[deadcowaroma]

Solar and Turok are pretty bad ass. I'm looking forward to this, especially if they use a retro take on it, like the logos hint at.

[Matt H.O.W.L.]

i believe it was one grant morrison who said that the future of comics is not new characters but the reimagineing of existing  characters.

Then the answering shot heard 'round the world was fired

but, seriously, I love how Shooter described his way of assessing the valuable parts of a character: ask the people; the parts that stuck worked

[clever_username]

I just made a happy in my pants.

[evaD]

Then the answering shot heard 'round the world was fired

but, seriously, I love how Shooter described his way of assessing the valuable parts of a character: ask the people; the parts that stuck worked

Did that ever come out?

[Jay Tomio]

Back to show people how it's done  Time is not absolute

[BobBretall]

Saw an article on CBR that does not appear to have been mentioned on the forum yet:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22234

Dark Horse announced Saturday at Comic-Con International in San Diego that it will be publishing new series based on classic Gold Key characters like Turok, Doctor Solar, and Magnus: Robot Fighter. Jim Shooter, who previously helmed a relaunch of these characters as Editor-in-Chief of Valiant Comics, will be writing at least some of the titles, though details have not been finalized. Shooter will be overseeing all of the new Gold Key titles developed for Dark Horse.

Not a direct relaunch of the Valiant versions....Shooter had this to say:

Of course, one fact that will influence how these new Gold Key series develop along a different path than the 1990s versions of Turok, Solar, and Magnus is simply the passage of time. “The main thing is that a lot has changed, things are a little different. I'm a little different,”

Edit: Looks like this new item fell off the front page while I was still at con.....and my search didn't find it......

Nevertheless....this is very cool news, I'm looking forward to it.......a lot of folks are "Shooter haters", I'm not one of them, I've enjoyed many of the comics he's written.